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Alexis Plagens on the EKU Volleyball team at Central Florida on 08-29-2014. Photo taken by Todd Drexler
Todd Drexler
Alexis Plagens led EKU with 11 kills in a sweep of Wright State.
3
Winner Eastern Kentucky EKU 5-1
0
Wright State WSU 2-3
Winner
Eastern Kentucky EKU
5-1
3
Final
0
Wright State WSU
2-3
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Eastern Kentucky EKU 25 25 25 (3)
Wright State WSU 17 22 18 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Continues Hot Play, Beats Wright State


Box Score (PDF)

DAYTON, Ohio –
Eastern Kentucky won its fourth straight volleyball match with 3-0 sweep of Wright State on the first day of the Flyer-Raider Invitational in Dayton.
 
The Colonels (5-1) beat WSU (2-3) by scores of 25-17, 25-22 and 25-18.
 
Senior Alexis Plagens led Eastern with 11 kills.  Junior Rachel Vick added nine kills and five blocks.  She made only two errors in 17 attempts for a .412 attack percentage.  Abbey Cvelbar led all players with 28 assists and Dena Ott finished with a match-best 14 digs.
 
Marisa Aiello finished with a match-high 12 kills for the Raiders.
 
Eastern Kentucky finished with 11 more kills (41-30) and nine fewer errors.  The Colonels made just 14 errors in 111 attempts for a .243 attack percentage.  WSU hit .064.
 
EKU continues play in the Flyer-Raider Invitational with two matches on Saturday.  The Colonels will face IPFW at 11 a.m. and then take on No. 12 Nebraska at 3 p.m.  The match against IPFW will be played at Wright State.  The meeting with the ranked Cornhuskers will be played at the University of Dayton.
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