Wright State hosted the Oakland Golden Grizzlies who spoiled the Halloween night festivities with a 3-0 win over their host in one of the final conference matches of the season last Friday.
The Golden Grizzlies are the top team in the Horizon League with an 8-2 conference record. The Raiders are now 1-8 in the conference with four matches left on the schedule.
The Raiders led 14-13, but could not gain a multi-point lead before tying the Golden Grizzlies again. The set continued to go back and forth with four ties in a row before Oakland finally pulled away after the last tie at 22-22, and ran away with the 25-22 win.
“We came out strong in the first set, we had our opportunities there, but we made some mental mistakes. We can’t have those mental lapses we have to find a way to stay consistent,” said WSU head coach Susan Clements.
The second set began the same way, with the score going back forth. The last tie came at 14-14 just before Oakland would go on a 7-0 run and take control of the match. The set ended at 25-19 and Oakland took the commanding 2-0 lead.
Oakland proved to be too much for the Raiders in the third and final set. After taking the their first lead of the set at 9-8, they maintained control of the set for the remainder and claimed the 25-16 win for a 3-0 sweep.
“We’ve got to get back to controlling the ball on our side of the net. Our serving was just so hit and miss and erratic,” said Clements.
The Raiders will be traveling to Valparaiso Nov. 7, and UIC Nov. 8, for their last two road games of the season.
