Written by Cody Bush
APSU Sports Information
Memphis, TN – Austin Peay State University’s volleyball team couldn’t maintain the momentum of its season-opening victory, dropping a five-set contest (25-13, 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 13-15) to UALR, Saturday afternoon, in the Memphis Invitational at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
Austin Peay (1-1) won a lopsided first set, jumping out to a 15-5 lead and not looking back en route to a 25-13 win. The Lady Govs needed only 12 kills in the win as UALR handed them 10 points on errors.
UALR (1-1) leveled the match with a wire-to-wire win in the second set. Austin Peay rallied from a 20-15 deficit late to tie the set at 23-23. But the Trojans held off the rally, using a Adisa Hodzic kill and a Emily Pepperman service ace to secure the win.The third and fourth sets were wild affairs with both teams using late set rallies to post come-from-behind wins. Austin Peay led 17-9 in the third set only to watch UALR tie the set with a 10-2 run to tie the set, 19-19. The Lady Govs momentarily held off the lead change, but the Trojans used three consecutive kills to win the set, 25-23.
UALR held a 16-10 lead in the fourth set, but Austin Peay tied the set with six consecutive points, with sophomore Jada Stotts and senior Alex Sain each recording two kills. The Trojans would get within three points, 22-21, of winning the match but the Lady Govs scored four of the set’s final five points to force a decisive fifth set.
After playing the tournament’s first nine sets with the offense running efficiently, Austin Peay saw its offense sputter. The Lady Govs committed six errors in the set, allowing the Trojans to stay within striking distance early. Then, trailing 11-10, UALR finally struck and scored five of the final seven points to win the match.
Austin Peay was unable to capitalize on Stotts’ career-best 19-kill performance. Sophomore Hillary Plybon followed up her career-best outing in the season opener with a 15-kill outing against UALR. Junior middle blocker Lauren Henderson added 10 kills.
Edina Begic led UALR with an impressive 25-kill outing, including five kills in the decisive set. Hodzic and Eva Xie each added 10 kills.
The Lady Govs return to action with a 10:00am, Saturday contest against Eastern Michigan. The Eagles enter the tournament’s second day with a 2-0 record after posting four-set wins against both UALR and Southern Illinois, Friday.
Box Score
Austin Peay Lady Govs
Austin Peay vs UALR
(08/24/12 at Memphis, TN)
Austin Peay | ATTACK | SET | SERVE | SRV | DEF | BLOCK | GEN | |||||||||
## | Player | SP | K | E | TA | PCT | A | SA | SE | RE | DIG | BS | BA | BE | BHE | Points |
1 | FIELDS, Cami | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -.500 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
2 | HULL, Calyn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
9 | DOYLE, Nikki | 5 | 9 | 2 | 29 | .241 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 |
12 | HENDERSON, Lauren | 5 | 10 | 4 | 24 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14.0 |
14 | STOTTS, Jada | 5 | 19 | 8 | 50 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 |
15 | PLYBON, Hillary | 5 | 15 | 2 | 28 | .464 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 |
3 | ADAMS, April | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
5 | SAIN, Alex | 4 | 8 | 0 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
10 | STROTHER, Samantha | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -.143 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Totals | 5 | 64 | 22 | 170 | .247 | 57 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 78.0 | |
TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 |
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UALR | ATTACK | SET | SERVE | SRV | DEF | BLOCK | GEN | |||||||||
## | Player | SP | K | E | TA | PCT | A | SA | SE | RE | DIG | BS | BA | BE | BHE | Points |
2 | Hodzic, Adisa | 5 | 10 | 2 | 21 | .381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 |
4 | Souza Moura, Daniele | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | .091 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
8 | de Zoete, Marleen | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .300 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
9 | Begic, Edina | 5 | 25 | 10 | 59 | .254 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 |
10 | Shaedig, Sawyer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
11 | Xie, Eva | 5 | 10 | 5 | 32 | .156 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 |
1 | Wyatt, Allison | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
5 | Pepperman, Emily | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
7 | Davis, Tyler | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
14 | Booher, Mikalah | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
Totals | 5 | 60 | 27 | 164 | .201 | 58 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 77 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | |
TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 |
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Site: Memphis, Tenn. (Elma Roane FH) Date: 08/24/12 Attend: 79 Time: 1:46 Referees: Tim Neels, Mike Hamilton |
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