MOREHEAD, Ky. – After holding Tennessee State to a .063 hitting percentage Sunday evening, Morehead State volleyball held the Tigers to a .059 hitting percentage, holding its opponent's hitting efficiency under .100 for the fifth time this season.
On the other side of the net, Morehead State posted its best hitting efficiency of the season, hitting .382 for the match, the highest since hitting .394 versus Belmont on Nov. 2, 2019. The Eagles recorded 50 kills for the third straight match, committing only 11 errors in 102 swings.
Of players with 10 or more swings in the match, three hit .400 or better in the match. Recording seven kills on 12 swings with no errors, junior middle blocker
Mia Swearingen led the Eagles with a .583 efficiency while redshirt freshman middle blocker
McKenzee Wagener and senior outside hitter
Olivia Lohmeier hit .500 (7-1-12) and .464 (15-2-28), respectively.
Morehead State took the match in straight sets, sweeping Tennessee State by scores of 25-13, 25-12, and 25-11. With the victory, the Eagles move to 8-0 on the season while the Tigers drop to 0-8.
Lohmeier paced the Eagles with 15 kills, being the only player in the match to reach double-figures while posting her fifth match of the season with 15 or more kills. Fellow senior outside hitter
Lauren Rokey nearly reached a double-digit kill total, slamming home nine terminations in the match while Swearingen and Wagener each added seven for Morehead State.
Leading Morehead State to a season-high hitting efficiency, sophomore setter
Bridget Bessler passed out 39 assists, tying a season-high with her fourth 39-assist match. Freshman setter
Brenna Bommer who entered the match for a pair of points in the first set passed out an assist on the final two Morehead State points to set a career-high in assists.
Defensively, the Eagles scooped up 46 total digs while recording 5.5 team blocks.
Junior libero
Allison Whitten led the Eagles backline with 12 digs with the team's four defensive specialists and its setter recording five or more digs each for the fourth straight match.
For the fifth time this season and the second consecutive game, Wagener collected four or more total blocks, leading the Eagles with four blocks, including three assists and a solo block.
Morehead State also landed six service aces in the match and has now tallied five or more winners in each of the season's eight matches. Lohmeier led the Eagles with a season-high three aces.
Morehead State's next assignment comes next week, travelling to Cookeville, Tenn. for a two-match set. Sunday's match features an 8 p.m. ET first serve with Monday's match commencing at 6 p.m.
