NORMAN, Okla. – The West Virginia University volleyball team will finish the first half of conference play on Saturday, Oct. 20, as the team faces Big 12 foe Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. First serve is set for 2:30 p.m. ET at McCasland Field House.
 
Live stats for the match can be found on WVUsports.com via StatBroadcast.
 
"Oklahoma had a week off, so they'll be ready," fourth-year coach Reed Sunahara said. "They are playing well right now. I want to go in there and compete as hard as we can. Hopefully, we can rebound from last night's match at TCU, and we'll walk away with great results."
 
WVU has not won a match on the road in Big 12 play this year, as the Mountaineers search for their first-ever victory in Norman on Saturday. The Mountaineers (9-11, 1-6) and the Sooners (11-8, 3-4) meet for the 14th time overall and the 13th time in league play since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012. The two squads met once as nonconference opponents back in 1999, with OU claiming the 3-0 win at a neutral site. The Sooners own a 12-1 lead in the all-time series. However, the two teams split the home-and-away series last season, with WVU picking up its first-ever win over OU in four sets on Oct. 13, 2017, inside the WVU Coliseum.
 
West Virginia is coming off a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Big 12 foe TCU on Thursday, inside the University Recreation Center, in Fort Worth, Texas. WVU took the loss in set scores of 18-25, 25-27, 25-21, 25-23 and 15-7. The Mountaineers posted 60 kills, 85 digs and 18.5 team blocks in the loss. Of note, WVU has played in three straight five-set Big 12 matches, falling to Kansas (Oct. 3), No. 24 Baylor (Oct. 13) and TCU (Oct. 18) in the last two weeks.
 
Sophomore middle blocker Katie DeMeo currently sits atop the Big 12 Conference in blocks per set, totaling 100 blocks on the season to average 1.56 per set. The Troy, Ohio, native also ranks 10th among all NCAA Division I players in blocks per set. The Mountaineers rank fourth in the Big 12, averaging 2.57 blocks per set, and are 41st in the nation. WVU is outblocking its opponents, 195.5-149.5.
 
Junior outside hitter Katelyn Evans has played in all but one set for the Mountaineers this season. She leads the team with 237 kills, averaging 3.16 per set to rank 10th in the league. The Palmdale, California, native has recorded double-digit kills in 13 matches, including nine of the last 11.
 
Oklahoma split a pair of Big 12 matches last week, taking down RV Texas Tech, 3-1, on Oct. 10, before narrowly falling to No. 4 Texas in five sets on Saturday. Alyssa Enneking leads the squad offensively, averaging 4.30 kills per set to rank third in the league. Keyton Kinley, who was tabbed as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, engineers the floor defensive with 4.73 digs per set to rank second in the conference.
 
Of note, the Mountaineers are three wins away from collecting their 700th win in program history. West Virginia currently holds a 697-734 all-time record since its inaugural season in 1974.
 
Looking ahead, West Virginia will close out the month of October at home with a pair of Big 12 matches, as the squad takes on Texas Tech on Wednesday, Oct. 24 and Kansas on Wednesday, Oct. 31. First serve for both matches is set for 6 p.m. ET at the WVU Coliseum.
 
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