CLARKSVILLE - Austin Peay State University's volleyball team returned to its regular home and opened it with a victory, downing Tennessee Tech in four sets (25-19, 25-27, 25-18, 25-17) in an Ohio Valley Conference contest at the Dunn Center.

Austin Peay (7-10, 1-1 OVC West) had little trouble with Tennessee Tech when its offense was running well, easily scoring victories in the first, third and fourth sets. The Lady Govs opened the match with an impressive 20-kill performance in the first frame. They added 13 and 14-kill efforts in the third and fourth sets while hitting .281 and .273 respectively each time.

Tennessee Tech (2-12, 0-2 OVC East) put forth a steely defensive effort in the second set, recording five of its 12 blocks in the set. The Golden Eagles defense caused the Lady Govs to record 11 of its 27 attack errors in the match in the second set. Still, it took a 7-2 set-ending run by Tennessee Tech to take a 27-25 win.

Sophomore Jada Stotts led Austin Peay with 18 kills, but also was charged with 13 attack errors and was held to a .104 attack percentage. She was picked up by senior Nikki Doyle and sophomore Liz Landon who had 13 kills each.  Senior Alex Sain also was impressive with 10 kills and 13 digs.

Natalie Penrod led Tennessee Tech with 14 kills. Kelsey Gray added nine kills and finished with a .500 attack percentage.

Austin Peay begins a four-match OVC road trip with a 7 p.m., Tuesday contest at Murray State.

NOTE: Austin Peay played its first match at the Dunn Center this season... the Lady Govs opened their home schedule at the Memorial Health Building, Friday, after a power outage at the Dunn Center.