The University of Southern Indiana volleyball team split opening day at the Midwest Region Crossover on Friday, falling in four sets to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside before sweeping Northwood University in the nightcap.
Senior outside hitter Lindsey Stose (Elkhart, Indiana) led the offense against Parkside with 14 kills and was one dig short of a double-double.
Senior middle hitter Elexis Coleman guided the Eagles against Northwood with nine kills, a .438 hitting percentage and three blocks.
USI Volleyball returns to The Academy Volleyball Club Saturday to wrap up the crossover with Kentucky Wesleyan College, schedule for a noon (CT) start.
Match One: Parkside 3, USI 1
USI fell in the morning session to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in four sets, 25-23, 23-25, 25-15, 25-13.
The Eagles and Rangers battled intensely in the first two frames, with each team taking a set, 25-23. Stose collected nine of her 14 kills to this point, on a .444 hitting clip.
USI posted 26 kills and a .300 hitting percentage as a team over the first two sets, but had very different luck in the third and fourth frames, posting a .000 and a .033, respectively.
Freshman right side hitter Katherine Koch (Belleville, Illinois) joined Stose in double digits with 10 kills and added five blocks.
Match Two: USI 3, Northwood 0
The Eagles took their evening session with a sweep of Northwood by scores of, 25-17, 25-17, 25-15.
Eight of the first ten points of the match came by way of service error in a bizarre way of opening the bout. USI broke up the service errors with a kill from freshman outside hitter Leah Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois). Anderson and Stose each finished the first set with three kills.
Coleman collected nine kills in the match to lead the Eagles, followed by Anderson with seven and Stose with six.
Notes
Junior setter Casey Cepicky (St. Louis, Missouri) tallied 38 assists in day one of the Midwest Region Crossover, putting the third-year starter within 48 assists of the 2000-mark for her career.
Up Next
USI Volleyball battles Kentucky Wesleyan at noon (CT) to close the crossover Saturday.
The Eagles, then, travel back to the Circle City to battle the University of Indianapolis, followed by a trip to Louisville to take on Bellarmine University in Great Lakes Valley Conference action.
