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APSU Volleyball opens OVC Season with win at Southeast MissouriAPSU Sports Information
![]() Austin Peay Women’s Volleyball sophomore Brooke Moore has 11 kills and 12 digs in win over Southeast Missouri Friday night. (APSU Sports Information) Austin Peay (11-2, 1-0 OVC) won the first two sets by gaining a lead midway through each set. It was a 7-1 Governors run in the first set that gave them a 13-7 lead they would hold to claim the opening frame. Austin Peay then used a 6-1 run to build an early 14-11 lead but they had to fend off a Redhawks run that tied the set, 19-19. The APSU Govs closed by scoring six of the final eight points to win the set. .
But the Govs got a kill from Jenna Panning, a pair of SEMO errors and then a Kristen Stucker kill to come all the way back to win the set and the match. The Governors saw five different players record 10 or more digs in the match with junior Ginny Gerig posting a team-best 23 digs – 10 of those coming in the first set. That effort, along with seven blocks, helped Austin Peay hold the Redhawks to a .159 attack percentage.
Laney Malloy and Haley Bilbruck each had 11 kills to lead Southeast Missouri’s offense. Austin Peay closes out its OVC-opening road trip with an 11:00am, Saturday contest against UT Martin. The Skyhawks stunned OVC preseason favorite Murray State in five sets during Friday’s action. Set-By-SetEarly back-and-forth action – there were six times and a lead change in the opening 12 points – turned in the Governors direction thanks to a 7-1 run that saw three different Govs supply points along with a trio of SEMO attack errors. Austin Peay would nurse the resulting 13-7 lead to the finish line, fending off an 8-3 Redhawks run late on the way. SET 2, Govs Win 25-22
SET 3, Govs Win 26-24 But the Governors roared back with a kill by Jenna Panning before the Redhawks surrendered the lead by committing back-to-back errors. Stucker closed the match with a well-timed tip over the net to seal that match. APSU Govs, Notably
Peace Of Mind The 76-dig outing was the Govs third-best effort of the season and far-and-away their best in a three-set match (62 vs. Western Michigan the previous best).
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