Austin Peay Sports Information
Bowling Green, KY – Freshman outside hitter Cecily Gable led Austin Peay State University’s volleyball team with 10 kills in a three-set (13-25, 14-25, 17-25) loss to Western Kentucky, Tuesday night at E.A. Diddle Arena.
Austin Peay (2-6) challenged Western Kentucky early in each of the first two sets.
The first set featured five ties and seven lead changes, with Austin Peay leading at 6-5 after sophomore Ashley Slay‘s kill. However, Western Kentucky scored the next seven points to swing the momentum in its direction.Western Kentucky (6-1), which was receiving votes in the Monday’s AVCA Coaches Poll, used a 7-0 run to break open the second set. The set featured seven ties and five lead changes, Austin Peay holding an 8-7 advantage after freshman Kaylee Taft recorded a kill. But the Hilltoppers seven-point burst turned the set around and WKU rolled to a 25-14 win.
The Hilltoppers dominated the third set, leading wire-to-wire. Western Kentucky scored the set’s first five points and didn’t look back to secure the match.
Freshman outside hitter Cecily Gable led Austin Peay for the first time this season with a 10-kill performance off the bench. She paced a Lady Govs offense that was held to 24 kills.
“We just couldn’t stop Western Kentucky’s offense. Cecily had a good outing but we couldn’t get our offense going,” said APSU Volleyball head coach Taylor Mott.
Haley Bodwell led Western Kentucky with 12 kills. Rachel Anderson (11 kills) and Noelle Langenkamp (10) also reached double-digit kill territory.
Austin Peay continues its seven-match road trip with a 2:00pm (CDT), Friday contest against Gardner-Webb in the first match of Chattanooga’s Scenic City Showdown.
Box Score
Austin Peay (2-6) -VS- WKU (6-1)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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13 | 14 | 17 | |
25 | 25 | 25 |
Match Details
Set | Austin Peay | WKU | ||||||
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K | E | TA | % | K | E | TA | % | |
1 | 8 | 11 | 40 | -.075 | 12 | 2 | 29 | .345 |
2 | 9 | 4 | 27 | .185 | 18 | 5 | 33 | .394 |
3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | .040 | 15 | 5 | 35 | .286 |
24 | 21 | 92 | .033 | 45 | 12 | 97 | .340 |
Game Leaders
APSU Leaders
Statistic | Leaders |
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Kills | GABLE, Cecily (10), SLAY, Ashley (5), TAFF, Kaylee (4) |
Aces | SLAY, Ashley (1), GABLE, Cecily (1), CARGER, Logan () |
Blocks | SLAY, Ashley (3), WALKER, Peyton (1), STROTHER, Samantha (1) |
Assists | STUCKER, Kristen (20), MARSELLIS, Aubrey (1), EBRIGHT, Sammie (1) |
Digs | STUCKER, Kristen (8), ADAMS, April (7), EBRIGHT, Sammie (5) |
WKU – Leaders
Statistic | Leaders |
---|---|
Kills | BODWAY, Haley (12), ANDERSON, Rachel (11), LANGENKAMP, Noelle (10) |
Aces | ANDERSON, Rachel (1), GRIMES, Kaelin (1), ENGLE, Rachel (1) |
Blocks | LANGENKAMP, Noelle (3), ANDERSON, Rachel (2), DELLINGER, Taylor (2) |
Assists | LUCAS, Jessica (35), SCOTT, Jackie (2), ANDERSON, Rachel (1) |
Digs | O’CONNELL, Georgia (10), LUCAS, Jessica (7), GRIMES, Kaelin (6) |