Ohio Valley Conference

CHARLSTON, S.C. - The Leatherneck Volleyball team went undefeated on day one of the Buc Dome Invitational defeating Charleston Southern and Norfolk State in straight sets. In both matches, Keyana Cruse and Brittany Wulf had big offensive performances. Cruse had a match-high 16 kills with a hitting percentage of .417 against Charleston Southern while Wulf had 9 kills and a service ace. Maggie Craker had a match-high of 28 assists in the game against Charleston Southern and Karli Wenzel led the way defensively with a match-high of 15 digs. 

Cruse and Wulf would each have double digit kills in the second match against Norfolk State with Cruse having 15 kills and Wulf finishing with 14 kills. Grace Kremer led the way defensively, finishing the match against Norfolk State with a match-high 5 blocks. 

In set one against Charleston Southern, Brittany Wulf started off with a service ace on the first point of the set. That ace sparked the Leatherneck offense early as they jumped out to a 9-3 lead to start the set. Keyana Cruse and Brittany Wulf would combine for the first 5 kills of the set for the Leathernecks, with the 5th kill coming from Cruse to put WIU up 17-11. Back-to-back kills from Grace Kremer and Elizabeth Ziegler later on in the set put the Leathernecks in front at 22-12. Charleston Southern would proceed to go on a 5-0 run making it 22-17, but Brittany Wulf put an end to the Buccaneer run with a kill to make it 23-17 and the Leathernecks would take the first set by a score of 25-18. 

In set two, WIU would once again start off strong going up 10-5 to start the set. Charleston Southern would make the set 10-8 in favor of the Leathernecks, but that would be the closest they would get to tying the set. Back-to-back kills from Karli Wenzel and Keyana Cruse would give WIU a 12-8 lead and would start off a 9-4 run to put the Leathernecks up 19-12. Brittany Wulf and Keyana Cruse would have back-to-back kills later in the set giving WIU a 22-14 lead as they would go on to take the second set 25-16. 

In set three, back-to-back kills from Grace Kremer and back-to-back service aces by Karli Wenzel saw the Leathernecks take an early 7-1 lead. The run to start the set would be huge for WIU as Charleston Southern would go on three separate 3-0 runs throughout the set. Brittany Wulf and Keyana Cruse would once again have back-to-back kills following a Charleston Southern run putting WIU in front by a score of 20-16. The Leathernecks would hold the Buccaneers to small runs and would hang on for the set three win by a score of 25-22. 

In the match against Norfolk state, WIU and NSU would go back-and-forth in set one with the largest lead belonging to the Leathernecks at 17-12, but the Spartans would go on a 8-1 run to take the lead at 20-18. Both teams would trade the next six points giving Norfolk State the 23-21 advantage. The next two points belonged to the Leathernecks after back-to-back kills by Keyana Cruse and Brittany Wulf tied the set at 23-23. The Leathernecks would dig deep and go on a 3-1 run to end the first set winning by a score of 26-24. 

In set two, WIU jumped out to an 11-6 lead behind 3 kills from Elizabeth Ziegler, who ended the match with 6 kills. Norfolk State would cut the deficit to two making it a 12-10 lead for WIU, but that would be the closest the Spartans would get in set two. Kills by Maggie Craker and Brittany Wulf extended the Leatherneck lead to 15-10 and they wouldn't look back after that. The Leathernecks would go on three different 2-0 runs to distance themselves from the Spartans and took set two by a score of 25-17. 

In set three, WIU had a 7-2 lead to start the set. Norfolk State would go on a 5-0 run to tie the set at 7, but a kill by Grace Kremer and a block by Julianna Schmidt would give WIU the 9-7 lead. The teams would trade the next 10 points giving the Leathernecks a 14-12 lead. NSU would go on a mini run to tie the set at 14. The two teams would again trade the next six points evening the set at 17. A 7-1 run by WIU would follow that including a kill by Julianna Schmidt and back-to-back kills by Brittany Wulf to give the Leathernecks their second win of the day.

TENNESSEE TECH 3, UNC GREENSBORO 0
MARSHALL 3, TENNESSEE TECH 0
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Facing its stiffest competition of the season, the Tennessee Tech volleyball team made it a perfect 10-0 start to the 2024 campaign Friday afternoon before dropping its first contest of the year in the second match of the day at the Greensboro Invitational.

Competing in the final non-conference tournament of the season, the Golden Eagles (10-1), bested the host Spartans (4-6) on their home court to start the day, capturing a 3-1 win. Forced to turn right around and play a back-to-back with Marshall (8-4) immediately following the win over UNCG, the Golden Eagles fell for the first time on the year, 3-0.

It was a total team effort in the opening win over UNCG for the purple and gold, with Tech compiling 63 kills, 58 digs, eight service aces, and 8.0 total blocks to collect the team's 10th straight win to open the year. The 10 consecutive victories tied for the second-longest streak in program history, matching the 2022 team's effort and just two behind the 1983 squad's 12 straight dubs.

The Golden Eagles outlasted the Spartans in the opening set, eking out a 25-23 win with a tone-setting 17 kills and .306 hitting percentage. Tech made it a quick, 2-0 lead with the same formula in set two, amassing 18 terminations and a .455 attack to blow away with a 25-15 set win.

UNCG flipped the script to take a 25-16 victory in set three, with the Cookeville crew making nine attack errors to their one. The purple and gold right the ship enough in the final game, tacking on 16 more kills for a 25-22 conquest.

Junior setter Jordan Karlen quarterbacked the offense to a .252 attack percentage as a unit, doling out 48 assists across the four sets. She also tallied a season-high seven kills and 12 digs for her fifth double-double of the year.

Senior outside hitter Madolyn Isringhausen paced the team with 14 kills, chipping in two service aces, two blocks, and five digs as well. Fellow senior outside Bella Powell tacked on 13 terminations of her own, smashing .310 with total rejections.

Rookie outside Alayna Pierce rounded out the Tech trio with double-figure kills, registering 13 swats to go with a season-high 13 digs and her first career double-double. Senior libero McKenna Young rocked out a match-high 17 digs while adding five assists and an ace to the mix.

Senior middle blocker Emma Pabon contributed six kills and three blocks to the effort while fellow senior middle Elena Wallace delivered three blocks of her own. Rookie middle Mallory Jenkins notched a pair of stops and six kills as well.

In match two of the day, Marshall took advantage of the back-to-back matches by the Golden Eagles, using Tech attack errors and blocks to take the win. The Thundering Herd picked up set wins of 25-16, 25-19, and 25-18 to hand the purple and gold its first defeat of the season.

Tech matched or topped Marshall in kills in each set, but its own, unforced mistakes proved too costly to overcome. The Golden Eagles tallied 10 terminations and nine errors in the opener and seemed in better shape in the second, producing 12 kills with just four miscues.

The Thundering Herd landed five aces in the second set, however, making up the difference while making just two attack errors of their own. Tech's count went back to 10 kills and nine mistakes in the final set, as Marshall accounted for 12 terminations for the win.

Isringhausen still shined throughout the loss, slamming down an eye-popping 14 kills to lead the match while hitting .344. She also scooped four digs and delivered another ace. Karlen totaled 25 assists and six digs while Young led the team with seven digs. Jenkins chipped in six kills and a block while Powell added five kills.

MISSOURI STATE 3, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 2
CARBONDALE, Ill.  Southeast Missouri volleyball (3-7) fell in a five-set thriller to Missouri State (5-6) by a final score of 3-2. SEMO was led in kills by Abby Johnson who recorded a SEMO carer best, 19 kills. 
 
The Redhawks fell 19-25, 25-14, 28-26, 17-25, and 11-15 in the first match of the Saluki Invitational.
 
Johnson finished the match with 31 total attacks, with just four errors, for an impressive .484 hitting-percentage. Lucy Arndt, who recorded a double-double, finished with 13 kills as the only other Redhawk in double figures. Arndt finished with 16 digs on the afternoon. 
 
Setters Megan Holder and Kennedey Johnson finished with 24 and 22 assists, respecitley, as the Redhawk hit .209 as a team in the contest. For Johnson, her 22 assists was a SEMO career-best.  
 
Freshman hitter Alayna Christner recorded her first collegiate career kill in the match as she finished with four on 13 total attacks. 

Lucy Arndt got the scoring going for both sides with a kill on the first serve of the match. An Alaina Lester kill off the assist from Megan Holder gave the Redhawks an early two-point advantage. 
 
Back-and-forth early in the frame, the Redhawks would go on a 3-0 run to take a 9-4 lead midway through the set with back-to-back kills from Avery Torrey and Arndt. 
 
The Bears would respond with a 7-0 run forcing SEMO into an early set one timeout. At the break, MSU led 11-9. 
 
Trailing by four late in the first set, the Redhawks executed inside of a long rally as Abbey Richman dished out a nice pass to Abby Johnson for the kill to trim the deficit to just four, 18-14. 
 
Trailing 20-14, an attack error from MSU's Rilynn Finley gave the Redhawks their 15th point of the set. A 4-0 scoring run with a pair of kills and back-to-back aces from MSU put the Bears on set point.
 
A kill from Marin Johnson continued the set at 24-16, and then back-to-back blocks from Ramiri Gardner and Alayna Christner put the Redhawks on a 3-0 run out of the timeout. Kayla Closset dialed up an ace to make it four straight forcing MSU into a timeout at 24-19. 
 
The Bears would find a kill out of the break and took the first set 25-19. SEMO was led by Arndt and Marin Johnson with three kills each and hit .128 as a team in the opening frame. 

The Redhawks got out of the gate fast in the second frame with kills from Abby Johnson and Arndt to give SEMO an early 3-0 lead. 
 
A huge block from Gardner and Christner with an 8-4 SEMO lead, put the Redhawks up five approaching the middle of the second frame. 
 
With an 8-5 lead, back-to-back attack errors from MSU forced the Bears into a timeout as the Redhawks led 10-5, amid a 3-0 scoring run. 
 
Winning 11-7, freshman Alayna Christner recorded her first collegiate kill to put the Redhawks up by five in the middle of the set. 
 
Late in the set, SEMO would go on a 5-0 run winning 16-11 to extend the lead to 10. The Redhawks utilized two kills from Marin Johnson to take a 21-11 lead. 
 
SEMO dominated the second frame, outhitting MSU by a .440 to -.061 advantage and took the second set, 25-14. Abby Johnson and Lucy Arndt led the way offensively with six and five kills, respectively. 

The Redhawks jumped out to a 3-1 lead early in the third frame thanks to a pair of kills from Abby and Marin Johnson, and an ace from Lucy Arndt. 
 
Following an attack error, the Redhawks led 8-5 before going on a 3-0 scoring run via a kill from Christner and back-to-back MSU attack errors forcing the Bears into a timeout. SEMO led 11-5 at the break. 
 
MSU would fight back in the set trailing 17-13, with a 4-0 scoring run to get to within a point of the Redhawks. 
 
Leading by a point, Abby Johnson got into double-digit kills with her 10th of the match to restore a two-point advantage for the Redhawks at 19-17. Johnson was hitting .368 on 19 total attacks, with just three errors. 
 
With a 20-19 lead, a reception error from the Redhawks tied the set at 20 all, forcing SEMO into a late timeout in the third. A game of runs, MSU used a 3-0 run to tie the set. 
 
The set would once again be tied at 22 a side before Arndt registered her sixth and seventh kills to put SEMO on set point with a 24-22 advantage. 
 
A MSU kill from Finley, followed by an ace from Rossana Papa tied the set once again before a big kill from Alaina Lester regained the set point advantage for the Redhawks, who led 25-24. 
 
Libero Nina Schuberth, the SEMO single season record holder for aces, dialed up her specialty to give the Redhawks a 28-26 victory with her second ace of the match. SEMO led 2-1 heading into the fourth set. 

A tightly contest fourth set, the Bears and Redhawks were tied six different times early in the set. With a 12-10 advantage, MSU utilized a 3-0 scoring run to force the Redhawks into a timeout and led 15-10. 
 
A service error from MSU's Riley Ourth halted run, as the Redhawks trailed 17-11. 
 
A Marin Johnson kill at 18-11, made it 18-12. The kill was the freshman's seventh of the match as the Redhawks looked to climb back into the frame. 
 
Abby Johnson's 17th kill of the match set a new personal-best for the graduate student, but MSU would hold on for the 25-17 set four win to force it to a decisive fifth set. 
 
SEMO hit an impressive .393 in the fourth frame, the second highest of the match, but were outhit by MSU who finished with a .517 hitting-percentage. 

A heavily contested fifth set, the Redhawks and Bears switched sides with MSU leading 8-7. Abby Johnson recorded kills 18 and 19 in the beginning of the frame to keep the Redhawks within just a point. 
 
SEMO could never gain the lead in the fifth and final frame, as MSU closed the match on a 3-0 scoring run to take the fifth set, 15-11

EASTERN ILLINOIS 3, AUSTIN PEAY 2
WESTERN KENTUCKY 3, EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The Eastern Illinois volleyball team (4-5, 0-0 OVC) split their two matches on day one of the Alyssa Cavanaugh WKU Tournament on Friday. The Panthers opened things up with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Austin Peay (1-9, 0-0 ASun) before dropping the nightcap against the host Western Kentucky (6-6, 0-0 C-USA).

EIU controlled most of the opening set and found themselves with a late 21-14 lead before a 9-1 Austin Peay run put the Governors in front 23-22. However, the Panthers refused to be denied and scored four of the final five points to take a 26-24 set win. Tori Mohesky led the Eastern attack with five kills in the frame while Lilli Amettis posted four kills and a team-leading five digs.

Peay responded in set two, leading for nearly the entire frame as EIU struggled to find a consistent offensive rhythm. However, the Panthers rediscovered their groove in the third set, leading by as many as 12 points on their way to a dominant 25-15 win. Kaitlyn Flynn led the way with five kills in the set.

The Governors came right back in set four with a 25-19 win to even the match at two sets apiece. Lilli Amettis was the Panthers' leading scorer in the set with four kills.

In the deciding set, EIU left no room for doubt as they rolled to a 15-7 victory to get back into the win column. Kaitlyn Flynn led the way with three kills in the set.

Lilli Amettis led the Eastern attack with 12 kills. She also added three blocks and a service ace to go along with five digs.

She was followed by Kailtlyn Flynn with eleven kills and a service ace.

Sylvia Hasz handed out a match-high 42 assists while recording a pair of kills and three blocks.

Ireland Hieb and Julia Stanev also enjoyed three-block outings as the Panthers combined for 9.0 team blocks.

Meanwhile, two panthers recorded double-digit digs, including Laura Paniagua with 14 and Destiny Walker with 10. 

Set one against the Hilltoppers was tight early on, but after Julia Stanev and Kaitlyn Flynn combined for a block to tie the score at 6-6, WKU scored seven unanswered as part of a 10-1 run to put the set out of reach.

The Hilltoppers carried their momentum over to the second set and jumped out to a big lead early on that proved to be too much for the Panthers to overcome. Eastern came out strong in the third set to gain an early 4-3 lead, but WKU responded with another big scoring run on their way to taking the set and match.

Lilli Amettis posted a team-high in kills for the second consecutive match with a total of seven.

JACKSON STATE 3, LITTLE ROCK 1
CONWAY, Ark. - Little Rock senior Jeila Fullerton recorded her seventh double-double of the season with a game-high 15 kills to go with 10 digs during Friday's match against Jackson State, the opening match of the UCA Invitational at the Prince Center.
 
The Trojans (5-7) fought back from a 2-0 deficit to force a fourth set against the Tigers (4-5), but fell short, losing by scores of 26-24, 25-17, 18-25, and 25-14. Little Rock will be back in Conway tomorrow to face North Alabama at 12:30 pm.
 
Fullerton hit .234 during the match and also had four blocks for the Trojans, who managed just .089 percent attacking over four sets. Bella Cherry and Kaila Harris each finished with seven kills. Dariana Valencia led the team with 16 assists while Kaylee Smith added 13 and a pair of aces.
 
Jaycee Kennedy also had four blocks and A'lanae Margaritha added two. Andrea Roman led the Trojans with 15 digs, Rylee McClintock and Valencia each had eight and Smith added six.

LINDENWOOD 3, KANSAS CITY 0
BRADLEY 3, LINDENWOOD 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lindenwood women's volleyball (5-6, 0-0 OVC) split a pair of matches against Kansas City (2-7, SL) and Bradley (4-7 MVC) on Friday at the Kangaroo Klassic in Kansas City, Mo. The Lions started the day with a 3-0 sweep over the host school UMKC before falling to Bradley in four sets.

Match one ended in a 3-0 sweep for the Lindenwood Lions as they took down the host school Kansas City to start Friday's action. Lindenwood's offense was on point hitting .330% in three sets while posting 45 kills.
 
Nyah Wilson paced the Lions with a team-high 12 kills against Kansas City. Freshman Autumn Bax continued her strong start to the season with 10 kills. Both hitters hit over .440% for the entire match. Rebecca Janke also had seven kills against the Roos.
 
Lindenwood's setters were efficient posting 42 assists on 45 total kills. Allie Otten led the pack with 18 assists while Abby VanBuskirk added 13. The team's .330% hitting percentage marked the best they have hit this season. Their 10 attack errors were also their second lowest of the year.
 
Defensively, libero Jessie Seidel had 17 digs just shy of six digs per set. She continues her streak this season with at least 10+ digs in all 10 matches. Seidel was also effective on offense with five assists. As a team, the Lions had 52 digs compared to just 45 by Kansas City.
 
Set one was dominated by the Lions after they took the set by a score of 25-14. After trailing 2-0, Lindenwood went on a 6-0 run and never looked back. As a team, they had 16 kills on.412% hitting in set one. Bax led the group with five kills while Seidel picked up seven digs.
 
Lindenwood faced adversity in the second set as they trailed 13-20 nearing the end of the set. The Lions clawed their way back into the set with the help of Wilson (six kills) and Addy McAleer (four kills). Wilson's solo block sealed the 26th point as the Lions went up 2-0.
 
The third set was neck and neck as there was eight ties and three lead changes. Tied at 21-21, Lindenwood ended the match by scoring the final four points. Janke had the match-clinching kill to secure LU's win over Kansas City. She posted four kills in the third set while Otten had six assists.

Lindenwood fell during their second match on Friday against Missouri Valley opponent Bradley. Both teams were very even in many statistical categories but Bradley had the upper hand in kills (64) and hitting percentage (.218%).

Bax and Janke led the attackers for Lindenwood as each posted 15 kills in the loss. Both hitters were effective from their positions with Janke posting a .310% hitting percentage in the middle while Bax hit .324 from the right side.

Otten was the primary setter for Lindenwood in their second match posting 37 assists. It marked her eighth time this season she has gone over 30 assists and first time in her last four matches. VanBuskirk also had 10 assists.

Seidel once again led the Lions in digs with 22. She was one of three players with over 10+ digs for the Lions including McAleer who chipped in 11 and Dana Grib who had 15. Seidel has now had over 20 digs five times in 2024.

Lindenwood's one set win came in the third set where LU defeated Bradley by a score of 25-19. LU had 17 kills in that set including six from Janke. Seidel also had nine of her digs in the third. Bax also had five kills.

Set four was very tightly contested with the final score going to the Braves 28-30. Lindenwood battled back multiple times in a set which saw 11 ties and seven lead changes. After going up 28-27, LU surrendered three straight points to lose the fourth set and the match. Bax came alive in the fourth to try and help the Lions with seven kills.

SIUE 3, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Cougars (4-6) took on SIU Carbondale (7-4) this afternoon in a four-set match. SIUE lost the first set 26-24 but bounced back to win the second and third sets 26-24 and 25-21. The Cougars clinched the match by winning the fourth set 25-21.
 
As a team, the Cougars scored 77 total points with 54 kills, hitting at a .171 clip. They also tallied eight service aces, 15 blocks, and 64 total digs.
 
Outside hitter Sydney Hummert recorded her second double-double of the season. Hummert had 13 total kills with a .186 percentage, and 13 digs. In addition to her double-double she contributed three assists, three service aces and two block assists.

TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 3, TENNESSEE STATE 2
HOUSTON - Maygan Miller-Garcia collected eight kills with a .533 attack percentage, but the Tennessee State volleyball team fell in five sets (23-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-14, 12-15) to the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions Friday at Fertitta Center.

The non-conference loss dropped Tennessee State to 4-7 on the season.

The Tigers were led by a double-double from Alizaysha Sopi, who registered 11 kills and 10 digs on the day. Jayla Holcombe also added 20 kills to help the offense. On the defensive end, Hadley Pride chipped in for with 28 digs to go with nine blocks from Storm White.

The Tigers found themselves in an early hole, dropping a nail-biter first set 25-23. Texas A&M-Commerce grabbed the advantage for good at 24-23 in a set that was tied up nine times before the Lions took over in the second half of the stanza.

A 25-21 second-set loss put Tennessee State in a 2-0 hole in the match. The Lady Tigers fell in a back-and-forth set, losing in a stanza that featured eight lead changes and was tied 13 times. Neither team led by more than four points along the way.

Tennessee State rallied back to pull within two sets to one, winning their first set of the match in the third stanza. The Tigers won the set 25-23 thanks to a strong showing on the attacking side. Tennessee State put together a .344 attack percentage with 16 kills in the set win. The Lady Tigers opened up an 18-11 lead in the stanza and coasted to victory from there.

Tennessee State then kept the comeback train rolling, winning the fourth set 25-14 to bring the match level at two sets apiece. The Tigers scored first and never trailed in the set to secure the victory. Tennessee State opened up as much as an 11 point lead at 23-12 before closing out the stanza.

Tennessee State dropped the first two sets, but rallied to tie it at two sets apiece before falling 15-12 in the fifth set. The Tigers lost set five despite a solid performance on the attacking end. Tennessee State registered a .350 attack percentage with 10 kills in the set loss.

SOUTHERN INDIANA 3, EVANSVILLE 2
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (4-7) sweeps the crosstown series against University of Evansville (1-10) with a riveting five-set victory (23-25, 25-14, 21-25, 25-11, 15-9). Screaming Eagles Arena was on fire for the home opener with a USI Volleyball record setting arena crowd of 824 fans, eclipsing the previous Screaming Eagles Arena Volleyball record of 375.
 
USI attacked the Purple Aces as a team similar to Tuesday night's match, with five different Eagles notching double-digit kills from sophomore Ashby Willis (14), sophomore Leah Coleman (12), junior Bianca Anderson (15), senior Paris Downing (10), and senior Jasmine Green (15). Senior setter Carly Sobieralski shinned on the big stage once again with a season-high 57 assists and a new career high of 25 digs.
 
Anderson came out the gate swinging with three early kills to give USI an early 9-5 lead. Green added to the fast start with two powerful kills making it 15-10. Sobieralski caught the defense off balance late in the set as USI led, 23-19. The Aces erupted on 6-0 run stunning the crowd by robbing the first set after the Eagles seemed to have all the momentum. Starting the game slow continues to be a problem, as the set loss marks a 1-10 record in first sets.
 
The Eagles quickly flipped the page as Coleman took over with three early kills as USI led 13-6. USI surged on a 6-0 run as the Aces defense struggled to defend the Sobieralski to Anderson connection. Downing smashed a kill straight up the middle to even the match at one. Evansville committed ten errors opposed to Eagles three in set two. USI's defense forced the Purple Aces to a .025 hitting percentage through two frames.
 
Set three was intense as both teams traded blows tied at nine as Downing and Willis both racked up three kills each. The Aces started to separate themselves capitalizing on multiple USI errors, leading 19-13. However, USI mounted their own 7-3 run to pull within two points. UE's middle blocker Chloe Kline finished the Eagles with two huge kills. The error statistic stuck out again, as UE only committed one opposed to USI's eight.
 
Green took her turn in set four giving the Eagles the early 7-5 lead with three kills. Senior Abby Weber, Anderson, Coleman, Downing, and Willis peppered the Aces with attacks going on an 8-0 run as the Eagles lead by 12. Sobieralski dropped her 43rd match dime to help force a fifth set.  USI were extremely efficient in set three with a .429 attacking percentage. Junior Keira Moore totaled 22 digs through four sets. The race to 15 points in set five would be the decider of the crosstown second leg.
 
The energy in Screaming Eagles Arena heightened in the final set as every point erupted with noise. Team leader Jasmine Green finished the Aces with three-straight kills to help the Eagles finish the match on a 6-0 run. Sobieralski tallied her season-best 57th assist to finish the game with 13 assists in the final set along with her career-best 25th dig. USI hit a season-best .483 hitting percentage in set five.
 
The Eagles are tough to beat because of multiple different players able to step up offensively at any moment. This match marketed the first time all season five different Eagles tallied double-digit kills.
 
Anderson and Green both tallied 15 kills leading the way. Sobieralski's 57 assists led both teams as she finished with 106 assists combined in both rivalry matches. Moore and Sobieralski were tied with 25 digs each. Downing dominated up the middle once again with six total blocks. Moore and Weber both added service aces.
 
As a team, USI totaled 72 kills, 67 assists, 94 digs, eight blocks, two service aces, and a .274 hitting percentage. UE finished with 47 kills, 46 assists, 78 digs, five total blocks, six service aces, and a .114 hitting percentage.