Edwardsville, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (1-27, 1-16 OVC) ends the night with a 3-1 loss (17-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-25) to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (12-16, 7-10 OVC) Friday night at First Community Arena. Junior outside hitter Leah Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois) had 13 kills and 12 digs while sophomore setter Carly Sobieralski (Indianapolis, Indiana) nabbed 32 assists and 11 digs to produce the two double-doubles for the Screaming Eagles.
Strategic runs from SIUE ended with a 25-17 opening-set loss for USI. The Eagles were keeping up with the Cougars until a 5-0 surge spotted SIUE a 10-4 lead. Despite getting a quick point off a service error, USI watched SIUE put up six of the next eight points to extend the lead, 16-7. Junior outside/right side hitter/setter Katherine Koch (Belleville, Illinois) ended the run with one of her three kills in the frame to cut the deficit to eight. Down 21-11, the Eagles put up a 4-0 stint that included three kills by three different players to make it 21-15. However, the Cougars ended the set with back-to-back kills to get the 1-0 match lead. USI could only muster eight kills, their lowest all night.
The Cougars gapped the Eagles early to steal the second set, 25-21. USI picked up the first two points of the set off a pair of kills from Koch and sophomore middle hitter Paris Downing (Avon, Indiana). SIUE retaliated by scoring seven of the next eight points to give the Cougars the 7-3 advantage. The Eagles were down 13-9 until a string of SIUE…
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