Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GOLDEN, Colo. – After opening the day with a sweep, Tarleton battled as the trio of fourth-year seniors put together career nights against Western Oregon to give Tarleton a pair of wins on the opening day of the Oredigger Classic at Colorado Mines.

For Danielle Barker, the day was twice as nice as she moved into second place all-time in assists during the first game and set a new career-high in digs and assists in the nightcap while Stacie Murrah set new career marks in kills and total attacks. Emily Klein, the fourth-year libero, tied her personal best in digs as well.
   
The momentum of a first-set thriller carried Tarleton to its second sweep of the season Friday afternoon as the TexAnns wasted no-time making their presence known at the Oredigger Classic, dispatching of the Skyhawks in straight sets.
 
Tarleton fell in a quick 0-3 hole, which eventually stretched to a 4-7 deficit before the comeback effort began. The TexAnns scored six of the next seven points to turn the game around and take a 10-8 lead.
 
After Fort Lewis scored two straight to tie the score at 10-10, the teams stayed even for the rest of the contest –with neither team leading by more than two points and playing in a tie 10 more times through 24-24.
 
Stacie Murrah landed a kill shot and assisted with Jasmyne Brown on a set-winning block to break the tie and give the first set to the TexAnns 26-24.
 
In the second set, both teams continued their neck-and-neck play by opening the game in a 10-10 deadlock. A kill shot by Kaitlyn White, however, proved to be the turning point for Tarleton.
 
The junior transfer's kill gave the TexAnns an 11-10 lead and then she served up five straight points on the strength of two Murrah kills, two Fort Lewis errors and a service ace to break the score wide open and give Tarleton its biggest lead of the match at 16-10.
 
Fort Lewis cut the deficit to five on several different occasions with the last one coming at 20-15 before a Jasmyne Brown kill started a 5-1 TexAnn run down the stretch to seal the set. Of the final five points, Tarleton got kills from Brown, White and Murrah as well as a Fort Lewis error and a set-ending ace by White.
 
Tarleton dominated the final set from the get-go, jumping out to an early 9-3 lead which was immediately followed up by a 9-3 TexAnn run to stretch the lead to 18-6. Tarleton finished off the Skyhawks quickly by scoring seven of the final 12 points to clinch the sweep.
 
Danielle Barker recorded her team-leading fourth double-double en route to another historic afternoon. With 31 assists, Barker moved past Christina Ortiz for second on the all-time assists list at Tarleton. She added 10 digs against Fort Lewis to complete the double-double.
 
White and Murrah led the way on offense with 12 and 11 kills, respectively. Murrah had the higher hitting percentage at .391 while White hit .214. Emily Klein led the team with 15 digs.
   
Personal records fell by the bunches in the nightcap of Friday's volleyball doubleheader as Murrah, Barker and Klein all had career nights en route to an epic five-set thrilling victory over the Western Oregon Wolves.
 
In the first set, Tarleton and Western Oregon were deadlocked in an even contest with no team leading by more than three. Western Oregon went up 23-20 after a 4-1 Wolves run broke a 19-19 tie.
 
Tarleton brought the score back even at 23-23 following back-to-back Wolves errors and an Emily Klein service ace. After trading the next two points, Tarleton took a 25-24 lead after a Jazmine Green kill, but Western Oregon scored the next three straight points to claim a hard-fought first set.
 
After jumping out to an early 3-0 lead in the second set, Tarleton squandered its early advantage and were forced to play catch up from a late seven-point deficit.
 
Trailing 18-11, Tarleton struck for a 10-1 run to turn the tables on the Wolves and take a 21-19 lead.
 
The Wolves evened the score and kept it tied down the stretch, as late as 24-24, but back-to-back kills from White and Murrah off passes from Barker secured the second set victory for the TexAnns and capped off an epic comeback to force a pivotal third set.
 
In the third set, Tarleton built a 17-13 before Western Oregon answered with a 12-6 run down the stretch to take control of the series with a 2-1 advantage headed into the fourth game.
 
Murrah once again sparked the TexAnns in the fourth set to start a 10-3 run down the stretch to force a game five. In a 15-15 tie, Murrah reeled off back-to-back kills to start the run. She added two more kills down the stretch to join a pair of kills from Katie Covell and a pair from Umbel to secure the fourth set win.
 
In the final set, it was Murrah coming up big for the TexAnns again.
 
The senior outside hitter landed the first four kills for Tarleton to keep the score tied before a Covell kill put Tarleton on top 5-4. Tarleton lost the lead briefly but regained it quickly with three straight points on a Wolves error and kills from Murrah and Umbel to make it 9-7.
 
Tarleton refused to relinquish the lead despite Western Oregon bringing the game to an 11-11 tie, forcing a TexAnn timeout. Out of the break, the teams traded points and kept the score tied through 15-15 until Covell landed a kill and Umbel ended the game with a game-ending block.
 
Murrah's career night highlighted the TexAnns as she finished the match with 26 kills on 66 attempts for a .273 hitting percentage. She also added nine digs, which were just two away from tying a career high.
 
Barker also posted a career-high in assists and digs with 58 and 22, respectively.
 
Umbel and Covell also cracked double figures in kills with 11 and 10, respectively. Covell added 17 digs for her first double-double of the season. Emily Klein tied her career high in digs with 34 while Kelsey Raglin added 23 digs.
 
QUICK HITS
- With 31 assists against Fort Lewis, Danielle Barker has moved into second-place on Tarleton's all-time assist list after passing Christina Ortiz (2,313). Tarleton's current all-time leader is Barker's former teammate, Jessie Hartman with 3,266 assists from 2008-11. Barker added a career-high 58 assists in the second game to bring her career assist total to 2,388.
 
- This was Tarleton's first meeting against Fort Lewis since the 1999 season and third meeting overall. Tarleton's sweep of the Skyhawks brings the all-time record to a 2-1 advantage for Fort Lewis.
 
- Tarleton and Western Oregon met for the first time in TexAnns' volleyball history. This is also the first time in Tarleton's history the TexAnns have played a team from the state of Oregon.
 
- In Friday night's game against Western Oregon, Stacie Murrah set career highs in kills (26) and total attacks (66) while Danielle Barker set career highs in assists (58) and digs (22). Emily Klein tied her career high in digs with 34.