KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Morehead State volleyball team got off to a slow start and battled through five sets ultimately falling to Colgate 3-2 (14-25, 25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 9-15) Saturday in Thompson Boling Arena in the Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
 
Morehead State (1-2) was led by seniors Hollan Everett and Amelia Nott who finished with 17 kills apiece, tied for match honors.
 
Freshman Ella Warrick posted her second career double-double with 13 kills and 12 digs.
 
Colgate (1-2) was led by Julia Headley with 17 kills and posting a .577 hitting percentage. Aubrey Anders and Tiana Owens added 15 kills apiece for the Raiders.
 
Morehead State opened the match with a three-point run which was answered by Colgate. Another immediate three-point run by the Eagles was again answered by the Raiders. A Raider four-point run put Colgate ahead 16-11. The Raiders closed out the set outscoring the Eagles 7-1.
 
After Morehead State scored the first point in the second set, Colgate ran off three-straight points and continued to lead until an Eagle three-point run capped by an ace by Amelia Nott even the score at 11-11.  With Colgate holding a 13-12 lead, the Eagles ran off eight straight points highlighted by aces from Tinsley Brown and Courtney Fitzgerald and two blocks up front and capped by a kill from Nott to put the Eagles on top 20-14.
 
Colgate responded with a five-point run to cut the lead to 22-21, before Everett ended the Raider rally with a blast up the line. The Eagles closed out the set with an Everett kill and a Colgate service error. Everett and Nott led the Eagle attack with six and five kills, respectively in the set. MSU hit .382 in the frame.
 
The Eagles opened set three with a 3-0 run. Later in the set, Morehead State went on a 6-2 run led by Nott's three kills and a service ace in the rotation to take a 17-9 lead. Later, a Colgate three-point run cut the MSU lead to 20-16, but the Raiders could get no closer than three points and the Eagles took a 2-1 lead in the fourth set. Both front rows were stout in the frame: Colgate posted four blocks in the frame and Morehead State turned away three. MSU was held to a .119 hitting percentage and Colgate was held to an .056 attack efficiency.
 
The fourth set was closely contested early. Morehead used a four-point run to gain some separation at 10-6. Colgate responded with a 6-1 run to even the score at 11-11. The Raiders gained their first lead of the set at 14-13. Colgate ran off seven straight points, the run highlighted by four straight service aces by setter Reagan Knipling, to take a 22-15 advantage.
 
Morehead State rallied with a 6-1 run highlighted by a Fitzgerald ace and two kills by Warrick to cut the lead to 23-21. The Eagles turned away two set points before Colgate closed out the set with a kill by Headley. Warrick paced the Eagle attack with seven kills in the frame.
 

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IDAHO 3, WESTERN ILLINOIS 0
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Western Illinois Volleyball team fell to Idaho 3-0 on Sunday August 30th.

The first set was a contentious one, ending with a final score of 26-28. The two teams both traded points throughout the set, with no team leading by more than 3 points at any point during the set.

The second set also started out very competitive, with the two teams going back and forth early, before a 4 point run by Idaho put the set score to 20-13. The Leathernecks started to fight back, getting the score to 16-21 before the set finished by a score of 25-18.

The third and final set was also contentious early, with the Leathernecks keeping the score close, before Idaho went on a 7 point run, which culminated in a final set score of 25-13.

Western Illinois was led by Emilia Kouri and Kennedy Adiar, who both had 8 kills for the Leathernecks. Grace Ulatowski had 8 digs for Western, which led the team, with Kennedy Adair coming in second for the team with 6. Adair also had 3 blocks, which led the team, and Jaleah Bauss had 15 assists which also led the Leathernecks for the game.Kiana Greer led the charge for Idaho with 9 kills, with Csenge Krakoczki having 19 assists, which led the Vandals. Keira Kleidon led Idaho with 15 digs as well, which was the only total over double digits for the Vandals.
 

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LINDENWOOD 3, SAINT LOUIS 2
ST. LOUIS - The Lindenwood women's volleyball team (2-1) prevailed 3-2 against Saint Louis (2-1) on Sunday afternoon. Lauren Ortwerth and Autumn Bax combined for 36 kills in the match as the Lions hit .307 as a team.
 
Lindenwood got off to a hot start, cruising to a 25-17 win in the opening set behind seven kills from Lauren Ortwerth, who hit .875 in the frame. As a team, the Lions posted 14 kills on a .400 hitting percentage.

Lindenwood carried the momentum into the second set, outscoring Saint Louis 8-4 down the stretch after falling behind by a point to take a 25-22 win. Through the first two frames, the Lions were hitting at a .446 clip as a team.

The Billikens got one back in the third set, using a 6-1 run to take a 22-17 lead before scoring the frame's final three points after Lindenwood cut the lead back to one. The Lions held a 21-18 lead in the fourth set but dropped seven of the next eight points to lose the set.

Lindenwood would fall behind 7-4 in the deciding set but refused to be denied, surging ahead with an 8-2 run before finishing off the match with a 15-12 set win, as Lauren Ortwerth recorded the winning point with her 18th kill of the afternoon.

Autumn Bax also registered 18 kills in the match while adding three blocks, while Susanna Beretti went for 15 terminations while also posting three rejections.
 
Ashley Geluck recorded a team-leading six blocks in the match while Kaci Johnson recorded 49 kills and a team-high 18 digs for her second double double of the weekend.