CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Austin Peay State University's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 match to Atlantic Sun Conference opponent Central Arkansas Friday at the Winfield Dunn Center. 

The Governors and the Bears began the first set back-and-forth, tying the set at 9. A trio of errors from the Bears allowed the Governors to take the lead at 11-9, and a trio of kills by Sarah Carnathan, followed by a service ace from Kalliann Cook, gave the Govs a 17-13 lead. Another quick kill by Carnathan and Gabriella MacKenzie, paired with a Bear attack error, allowed the Govs to take a six-point lead at 20-14. The Bears responded with a 5-0 run to get within one point of the Govs at 21-20. Three kills by the Bears and a Governor error allowed the Bears to take the lead at 24-22. The Govs fought off a Bears set point with a kill by MacKenzie from a Kayleigh Ryan assist, but a kill by UCAs Laci Bohannan gave them the first set win at 25-23. 

The Bears took the lead early in the second set as a 7-1 run gave a seven-point lead at 11-4. The Governors got as close as six points at 15-9 with a kill by Dani Kopacz from Ryan's assist. The Bears ended the second set on a 6-1 run to take a 25-13 win. 

Austin Peay opened the third set with a 5-2 run to take the early lead by three. The Govs lead by as many as five points at 10-5 from four consecutive errors from the Bears. UCA responded with a 7-2 run to tie the set at 12. After back-and-forth action, the Governors were down by one point at 19-18, however, the Bears ended the set on a 6-1 run, taking the 25-19 set win for the 3-0 victory. 

Up next, the Governors host North Alabama at 4 p.m., Saturday, at the Winfield Dunn Center.