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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Eastern Kentucky University volleyball team lost a pair of contests on the final day of the Mountaineer Classic.
 
The Colonels lost 17-25, 25-27 and 18-25 to host West Virginia before falling to Duquesne in four sets 18-25, 27-25, 22-25 and 22-225.
 
Eastern cut into the Mountaineer lead 6-4, after the Clairissa Hankinson kill. However, EKU could only get as close as two points one more time the rest of the set. WVU scored the last four points of the set to take the opening stanza 25-17.
 
In set two, Eastern gave the host all they could handle. The two teams traded points for most of the set, but the Colonels took the lead 16-15 midway through the set after the kill by Adria Hartley. With the Colonels down 23-22 late in the set, Mikayla Logan and Jovana Bulatovic had back-to-back kills to give Eastern the 24-23 lead. The Colonels had two set points but could not put the Mountaineers away and WVU scored the last three points of the set to take the second set 27-25.
 
In set three West Virginia jumped out to an early 9-4 lead and never looked back. Eastern cut it to four 16-12, after the Hartley kill, but the Mountaineers would take the final set 25-18 to complete the sweep.  
 
Freshman Raegan Alexander posted a match-high 32 assists in her first career-start. Fellow freshman Abby Noll posted 14 kills and nine digs. Kaylin Johnson chipped in 10 kills of her own.  
 
Kristin Lux who posted a team-best nine kills for West Virginia.
 
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Match two was close the entire way.
 
Eastern took a 10-8 lead in the opening stanza after a kill by Hankinson, but the Dukes scored 11 of the next 12 points to take a commanding 19-11 lead in the set. EKU did not go down without a fight, but ultimately fell 25-18 in the opening stanza.
 
Set two was back-and-forth the entire way. The biggest lead came after an EKU error gave Duquesne the 13-10 lead halfway through the set. However, Eastern stormed back scoring nine of the next 13 points to take a 19-17 lead over the Dukes after an attack error. After a kill by Noll gave Eastern the 23-20 lead, Duquesne answered right back with a 4-0 run to take a 24-23 lead after the kill by Summer Slade. Eastern ended the set on a 3-0 run of its own to take the second set 26-24.
 
Set three was a set of runs. Duquesne took its biggest lead 13-9, after the kill by Maria Mosbacher to cap of the Dukes 3-0 run. Once again, Eastern came storming back. Johnson tied the match up at 18-18 with an emphatic kill. The two teams traded points for the rest of the set, before Duquesne scored the final two to take the third set, 25-22, and take a 2-1 lead.
 
Eastern used a big start in the fourth set to take a 4-0 lead after a pair of aces by Alexander. Duquesne responded with a 5-0 run of its own capped off by a kill from Slade to take a 5-4 lead early in the set. After falling behind 11-10, EKU used a 4-0 run after a Dukes error to retake the 14-11 lead. Again, Duquesne responded with a run of its own to tie the match at 15-15. A Hartley kill gave Eastern the 20-18 lead, but Duquesne scored seven of the last nine points to take the set and the match.  
 
Alexander posted a career-high 35 assists on the match. Noll posted a match-high 17 kills and nine digs, Johnson posted eight kills of her own.
 
Eastern returns to the court next Friday at home when the Colonels open up conference play against Tennessee State. First serve is at 6 p.m.