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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State Volleyball graduate student
Olivia Lohmeier broke a 31-year old school record by hammering home 39 kills Friday evening as the Eagles upended Cleveland State 3-2 in the second match of the Eagle Challenge, after dropping a 3-1 contest to Evansville to open the day.
Lohmeier's total also tied the Ohio Valley Conference record set in 2000 by Krista Haukap of Southeast Missouri.
MSU sits at 2-3 after the split, the morning match highlighted by a career-high as well as sophomore outside hitter
Abby Hulsman slammed in 28 kills. Lohmeier added 18 more terminations in the first match and also recorded double-doubles in both affairs today. Hulsman also notched 19 kills in the nightcap against CSU.
Even more impressive for the Cincinnati native Lohmeier was her .471 hitting efficiency against CSU. She took 68 swings with just seven mistakes and had 11 digs. She scooped 10 attempts against Evansville.
The Eagles' back line and overall defense produced 153 total digs today, including 80 against CSU with five in double digits. Four had 10+ against Evansville.
MSU fell behind 2-0 against UE, dropping the first two 25-21 and 30-28. They rallied to win 25-20 in the third but ultimately fell 25-20 to the 5-0 Purple Aces to seal that match's setback.
Against CSU, the Eagles led throughout the first set but watched it slip away for a 25-22 loss in the opening frame. MSU responded by going ahead 2-1 with 25-22 and 25-21 wins. The Vikings tied it with a 25-20 triumph in the fourth, but Lohmeier's record-setting kill was the final point of the night in a 15-11 set-five win.
Sophomore setter
Bridget Bessler also had impressive numbers running the Eagles' attack. She had 67 assists and nine digs against the Vikings and handed out 54 assists while recording her second double-double of the year against the Aces with 12 digs. Junior libero
Allison Whitten proved consistent once again with 19 digs in the opener and 17 in the closer.
Defenders
Taylor Hodges and
Olivia Montelisciani both notched double-digits scoop ups in both both matches as well.
The Eagles close their home tournament Saturday with a 2 p.m. ET matchup with Radford, which fell in both its matches Friday and is 1-4.
