UE home Tuesday to face USI
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Saturday’s finale of the Comfort Inn-Vitational saw the University of Evansville volleyball team fall to Morehead State by a 3-0 final at Johnson Arena.
Leading the Purple Aces we Giulia Cardona with 10 kills. Melanie Feliciano and Madisyn Steele recorded four apiece. Feliciano paced UE with nine digs while Lexi Owen had 17 assists. M.E. Hargan led MSU with 12 kills.
Set 1 – MSU 25, UE 19
Evansville had the early momentum, posting the first three points of the match as Giulia Cardona and Madisyn Steele opened with a block. Maddie Hawkins added an ace to extend the lead to 6-2. Four in a row by Morehead State tied the game at 6-6 before the Eagles used a 4-0 run to take their largest lead at 16-12.
UE would not be able to close that gap as MSU cruised to a 25-19 win to take a 1-0 lead.
Set 2 – MSU 25, UE 15
Kills by Cardona and Steele saw the Aces open a 4-3 advantage. MSU countered with four in a row to go up 7-4 before a huge run midway through the frame saw them extend the lead to 18-8. From there, they never looked back and took a 2-0 lead with a 25-15 win.
Set 3 – MSU 25, UE 10
Scoring the first five points of the set, the Eagles put forth a dominant effort to clinch the 3-0 sweep. Back-to-back aces from Brenna Bommer capped an 11-1 start to the frame. The Aces were unable to recover as the Eagles pulled away to clinch the match.
On Tuesday, the Aces welcome USI to Meeks Family Fieldhouse for a 7 p.m. match.
