Volleyball Closes Regular Season With Another 3-0 Sweep at Southern Indiana

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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State Volleyball never relinquished a lead in the final two sets and had another solid defensive day as the Eagles handed a second straight 3-0 sweep to the Screaming Eagles of Southern Indiana.

Set scores were 25-17, 25-19, 25-22.

MSU finished the 2024 regular season at 16-13 overall and 12-6 in the OVC. The Eagles will now wait for other results to determine tournament seeding, but MSU will end as either the third, fourth or fifth seed. The No. 1 seed hosts but that is not determined yet as of Wednesday afternoon.

Sophomore middle blocker Amelia Nott nearly had a perfect day on offense, landing a team-high 11 kills with just one error (on her final swing) for a .556 hitting percentage. Junior M.E. Hargan nearly collected another double-double with nine kills and 10 digs. Senior Maycie Welborn and sophomore Hollan Everett each totaled eight kills.

Defensively, MSU had eight team blocks, including four each from Hargan, Nott and junior Sydney Wyman.

Senior Peighton Isley and sophomore Courtney Fitzgerald each scooped up a team-best 11 digs. 

MSU managed to hit .280 for the match with 43 kills and just 10 mistakes while holding USI to just .118.

The visitors trailed 3-2 in the first set, but back to back attack errors by USI gave the Eagles a 4-3 lead they never gave up the entire match. MSU eventually led 14-5 in the opener before the home team crept back to within 14-10. MSU traded USI 2-for-1 on scoring for the remainder of the set.

Morehead State opened the second frame on a 7-1 run. USI had it close later on, but Welborn, Everett and Nott smacked in kills to help end the set on a 4-0 run. The final set was closer with MSU's largest lead just four. USI tied it 18-18 late but four straight attack errors turned the tide in favor of MSU.