Box Score
INDIANAPOLIS – Coming off a tough four-set loss to Ohio State, the IUPUI volleyball team bounced back in its second match of the Western Kentucky Invitational defeating Tennessee Tech, 3-0 (25-10, 25-18, 25-16), Saturday morning.
With the win, IUPUI snapped its three-match losing streak and improved to 6-4 on the season, while Tennessee Tech fell to 1-7.
The Jaguars quickly established
Kelsey Hoefer,
Moriah Fair and
Bethany Fogler in the early going as the trio each registered at least two kills helping IUPUI sprint out to a 10-5 lead. Four Tennessee Tech attack errors and a
Kortni Wright kill followed, pushing the Jags lead to 15-5. The IUPUI lead grew to as many as 15 and that proved to be the final margin as the Jaguars took the first set, 25-10.
The second set was not as easy as the first for IUPUI with the Golden Eagles controlling the early portion of the set. However, with the score tied at 15, four Fair kills, a kill from
Kaitlyn Hickey and two bad sets by Tennessee Tech were featured in a seven-point Jags run opening up a 22-15 Jaguars lead. That seven-point run was the difference as two Fair kills at the end of the set capped off a 25-18 second-set win for the Jaguars.
A pair of
Ellyn Jones aces tied in with a pair of Golden Eagles attack errors helped IUPUI take a 5-1 lead, and that lead grew to five, 14-9, forcing Tennessee Tech to burn a timeout. A three-point run cut the Jags lead to two, 15-13, forcing an IUPUI timeout, but out of the timeout, the Jags retaliated with a three-point run of its own to reestablish a five-point cushion at 18-13. From there, the Jags cruised to a 25-16 set-three win.
In her second career start,
Ellyn Jones dished out a career-high 38 assists leading the Jaguars to a .291 team hitting percentage, while adding 14 digs. Fair and Hoefer continued to pace the offense with 13 kills and 11 kills, respectively.
Beth Howard led all players with 19 digs, which included 11 in the third set alone.
The Jags close out the WKU Invitational later tonight when they take on tournament host Western Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. ET.
