OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 7, 2021) – Oklahoma Christian volleyball players Morgan Demuth, Allyssa Hamlin and Spencer Plato represented the Eagles on the All-Festival list for the Eagle Invitational, which was announced Tuesday.

OC split its four matches in the two-day event, played Friday and Saturday in the Eagles' Nest. The Eagles swept defending Northeast-10 Conference champion Bentley (Mass.) 3-1 and 3-0 in a pair of matches, while losing 3-0 to Lubbock Christian (Texas) and 3-2 to St. Mary's (Texas), a match the Eagles rallied from a two-set deficit and held a match point before falling.

Demuth, a freshman middle hitter from Mansfield, Texas, posted an attack percentage of .470 while accounting for a team-high 48.5 points, including 41 kills and 13 block assists, in the four matches. She had 11 kills in the first win over Bentley and a career-high 16 kills to go with six block assists and seven digs in the five-set thriller against St. Mary's. She led OC with nine kills and added four block assists on Saturday in the three-set sweep of Bentley, recording a .571 attack percentage during that match.

Plato, a freshman setter from Houston, averaged 30.3 assists a match, the second-highest of any player in the festival. She opened the weekend with a career-high 37 assists, 10 digs, six kills, two aces and five blocks in a four-set win over Bentley. In a five-set loss to St. Mary's, she posted another double-double with 34 points and 11 digs to go with three aces.

Hamlin, a freshman defensive specialist-outside hitter from Arlington, Texas, posted an impressive .973 reception percentage – with only three errors in 113 chances – during the four matches. She had 18 digs to go with five kills in the four-set win over Bentley and 13 digs and nine kills in the loss to Lubbock Christian. The next day, she posted career highs for digs (25) and kills (17) in the loss to St. Mary's. She finished with a fourth straight double-digit digs performance with 14 in the three-set sweep of Bentley.

EAGLE INVITATIONAL
ALL-FESTIVAL TEAM
Alissa Tolbert, Sr., OH, St. Mary's
Gabi Sandoval, Jr., DS, St. Mary's
Alicia Virthe, Fr., RS, St. Mary's
Sage Chain, Jr., MB, Lubbock Christian
Sage Post, So., OH, Lubbock Christian
Kendall Mahaney, Fr., DS, Lubbock Christian
Morgan Demuth, Fr., MH, Oklahoma Christian
Allyssa Hamlin, Fr., DS-OH, Oklahoma Christian
Spencer Plato, Fr., S, Oklahoma Christian
Ellie Wheeler, So., OH-RS, Bentley