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APSU Volleyball losses at Lipscomb in Five Sets

APSU Women's VolleyballNashville, TNMikayla Powell led a balanced offensive attack, but the Austin Peay State University (APSU) volleyball team ran out of time to forge a fifth-set comeback and fell to Lipscomb (29-31, 25-23, 23-25, 25-19, 9-15) in ASUN Conference action, Saturday, at Allen Arena.

The first three sets tested both teams’ mettle. Lipscomb jumped out to an eight-point lead, 15-7 in the first, only to watch Austin Peay State University rally back to force overtime before the Bisons claimed a 31-29 victory.

The Governors faced another four-point deficit at 20-16 in the second but used a pair of 4-0 runs to win the frame, 25-23. The third was the tensest set of the match, with neither team leading by more than two points as Lipscomb eked out the 25-23 win.
 
Austin Peay (9-9, 2-5 ASUN) didn’t enjoy more than a two-point lead until the fourth set. Trailing 8-6 in the fourth, the Govs used a sequence of 2-for-1 rallies to take the lead slowly and then build a 16-13 advantage. Austin Peay took control with a 5-0 run on Kelsey Mead’s serve that gave it a 22-16 lead that proved enough of a cushion to claim the 25-19 lead.
 
2022 APSU Volleyball - Mikayla Powell. (Robert Smith, APSU Sports Information)Lipscomb (8-10, 5-2 ASUN) again took the early lead in the fifth set, only briefly relinquishing the lead on a Jaida Clark kill that gave APSU a 3-2 advantage.

But the Bisons scored five on the following six points to take the lead, 7-4. Austin Peay would not be able to tie the score again the rest of the way, and Lipscomb claimed the fifth set and the win.
 
2022 APSU Volleyball - Erin Eisenhart. (Robert Smith, APSU Sports Information)Powell led Austin Peay State University with 15 kills and a .289 attack percentage. Clark chipped in 12 kills and four blocks, while Marlayna Bullington added 10 kills. Maggie Keenan enjoyed a six-block, eight-kill effort for the APSU Govs.

Erin Eisenhart, who opened the match with 12 digs in the opening set, finished with a match-best 27 digs.
 
Caroline Stogner led Lipscomb and all hitters with 18 kills, four service aces, five blocks, and 12 digs. Addi Pelham and Berkley Mischler joined her in double-digit kill territory with 16 and 14 kills, respectively.

Next Up for APSU Volleyball

The Austin Peay State University Governors volleyball team and the Lipscomb Bisons reprise their meeting with a Friday 6:00pm match at the Dunn Center in Clarksville.

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