Cleveland State Tops Volleyball In West Virginia

Saturday, September 15

Morgantown, W.Va.

1:00 p.m.

Murray State

2-6

Cleveland State

8-4

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Murray St.	18	18	14	0
Cleveland St.	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Murray State Sports Information

9/15/2012 3:38:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

The Murray State Volleyball team was held to a season-low attack percentage of .046 on Saturday as the Racers fell, 3-0, to Cleveland State in their opening match of West Virginia's Gold and Blue Classic in Morgantown.

Cleveland State (8-4) posted its second victory of the season over Murray State by tallying 44 total kills for an attack percentage of .238. Lengthy runs by the Vikings in each set proved to the Racers undoing in the match, as well as 23 total attack errors, the second-highest total season this season.

However, it was not all bad news for MSU (2-6), as freshman Taylor Olden (Lincoln, Ill.) led her team for the fourth time in as many matches with eight kills. Junior Katlyn Hudson (Columbus, Ind.) led the Racers defensively with 15 digs, while freshman Sam Bedard (Breese, Ill.) notched her second collegiate double-double with 19 assists and 10 digs.

For Cleveland State, senior Kara Koch (West Salem, Ohio) upped her average of 4.88 kills per set, the fifth highest in the nation, by finishing the match with 15.

After the match head coach David Schwepker, talked about the changes the team made heading in to today and how it affected the outcome.

“Today, we just came out flat,” said Schwepker. “We made a line-up change to see if it would improve our team's performance and I didn't like the outcome of that change. However, it is a good lesson for us to learn during these non-conference matches.”

The Racers will wrap-up play in the Gold and Blue Classic on Sunday when they take on host West Virginia at 1 p.m.