November 08, 2003
No. 21 Texas A&M extended its winning streak over Oklahoma to 22 matches with a 30-17, 29-31, 30-18, 34-32 victory in front of 1,867 tonight at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Melissa Munsch, who had seven kills in seven attacks in the first game, led the Aggies with 17 kills and only one error in the match. She also posted team-highs with a .457 hitting percentage and six blocks as A&M outhit the Sooners, .266 to .131.
OU's Christina Maynes and Joanna Schmitt were relentless in the front row, posting 19 and 18 kills, respectively, to combine for 50 percent of the Sooners' total kills.
Munsch and the Aggies dominated the first game, hitting .400 to OU's .107 to cruise to a 30-17 win. The Sooners, however, battled back and won the second game, 31-29, snapping a 43-game losing streak to the Aggies.
The Sooners held a 28-25 lead in the second frame when A&M scored four unanswered points to be serving for the game. Carol Price's serve into the net knotted the score at 29, and back-to-back kills by Schmitt and Jennifer Adams gave the Sooners their first game victory over A&M since 1996, the first year of the Big 12 Conference.
A seven-point scoring run propelled A&M to a 30-18 win in Game 4. The Aggies held a 12-8 lead when they went on the run, and the Sooners were unable to get within 10 points for the remainder of the game.
Game 4 was another battle to the end with 15 ties and seven lead changes throughout the game. The Sooners held their biggest lead at 21-17, but A&M managed to tie the score at 27 and then took the lead at 28-27 following an OU attack error. Schmitt tied the score with a kill but then served into the net to give the Aggies a one-point lead. Jennifer Mosso then put down a kill following an errant A&M pass, and Jennifer Adams had a solo block to put the Sooners ahead, 30-29.
The teams exchanged points until, with the score tied at 31, Munsch put down a kill to regain the lead for the Aggies. Maynes tied the score with a kill, and Munsch answered with another kill to put A&M up, 33-32. The game ended when Schmitt's attack sailed wide.
A&M improves to 18-6 overall and 10-4 in the Big 12. OU falls to 11-15, 3-11 and remains winless in eight visits to College Station.
A&M hits the road next week, playing at Colorado Wednesday and then facing Texas Tech in Lubbock.