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Lady Govs volleyball falls at IllinoisAPSU Women’s Volleyball
Austin Peay (26-8) was able to maintain contact early in each of the three sets. However, Illinois (23-8), the tournament’s No. 8 seed and ranked 14th nationally, made key runs in each of the match’s three sets to provide its margin of victory. Austin Peay led 8-7 in the opening set following a kill by sophomore Alex Sain, who had three kills in the set’s first eight points. But the Fighting Illini scored five consecutive points, the first three on kills by three different players and the final two on service aces by Jackie Wolf, to build a 12-8 lead. But Colleen Ward put the set away scoring Illinois’ final five points with four kills and a set-ending service ace.Illinois used a 5-1 run in the second set to turn an 11-11 tie into a 16-12 advantage. Michelle Bartsch and Jazmine Orozco each had two kills in the breakaway run. Once again, Ward was the Fighting Illini’ go-to person at the set’s end, scoring the team’s final five poitns again, four on kills and another set-ending service ace.
The Lady Govs got five kills from four different players – two from senior Jessica Mollmann – in a display of offensive balance. Following its timeout, Illinois roared back with a 9-2 run to take a 13-10 lead as Ward posted four of the team’s seven kills in the stretch. The Illinois lead would briefly reach four points, 18-14, before Austin Peay could mount its first late-set comeback effort.
Mollmann and junior Ilyanna Hernandez each scored kills off easy passes and another Grantham serve led to a Illinois attack error that tied the set, 18-18. But after battling back to tie the set, Austin Peay became its own worst enemy committing five attack errors, including three into Illinois blocks, in the match-ending 7-1 run. Illinois’ Johannah Bangert had a hand in each of the three blocks that turned the tide.
Ward led all hitters with 17 kills while posting a .333 attack percentage. Erin Johnson added nine kills without an error to post a .692 attack percentage. Bangert had just three kills but added a match-high seven blocks. In addition, Illinois won the service game, recording 10 service aces – the most by an APSU opponent since early October. SectionsSportsTopicsAlex Sain, APSU, APSU Women's Volleyball, Austin Peay State University, Fighting Illini, Illinois, Ilyanna Hernandez, Jessica Mollmann, Kayla Grantham, Lady Govs, NCAA Volleyball Championship, Paige Economos |
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