Murray State
Morehead State
Racers fall in OVC opener despite good defense
9/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
The Murray State women's volleyball team played good defense, keeping sharply hit Morehead State attacks in play, but the Racers weren't able to keep up offensively, falling to the visiting Eagles 3-1. Game scores were 30-24, 30-19, 26-30, 30-26.
The match was the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams.
Murray State (3-4, 0-1 OVC) had 66 digs to Morehead State's 63, but the Eagles (2-9, 1-0 OVC) had 64 kills to the Racers' 46 and served up 12 aces to Murray's four.
Sophomore outside hitter Allie Hunt had a team-high 15 kills and repelled 11 digs for her second career double-double. Senior outside hitter Kimberly Bunnage had 13 kills and 15 digs for her fourth double-double of the season and her 12th career.
Senior setter Casandra Ersel had a match-high 16 digs and handed out a team-high 35 assists, while Sophomore middle hitter Holly Jansen had 12 digs. Sophomore middle blocker Katie Kemezys had a co-match-high five blocks, while Jansen had two. Hunt, Bunnage, Jansen and sophomore libero Julie Lashley each had an ace.
For Morehead State, Jennifer Kennedy had a match-high 22 kills and a team-high 14 digs. Siana Zipp had 19 kills and four blocks for the Eagles.
Casie Garland had a match-high 53 assists and four aces to go with 11 digs, while Amy Johnson had three aces and 12 digs and Johanna Thompson had 11 digs. Jennie Burrell had a co-match-high five blocks for Morehead.
"We just have to regroup," said Murray State head coach David Schwepker. "We had to change some players, and we haven't had time, really, to change everything and focus. Right now, we're using this weekend to train our way through this.
"We knew coming in that this match would be really tough. We're testing where our team defense is right now, and haven't had time to work the positions well."
Murray State hosts Eastern Kentucky tomorrow (Saturday) at 2 p.m. at Racer Arena.
