Murray State
UT Martin
Racers shut out Tennessee-Martin, Bunnage gets triple-double
11/2/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Perseverance and a lot of hard work finally paid of for the Murray State women's volleyball team, as a staunch defense brought the Racers a 3-0 win over visiting Tennessee-Martin in Ohio Valley Conference action tonight. Game scores were 30-25, 30-24, 30-27.
The win snapped an eight-match skid for MSU (5-15, 2-11 OVC) and was the final home match of the season for the Racers.
Senior outside hitter Kimberly Bunnage set Racer Arena three-game-match records with 10 blocks and eight block assists. She also had match-highs with 19 kills and 19 digs.
Sophomore middle blocker Katie Kemezys added nine kills and had no errors in 19 attacks for a .474 attack percentage. She also had six blocks. Senior middle blocker Danielle Sutterer rejected five blocks for MSU.
Senior setter Casandra Ersel had 16 digs for the Racers, while sophomore outside hitter Allie Hunt and sophomore libero Julie Lashley added 13 digs apiece. Hunt, Lashley and sophomore outside hitter Holly Jansen served up a co-match-high two aces, while Ersel handed out a match-high 38 assists.
For Tennessee-Martin (10-14, 7-7 OVC), Leigh Reiniche had a team-high 14 kills and two aces, while Tamara Konitzer and Kim Tipton had 10 digs each. Kathryn Sprague and Rebecca Palmer had six blocks apiece for the Skyhawks.
"We had a very hard workout yesterday," said MSU head coach David Schwepker. "We worked on defense specifically. We told them to watch the hitter, because that will tell you where the ball is going to go.
"(Murray State) has been working hard all year long, and they really worked hard tonight, and it paid off."
Murray State has a week off before visiting Tennessee State on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m.
