DENTON, Texas (Nov. 6, 2025) – At the time of the season when every game counts, Texas Woman's volleyball is showing a willingness to grind out tough wins; as they did against the Oklahoma Christian Eagles tonight at Kitty Magee Arena to notch their seventh straight home win.
 
The Eagles (16-9, 8-6) were the first to reach 20 points in the critical first and third sets, but the Pioneers (17-8, 10-4) consistently clawed their way back in each set to keep the score close to show their gritiness, toughness and desire to win. 
 
While OC managed to snap TWU's home sweep streak, dealing the Pioneers their first set loss at home since Sep. 27 against Dallas Baptist, home victories was still on the menu as the Pioneers extended their win streak against OC to four straight.
 
The comeback rallies peppered throughout the game were highlighted by a stout defensive game, as the Pioneers tallied 104 team digs – the fourth game with at least 100, and first at home. TWU currently ranks first in the Lone Star Conference and ninth in Division II in digs per set, averaging 19.31 per set. 
 
The win keeps TWU in fourth place in the Lone Star Conference standings.
 
KEY PLAYERS

• Tori Woods led the Pioneers offensively with 16 kills, the sixth game this season in which the senior tallied at least 15. Woods also recorded one block and 20 digs for the stat sheet. The double-double marked her sixth double-double of the season and third straight. 
• Sydney Garrison added 13 kills to the offensive effort, as well as a service ace and 15 digs. Garrison finished with her seventh double-double of the season and fourth straight. 
• Trinity Blackwood posted 10 kills in the win, the second time this season with double-digits in this stat. Blackwood added one block and one dig as well.
• Alyssa Rojo led the way defensively for TWU with 32 digs, the fourth game in which the libero tallied at least 30. Rojo added one kill to the stat sheet as well.
• Lorena Gómez finished the match with a career high 30 assists to top the leader board for the Pioneers. She also added 16 digs to record her fifth match of the season with a double-double and third straight. 
• Benedite Anuman also recorded a career high in the win, finishing with 10 kills. Anuman also topped the TWU leader board with four total blocks. 

 
PIONEER POWER MOMENTS

• The longest rally either team put together in the opening set was the four-point run by TWU that clinched the first set for the Pioneers. After a tightly contested set found the Eagles with a slight lead at 22-21, successive kills by Garrison, Anuman and Woods regained the lead for the Pioneers at 24-22. The first set ended in a 25-22 win for TWU following an Eagles attack error.
• Both teams began to find a rhythm in the second set, opening the match up to longer scoring runs. After the trading of points put TWU in an early 3-2 lead, OC jumped ahead 6-3 off a four-point rally. The Pioneers would later put together a 6-0 run to take a 15-11 lead, a pair of kills each by Garrison and Blackwood highlighting the rally. The Eagles would struggle to find another spark, as TWU took set two by a score of 25-17.
• Kiana Reed tallied one of her two service aces in the game in the early stages of the third set, scoring the second point of an opening 5-0 run to propel TWU to an early 5-0 lead. The match would settle into another tight contest, but a pair of 4-0 runs for the Eagles would eventually result in a 25-23 win. 
• The fourth set settled once more into a close battle, with each team recording three straight points for the longest run in the set. A pair of kills by Blackwood and an OC attack error made up the Pioneers 3-0 run, which came at a critical point in the set as it propelled TWU to a 17-11 lead. Kills by Garrison and Woods ended the fourth set at 25-21, leading to the match win.

 
HEAR FROM TORI WOODS AFTER THE WIN 
 
Click here to listen to Woods share a few thoughts after the win. 
 
NEXT UP
 
The Pioneers take the court at KMA for the final time this season Nov. 7 against Cameron with a 5 p.m. start. TWU will be celebrating their seniors following the match.