COOKEVILLE – Austin Peay State University's volleyball team dropped their first Ohio Valley Conference contest of the season in a close five-set match (27-25, 21-25, 17,25, 25-23, 15-13) against Tennessee Tech, Friday, at the Eblen Center. 

Despite their second-highest attack percentage of the season (.359), the Govs were unable to overcome an even stronger offensive performance by Tennessee Tech (.381) and fell to the Golden Eagles for the first time since 2019. 

Mikayla Powell, Brooke Moore and Kaylah Jackson each posted double-digits in kills against Tennessee Tech. Moore led the Govs with 23 digs – the second-most of her career.

After trailing 2-1, the Govs forced a fifth set after a narrow 25-23 fourth-set victory, but saw a late comeback fall short in the match-deciding set.

Austin Peay will face Tennessee Tech Saturday at 2 p.m. (CT), before returning home for a midweek matchup against Murray State at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 13.

Set-by-set vs. Tennessee Tech

• Tennessee Tech jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set and held the advantage until a late run by the Govs to take a 23-20 lead forced a TTU timeout. After a back-and-forth battle, the Govs took the early lead with a 27-25 victory in overtime.
• Austin Peay took its first lead of the second set after a 3-0 run following the media timeout; however, TTU responded with a 5-1 run and tied the match with a 25-21 second-set victory.
• An 8-1 run early in the third set propelled the Golden Eagles to a 25-17 victory.
• Austin Peay fended off a late run by Tennessee Tech in the fourth to force the match-deciding fifth set.
• The Govs rallied from down 13-10 in the fifth set, but Tennessee Tech handed the Govs their first conference loss of the season on their second match point opportunity.