TUESDAY'S SCORES
Austin Peay 3, @Murray State 0 (25-21, 25-11, 25-21)
AUSTIN PEAY 3, MURRAY STATE 0
MURRAY, Ky. - Austin Peay State University’s volleyball team got out to a hot start and could not be cooled off in a three-set sweep (25-21, 25-11, 25-21) of Murray State, Tuesday night, at Racer Arena.
It was the 11th consecutive win by Austin Peay (17-2, 5-0 OVC), one shy of the program record. It also was the Govs record-tying fourth-straight sweep as they have also tied a program record with 14 consecutive sets won.
The Governors set the tone from the opening serve as Jenna Panning and Kaylee Taff stopped Murray State’s Rachel Giustino with a block. The Racers opened the match by committing seven consecutive attack errors – three forced by APSU blocks -- before recording their first kill, but the Govs owned a 10-4 lead and never looked back.
Murray State (11-6, 3-2 OVC) never saw its offense get on track, committing 24 attack errors in the three-set contest while posting just 27 kills for a .029 attack percentage. The Govs supplied a helping hand to the Racers woes with nine blocks.
Senior Ashley Slay paced the Govs with 12 kills, six blocks and a service ace, having a hand in 18 of the Govs 54 points earned. Redshirt junior Christina White tacked on an 11-kill effort that saw her hit .348. Austin Peay finished with 40 kills and a .253 team attack percentage.
Murray State’s Rachel Giustino, the OVC’s leading hitter entering the match, was held to eight kills and a minus-.031 attack percentage.