Racers Volleyball Starts OVC 2-0

Saturday, September 27

Racer Arena

2 p.m.

Murray State

11-3, 2-0OVC

UT Martin

7-9, 0-2OVC

UT Martin

Murray State

Photo by: Neal Head

9/27/2014 2:21:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

The Murray State Racers won for the second straight time to start the Ohio Valley Conference volleyball season Saturday in a 3-1 win over the UT Martin Skyhawks at Racer Arena in Murray, Kentucky.

The Racers (11-3, 2-0 OVC) won a set in extra points for the second night in a row as they won for the fourth straight time against UTM (7-9, 0-2 OVC).

MSU got off to a blazing start in the first set and led the Skyhawks 24-16 on the strength of 10 straight point wins and eventually won the set 25-21.

MSU won set two in extra points 26-24. MSU was down 23-22 and won four of the next five points to take the set. Going for the sweep, the Racers were locked into a big third set struggle that was taken by UTM 25-23. MSU trailed 23-15, but ran out of points even though they made a run late.

That forced a fourth set that the Racers took control of early with a 17-13 lead. MSU finished the match off by winning nine of the last 10 points.

The Racers were led by setter Sam Bedard with a season-high 47 assists.

MSU got a triple-threat day from Scottie Ingram (21 kills), Taylor Olden (13 kills) and Kristen Besselsen (13 kills). The Racer trio combined for 47 kills. Alyssa Lelm tossed in seven kills. Ingram led the team with 19 digs, while Besselsen had 12 digs.

For the day, The Racers had an attack percentage of .242, while UTM was .128.

The Racers hit the road for their next challenge Tuesday in Clarksville, Tenn., against the Austin Peay Governors. Game time at the Dunn Center is 7 p.m.