SUNDAY'S SCORES
@Austin Peay 3, UT Martin 0 (26-24, 27-25, 25-23)
AUSTIN PEAY 3, UT MARTIN 0
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Graduate student Brooke Moore became Austin Peay State University volleyball team's all-time kills leader in the Governors three-set (26-24, 27-25, 25-23) Ohio Valley Conference victory over UT Martin, Sunday, at the Winfield Dunn Center.
With her seventh kill of the afternoon, Moore recorded the 1,531st kill of her career and passed Sarah Schramka's previous record of 1,530 – which she had held since 2004.
After coming back from down two sets to win Saturday's match, the Govs swept UT Martin in the series finale, defeating the Skyhawks in three-straight sets decided by two points.
Sophomores Maggie Keenan and Kaylah Jackson each led Austin Peay with four kills in the first set as the Govs overcame a late 22-20 deficit. The Govs went on a 6-2 run that was capped off by a Jaida Clark kill, followed by the freshman's first of two blocks of the night.
Moore paced the Govs in the second set with six kills, including her record-breaking attack that gave APSU just its second lead of the frame at 20-19. After trading scores following an APSU timeout, the Govs finished the set on a 4-1 run to extend their lead heading into the third frame.
Austin Peay faced its largest deficit of the match at 13-5, before a 10-3 run saw them trim the Skyhawks' lead to just one. After trading scores, Clark's back-to-back kills gave APSU its first lead, before three-straight points to end the set gave APSU its 11th three-set victory of the season.
With the win over UT Martin, Austin Peay improved to 9-0 at home this season, marking just the third time in program history that the Governors have posted a perfect regular-season record at home – the 1992 and 2018 squads were also perfect in the Dunn Center during the regular season. At 19-9, the victory also keeps the Govs in second place in the OVC standings with just three matches remaining before the OVC Tournament.
TheSkyhawks lead 15-12 at the media timeout following a 3-1 run and led until a 4-1 run by the Govs later in the set tied the two teams at 18. While the Govs would tie the score three more times, they would not retake the lead until Jaida Clark's kill gave them a 25-24 advantage and her first of two blocks gave APSU the late lead.
A 4-0 run by UT Martin put them up 15-10 at the second set's media timeout, before a 9-2 run by the Govs put them up by two and forced a Skyhawks' timeout. The Govs finished the set on a 4-1 run to extend their lead.
Trailing 15-10 midway through the third set, a 10-3 run led by a pair of kills by both Maggie Keenan and Jaida Clark gave the Govs a 20-18 lead – their largest of the set. A 3-1 run by UTM gave the Skyhawks a 23-22 lead, bringing up an APSU timeout, but an error by UT Martin and kills by both Karli Graham and Mikayla Powell secured the three-set victory for APSU.
s Haeleigh Paulino came away with 20 assists and 12 digs today for UT Martin. She was joined in double figures in the digs column by Dylan Mott (team-high 15 scoops) and Kayla Carrell (10) while Olivia Saunders rejected a team-best five blocks for the Skyhawks.
Offensively, UT Martin's Karen Scanlon registered a team-high nine kills with no errors in 24 swings for a .375 attack percentage. Logan Wallick and Addy Vaughn also helped pace UT Martin with eight kills and 10 assists, respectively.