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RICHMOND, Ky. – EKU took its fourth straight OVC match Saturday night defeating Jacksonville State University 3-0 at McBrayer Arena.
The Colonels sealed the deal in three sets winning by scores of 25-19, 25-15 and 25-21.
EKU's offensive attack ignited as the Colonels took a commanding 15-4 lead in the first. The Gamecocks slowly chipped away at the lead pulling within five, 21-16, before Eastern's
Ally Peters gave the Colonels the set's final point to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
The Colonels used two five-point runs in the second set to extend their lead to 2-0. Trailing 5-4 early, a kill from
Celina Sanks knotted the set at five apiece. Kills from Sanks and
Ciera Koons, along with a timely block from Koons and
Cassie Knutson, helped the Colonels take the lead for good in the set. During Eastern's next five-point run,
Rachel Vick added two kills along with kills from Sanks and Knutson putting the Colonels up nine, 20-11, before closing the set.
The deciding set saw 12 ties and five lead changes before the Colonels claimed their fourth straight conference win. After Eastern appeared to have pulled away with a 14-10 lead, the Gamecocks put together their own five-point run to regain the lead.
Later in the set, tied at 16, the Colonels used yet another run to build a 21-16 cushion as they looked to claim the win on Homecoming weekend. Eastern held off a late push from Jacksonville State to sweep its second consecutive weekend of OVC play.
The Colonels re-matched last weekend's OVC matches against Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State. Eastern was on the road last weekend picking up a 3-0 win at Jacksonville State and a 3-1 win over Tennessee Tech. Eastern picked up a 3-1 win over Tech Friday at McBrayer Arena in the first of two Homecoming weekend matches.
Sanks and Vick led the Colonels' attack in the win. Sanks finished with a game-high 15 kills as Vick added 10. Peters tallied nine kills along with three blocks.
EKU (7-18, 6-4 OVC) plays a non-conference match at the University of Dayton on Tuesday before heading into a two game road conference set at Tennessee State and Belmont University.
