FULTON, Mo. – To open the home season, the Owls hosted Missouri Valley College Tuesday evening. The Owls grabbed set two from MVC but succumbed to a 3-1 loss.
The set scores were 25-21, 20-25, 25-14, 25-21.
The Owls return to conference play on Friday, Oct. 7, with a 6 p.m. home match versus Cottey College. Cottey joined the American Midwest Conference this academic year.
By The Numbers
.350 – The Owls had two players hit over .350 on the match:
Rhakala Blackmon - .400 (7-1-15),
Lauren Adams - .368 (7-0-19).
.270 – The Owls hit .270 in set two with their match-high 13 kills.
19 –
Erin Treis assisted in 19 Owls' kills.
12 –
Emmalea Cook and
Tori Rosemann each pulled up 12 Viking's attacks.
8 –
Lanie Lowry and
Riley Alton each recorded eight kills. The Owls out-blocked the Vikings 8 to 5.
4 –
Reanna Dodge,
Lauren Adams and
Lanie Lowry each recorded a floor-high four blocks.
3 –
Kassidy Phillips served up three aces.
How It Happened
The two teams were neck-and-neck through set one until MVC put together a 4-0 run to take up a four-point lead, 18-14. They put together a second 4-0 run just two points later to go up 22-16. The Owls responded with a 4-1 run to close the gap to three, 23-20 but it wasn't enough.
The Owls stuck an early 6-1 run to the Vikings with a collage of kills and blocks to take a 7-3 lead. A 5-1 run followed shortly after to double the Vikings lead, 12-6, and the Owls once again put together a 5-1 run to take a dominating 17-9 lead. The Vikings inched their way back in, but a kill from
Reanna Dodge ended the set with a 25-20 win.
MVC pushed a 12-2 run with an 8-0 run in there to take set three to game point, 24-12. The Owls held on for two points but the inevitable happened on the next play to give MVC the 2-1 match lead.
MVC put together a 7-1 run to take a 15-7 lead in set four. The Owls responded with a 6-0 run with two aces from
Kassidy Phillips and three kills from three players to cut the set to two points, 15-13. The Owls weren't quite able to get close again, ending with a 25-21 loss.
