Box Score
MARTIN, Tenn. – After having its five match winning streak snapped on Thursday, the Eastern Kentucky volleyball team returned to the win column on Friday with a 3-1 victory at Tennessee-Martin.
The Colonels won by scores of 16-25, 25-14, 25-17 and 25-20. EKU improves to 13-13 overall and 5-5 in Ohio Valley Conference play.
Ashley Edmond led Eastern Kentucky with 19 kills. She made only five errors in 56 attempts and had a .250 attack percentage. The senior also contributed 13 digs, two blocks and an ace.
Rachel Vick had nine kills, a .333 hitting percentage and three blocks.
Marissa Tashenberg finished with four blocks and
Dena Ott tallied 25 digs.
Eastern rebounded from losing the first set by taking control early in the second. Trailing, 4-3, the Colonels went on a 7-1 run to go on top by five, 10-5. A kill by Vick and a UTM attack error made it 16-8. A kill by
Abbey Cvelbar, followed by an ace from Edmond and another Skyhawk error ended the set and tied the match.
EKU scored nine of the first 10 points of the third set. An ace by Alexis Plagens capped the quick start and put the visitors in front 9-1. A kill by Edmond stretched the margin to 10, 14-4. A kill by
Johanna Boyer gave the Colonels a 20-7 advantage. A late 6-1 Skyhawk run cut the margin to seven, before a kill by Edmond ended the set and gave her team a 2-1 lead.
Tennessee-Martin scored three of the first four points in the fourth set, but Eastern took the lead for good with a 6-2 run. Cvelbar's ace finished the spurt and put EKU ahead 7-5. After a kill by Emily Keaton brought the Skyhawks to within one, 10-9, the Colonels put the set away with an 8-1 run. Vick had two kills during the run. A UTM error made it an 18-10 lead. A kill by Plagens ended the set and the match.
Allie Whimpey had a team-best 12 kills for Tennessee-Martin (8-17, 2-7 OVC).
Eastern hit .210 as a team and made just 17 errors. UTM finished with 24 errors and a .144 attack percentage.
EKU will be back in action on Friday when the team travels to face Jacksonville State. The match is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET.
