CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Peay State University's volleyball team fell to Eastern Kentucky 3-0 (17-25,9-25, 18-25), Tuesday, in the Winfield Dunn Center.
The Governors notched three-straight points early against Eastern Kentucky following a service error, and two attack errors with Nicole Okojie and Lauren Wallace on the block. Okojie and Cree Hollier each tallied a kill for the Govs 10th and 11th points. Okojie scored points 12 and 13 consecutive with a kill, and a block, assisted by Ali Coy. The Governors notched four more to end the set but would drop the set 25-17.
The Governors took their first lead 3-2 in the second set with a Wallace kill, Okojie kill, and an Okojie and Hollier block. Sarah Butler notched the Govs first ace for Austin Peay's fifth point. Malena Benz tallied the Govs seventh and eighth points on kills, both assisted by Sarah Butler. The Govs tallied their final kill from Kaelynn Ashley, but lost the set, 25-9.
The Govs notched late momentum with a four-point run on an EKU service error, Coy kill, Hollier ace, and a Benz kill. Austin Peay went on a second scoring run with four straight points on a Wallace kill, Coy ace, Wallace and Benz block, and an EKU attack error to tie the set at 12, after trailing by as many as six at 11-5. The Govs scored four on two kills, and a solo Okojie block, and a block from Okojie and Cloyd. Austin Peay notched a final kill from Hollier, and a block from Hollier and Benz, but dropped the set 25-18 and the match 3-0.
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