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TULSA, Okla. -- It was the kind of statement victory that the IUPUI volleyball team wanted to make heading down the stretch of The Summit League season.  Having never won in Tulsa, the Jaguars dropped the opening set of their match versus Oral Roberts but swept the next three, taking a 3-1 win on Saturday night at the Cooper Aerobics Center, 19-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-20.

IUPUI (17-9, 9-6 Summit) had not won consecutive conference matches since the beginning of the month and had dropped 15 straight matches at Oral Roberts (10-12, 6-7 Summit).  However, after falling behind early, the Jaguars' attack got rolling as Kalyse Reimbold led the way with 21 kills and a .353 hitting percentage.  Lindsey Weber had one of the finest performances of her freshman season with 15 kills.

Defensively, the Jaguars were stout, finishing with 109 digs on the back row.  A week after posting a career-high 27 digs, Shari Bernhardt eclipsed the mark with 29.  Weber's 21 gave the freshman a career high and a double-double for the match.  Rachel Holmes chipped in 19 digs, while Reimbold joined Weber on the double-double list with 13 digs.

Danielle Goodnight posted 49 assists on IUPUI's 59 kills to go along with 14 digs.  The 49 helpers drew Goodnight within 32 assists of the Jaguars' all-time record.

At the net, the Jaguars had 6 total blocks, out-performing Oral Roberts, who had 5 blocks in the match.

After dropping 15 straight matches in Tulsa, one could be forgiven if they viewed the first set as harbinger of things to come for the Jaguars.  After falling behind early, the Jaguars closed to within a point at 20-19 before a Joana Gruber kill got the Golden Eagles back on track.  ORU scored the last five points of the set to wrap up the set.

Still, the Jaguars did not panic, breaking a 9-9 deadlock in the second set to go up 14-11 after Weber and Reimbold combined to give the Jags four of their five points over the stretch.  Two kills from Weber along with an ace from the freshman and a Reimbold kill forced Oral Roberts into a timeout.

Having earned the lead, IUPUI did not let up, holding a sideout advantage over the Golden Eagles the remainder of the set.

With both teams knowing that momentum and control of the match hung on the result of the third set, it was ORU who got out to the early lead, building a 14-10 lead before the Jaguars rallied.  Two Golden Eagles errors helped the Jaguars close the gap, but back-to-back-to-back kills from Reimbold, Goodnight and Weber knotted the set at 15, prompting Oral Roberts into taking a timeout.

After the 75-second break, the Golden Eagles took their final lead of the set, 16-15, on an IUPUI service error.  However, an attack error tied the set and Bernhardt immediately broke the deadlock with a service ace.  After a block by Holmes and Monica Suding and another Goodnight kill, the Jaguars led, 20-17, causing ORU to burn their final timeout of the set.

This time, the break did not help the Golden Eagles as the Jags cruised, using kills from Weber and Suding to open a six-point advantage at 23-17 before wrapping up the set with consecutive kills from Weber and Reimbold.

Feeding off the momentum from the third set, the Jaguars quickly erased an early deficit to go up 12-8 after Suding and Weber combined on a block and Suding followed it up with a kill on a feed from Goodnight.  Though Oral Roberts attempted to thwart the momentum with a timeout, two straight ORU attack errors helped push IUPUI's advantage to five points at 16-11, forcing the Golden Eagles into their second timeout of the set.

With no timeouts remaining, the Golden Eagles were helpless as the Jaguars grew their lead to six after a Goodnight fed Reimbold for the cross-court kill to make it 20-14.  After ORU staved off one match point for IUPUI, it was Suding who clinched the match for the Jags on a slide from Goodnight, giving head coach Steve Payne his first win in Tulsa.

Sitting one victory shy of matching the Division I school record for wins in a single season, the Jaguars will wrap up their home slate of matches on Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8, when they host IPFW and Oakland, respectively.  On Friday, the Jaguars will host Favorite Professor Night before celebrating Senior Night on Saturday.  Both matches will start at 7 p.m. ET.