RICHMOND, Ky. - Senior outside hitter Nikki Doyle had a match-high 14 kills, but it wasn't enough as Austin Peay State University's volleyball team was swept (22-25, 23-25, 19-25) by Eastern Kentucky, Saturday afternoon at McBrayer Arena.

Austin Peay (8-11, 2-2 OVC West) never held a lead in the match and only forced eight ties in the three sets. Doyle was the lone Lady Govs player to reach double-digit kill territory and posted a .229 attack percentage. Sophomore Liz Landon was the only other APSU hitter to show any offensive consistency, recording five kills on 10 attacks.

The Lady Govs as a whole were held to 35 kills and a .140 attack percentage, but minus Doyle and Landon's contributions, the team had only 16 kills and a .002 attack percentage.

"We were not mentally prepared to play today," said Lady Govs head coach Taylor Mott. "We did not execute and made so many errors we never really gave ourselves a chance to win. We are entering a critical three weekends in conference play and need to be ready to play if we are going to keep pace in the race."

Ashley Edmond led Eastern Kentucky with 10 kills and a .273 attack percentage while Alexis Plagens added nine kills. The Colonels posted 29 kills with a .260 attack percentage in the victory.

Austin Peay returns to action when it travels to OVC West-leading Southeast Missouri for a 6:30 p.m., Friday contest at Houck Fieldhouse.