LEBANON, Ill.—University of Southern Indiana Volleyball ended its 2016 season with a 25-20, 25-18, 25-13 Great Lakes Valley Conference loss to host McKendree University Saturday evening.
USI (9-21, 3-15 GLVC), which lost its final 10 matches of the year, fought off set-point four times before succumbing to the Bearcats in the opening frame. McKendree used a pair of 4-0 runs early to take control of the set.
McKendree (21-9, 16-2 GLVC) used a 10-2 run to establish an insurmountable lead in the second set; then used a 9-2 run in the third frame to put separation between the two teams.
Freshman right side hitter Amanda Jung (Belleville, Illinois) had a match-high 12 kills and a .391 attacking percentage to pace the Screaming Eagles. Sophomore setter Erika Peoples (Bloomington, Illinois) had 24 assists, while junior libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) added a team-best 11 digs to lead USI’s back row.
Farrell finishes the season with 568 digs, just 22 digs shy of the single-season school mark of 590, set by Kayla Heldman in 2013. Her 5.41 digs per set surpassed Heldman’s single-season school-record average of 5.00, which also was set in 2013.
In 2017, Farrell will enter the season ranked third all-time at USI with 1,359 career digs after surpassing USI and GLVC Hall of Famer Shannon Wells (1,353) Saturday. Farrell trails only Heldman (1,848) and Amanda Probst (1,490) on USI’s all-time digs’ list.
Saturday’s match was the final match for USI seniors Amy Zwissler (Bloomington, Indiana) and Quin Shoultz (Columbus, Indiana). Zwissler finishes her career ranked sixth all-time at USI with 255 career block assists and tied for fifth since 2000 with 285 total blocks; while Shoultz concludes her career ranked sixth all-time at USI with 2,168 career assists.
