ROCHESTER, Mich. – Bradley Volleyball got a career-best 18 kills from junior Karagan Coggin and senior Hannah Thompson moved into the school's career top 10 in kills, but Oakland held off a BU rally attempt in the fifth set to top the Braves 25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 17-25, 16-14 Friday at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational.
Coggin helped force a deciding fifth set with six kills on just seven attacks in a 25-17 fourth-set win for Bradley (0-4 overall). The Braves rallied from four down in the fifth set to eventually pull even at 14-14 before Oakland (1-3 overall) got a kill from Jamie Walling and a Haley Brown ace to claim the fifth 16-14 and win the match.