Junior middle blocker Maddie Lozano defends the net against East Carolina on Sept. 21. (Jeffrey Mark Reese/The Daily Campus)

SMU volleyball took on Tulsa Friday night in Moody Coliseum, but the team’s fight was not enough to keep up SMU’s four-match winning streak.

“It was a huge bummer because we have been working so hard to improve our record and keep our winning streak going, but we will be back on track in our game this Thursday,” Caroline Young said.

Young and freshman Abbey Bybel lead the Mustangs with match-high 10 kills each.

Tulsa’s Tyler Henderson, leads the conference in kills and is one of the nation’s top attackers. Against the Mustangs Henderson recorded 10 kills with only one error in 15 attempts for a match-high of .600.

“We adjusted really well to Tyler,” Young said. “Compared to the 20 plus hits she usually gets we were satisfied with 10.”

SMU’s Courtney Manning took her career total blocks to 546 after her three blocks against Tulsa – just 44 away from tying the Conference USA record of 590.

Maddie Lozano also had two blocks, and Olivia Bailey assisted on 33 of SMU’s 37 kills.

“We couldn’t adjust fast enough to the middle and the right side shots so that really hurt us,” Young said. “We played them really well and when we face them again in the conference tournament I have no doubt we’ll win.”

SMU faced the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Thursday night, but the final score was not available at the time of print.

The Mustangs will host the Memphis Tigers, who sit one match behind SMU at 4-6 on Sunday at 1 p.m.