TULSA, Okla. – The Tulsa volleyball team lost Sunday afternoon to Houston in straight sets, 25-17, 28-26, 25-22. Tulsa drops to 12-11, 7-7 in American Athletic Conference play, while Houston improves to 21-5, 11-3 in AAC play. Tulsa and Houston split the season series 1-1.
Tulsa and Houston went back and forth at the start of the first set. The Golden Hurricane were up 10-8 when the Cougars ripped off a 10-0 run to put them up eight, and wouldn't look back, taking the opening set by eight.
Houston used the first set momentum to jump out to a 5-0 lead in the second, but Tulsa would answer with a 4-0 run of its own, thanks to back-to-back service aces by .