BOX SCORE
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Led by a career-high 10 blocks from
Sydney Wyman, Morehead State Volleyball put forth a dominating effort at Southern Indiana Tuesday night. The Eagles held the Screaming Eagles to a negative hitting percentage while displaying a .333 hitting efficiency themselves in a 3-0 sweep.
MSU won 25-18, 25-12, 25-14, including finishing off the second set on a 14-0 run. The Eagles improved to 11-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference with their third straight victory and moved to 15-13 overall with one match left in the regular season.
Wyman turned back 10 blocks, and the Eagles had 11 total team blocks - the 15th match this fall with 10+ team rejections. USI ended hitting -.009 with 25 kills but 26 errors.
On offense, MSU was led by
M.E. Hargan with 12 kills on 34 swings.
Irene Wogenstahl landed eight kills with just one mistake for a .438 hitting percentage. Wogenstahl added five blocks, and Hargan had four.
The opening set was tied 8-8 until the Eagles had an 8-2 scoring flurry that set the tone for the match. Set two saw USI lead 12-11, but Wyman's kill set off the 14-0 run (which was MSU's highest scoring run this year without a point on the other side). Six of the points came via USI errors, with four on MSU blocks.
MSU raced out to a 6-1 lead in the finale and had a 10-2 margin. Another 7-1 run later put the visitors up 19-7.
The Eagles and Screaming Eagles close the 2024 regular season with a 3 p.m. ET match Wednesday.