Rice up on Charlotte 11-6 early in first set.

14-9
No defense by either team so far. No blocks and no attack errors by either side.

16-13

We have 4 service errors already and Charlotte has 2 aces.

19-14 Still no defense. No blocks and only one attack error per team.

25-17. Owls win 1st set.

Rice finishes first set strong: 25-17

Good balanced scoring, with 6 players with 2+ kills, led by Nicole with 5.

Extremely efficient offense (.533) with only 2 attack errors, but I'm growing concerned with the defense. Second consecutive match the defense has been suspect. Assuming we prevail today, defense is going to have to be MUCH, much better against WKU. Also, WKU is one of the best serving teams in the country.

4-4 in the 2nd set.

Rice already has 5 service errors and Charlotte has 3 aces. Better clean things up by tomorrow or WKU's service game is going to eat our lunch.

13-7 as Rice is on a 7-0 run thanks to a couple blocks (finally).

18-8

Arguably our most efficient and balanced offense of the year.

Owls hitting on all cylinders thus far in 2nd set.

Win set 2 25-13!

Rice cruises in second set: 25-13

Defense came alive second half of set, and offense continues to sparkle. 4 players with 7+ kills, and we're attacking at a exceptional .475 clip. Everyone has been efficient, but Nicole has 9 kills, 0 errors in only 13 attacks (.692) and Anota has 7 kills, one error in only 9 attacks (.667).

We have 35 kills to only 15 by Charlotte; we have 32 digs vs. 18 for Charlotte.

Let's finish this is continued dominant fashion.

BTW, has anyone heard what's up with Courtley's status? She's again not in the lineup.

A sloppy start to the 3rd set: down 3-6

5-8

6th service error by Rice.

Bickelmeyer should stop trying to place her kills so close to the boundaries. This plagued her last year, and continues to do so. Have confidence in your power.

10-10 after a couple kills by Nicole.

13-10.

With Courtley out, Maruska have her second consecutive strong outing.

18-13

18-22

Rice timeout after Charlotte wins 4 of last 5 points...and our one point came on a Charlotte service error.

Come on Owls! Finish it!

21-22 Charlotte has won 7 of the last 8 points-- all on kills, and Genny calls another timeout.

Our defense has disappeared.

Come on, ladies-- close this out.

21-22. TO Owls. Both teams are out of TOs.