Murray State
UT Martin
Volleyball Wins Fifth Straight Match -- Again
10/17/2006 5:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
The Murray State women's volleyball team finds itself with a five-match win streak for the third time this season with a 3-1 win at Ohio Valley Conference rival Tennessee-Martin tonight. Game scores were 30-26, 18-30, 30-25, 30-25.
After opening the season 1-1, the Racers (16-3, 8-1 OVC) won their next five matches, lost at Memphis, won their next five matches, lost at Tennessee State, then won the last five.
At Tennessee-Martin, the Racers weren't hitting as well as they had for most of the season, with an attack percentage of .123, its second-lowest mark of the season and the lowest in the last 17 matches. Despite that, MSU had 58 kills to the Skyhawks' 56.
Murray State was led by senior middle blocker Katie Kemezys, who had a match-high 18 kills. Senior middle blocker Holly Jansen added 14 kills, 10 digs and three blocks, while sophomore outside hitters Alison Mugler and Alyssa Groves had 10 kills apiece.
Mugler led the defense with 24 digs. Groves added 19 digs, while sophomore libero Heather Norris had 16, freshman setter Cassie Chesney had 15 and junior outside hitter Tara DeMage had 13. Chesney handed out a match-high 48 assists, while Groves served up two aces for the Racers.
For Tennessee-Martin (16-7, 5-4 OVC), Kathryn Sprague had 16 kills and hit .538, with only two errors in 26 attacks. Taylor Noland added 12 kills.
Anna Gautreau repelled a match-high 28 digs, while Jamie Hollins had 18, Shelby Knose had 16 and Tammy Konitzer had 12. Sarah Jett had a match-high seven blocks, while Sprague and Lauren Montague had four blocks each. Jett also served up a match-high four aces for the Skyhawks.
Murray State continues this four-match road swing at Tennessee Tech on Saturday at 2 p.m.
