Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
Austin Peay
Racers and Govs For All The Marbles Saturday
11/17/2017 9:59:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Date: Nov. 18, 2017
Match Time: 12 p.m.
Opponent: Austin Peay
Site: Clarksville, Tenn.
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MSU Record (Streak): 22-8 (W7)
APSU Record (Streak): 29-5 (W3)
All-Time Series vs. APSU: Austin Peay leads the all-time series 38-37
Saturday
The Murray State volleyball team plays in its fourth consecutive OVC Tournament Championship Saturday at noon as the Racers face regular-season champion and tournament host Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tenn. MSU is 2-1 in its previous three championship matches dating back to 2014 and is looking for its sixth tournament title in program history.
Semifinals
The Racers advanced to Saturday's title tilt behind the strength of a four-set victory over Eastern Illinois. After losing the first set for the second consecutive day, the Racers rattled off victories in the next three sets to claim the win. Rachel Holthaus led MSU with another big match as she tallied a match-high 15 kills and hit .577. Rachel Giustino added 14 kills while Dacia Brown and Katirah Johnson had 12 and 11 kills, respectively. Johnson led the way with five total blocks in the win. Becca Fernandez and Courtney Radle each had four service aces on the day as MSU recorded a season-best 12 aces in the victory.
Scouting Austin Peay
The regular season champion Governors are led by the OVC Player of the Year Ashley Slay, who leads Austin Peay with 467 kills while the OVC's Setter of the Year, Kristen Stucker paces an offense that leads the league with a .238 hitting percentage. Stucker has 1,429 assists this season to lead the conference. Libero Annie O'Reilly leads the Govs with 442 digs in 2017. The Governors are led by the OVC's Coach of the Year in Taylor Mott. MSU defeated APSU in four sets just over a week ago in Clarksville the last time these two met.
