Final Stats TULSA, Okla. – The Nicholls State University women's volleyball team fell in straight sets to the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Saturday afternoon 25-17, 25-7, 25-16 at the Aerobics Center in Tulsa.

Nicholls (5-8, 2-2 SLC) couldn't counter the Golden Eagle (6-9, 2-2) attack, as ORU hit .317 in the match with 43 kills to the Colonels' .068 and 25 kills.

Jessica Addicks led the team with seven kills and hit .429, followed by Sarah Terry who hit .400 with six kills and Amanda Newlin's five kills and .364 percentage.

Nancy Taylor chipped in 18 assists and had eight digs, while Jeanne Logarbo led the team with 11 digs. ORU's Sheina Fernandez and Tatum Fredeen each had 11 kills to lead all players, while Luara Rosa and Bruna Silva each had 14 digs.

Tied at five in the first set, the Golden Eagles rattled off five-straight points, and nine of the next ten total to go up 14-6 to force a Nicholls timeout. Nicholls would pull within five points with the score 15-10, but another four point swing by Oral Roberts in the set gave the Golden Eagles a big enough lead to cruise to the 25-17 win.

The second was all ORU, as the Golden Eagles jumped out to a 7-0 lead and had runs of six points twice in the latter half to win 25-7.

The third was much more competitive as the Colonels forced six ties, all within the first 20 points. With the set tied 10-10, Oral Roberts got the next two points to go up 12-10, with the two teams trading the next three points to make the score 13-12. After that, Oral Roberts scored the next four to go up 16-12, holding the Colonels to just four more points in the set to seal the win.

Nicholls will be back in action next Thursday, hosting the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders at 6:30 p.m. in Stopher Gym.