Box Score

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky University ran its winning streak to seven straight with a 3-2 victory over Austin Peay on Friday at Dave Aaron Arena in Clarksville, Tennessee.
 
EKU (17-7, 8-3 ASUN) beat the Governors for the fifth straight time.  The Colonels won by scores of 25-19, 25-16, 19-25, 20-25 and 17-15.
 
Sarah Mitchell led all players with 18 kills, to go along with 20 digs, three aces and two blocks.  Emilee Hill posted her fifth triple-double of the season, contributing 11 kills, 31 assists and 17 digs to go along with five aces and three blocks.
 
An attack error by the Colonels gave Austin Peay a 16-15 lead in the first set, but it was all EKU from that point.  Four straight, capped by a block from Mitchell, put the visitors ahead 19-16.  Carson Ledford's kill made it 21-17.  Mitchell finished off the opener, 25-19, with a kill.
 
EKU scored the first six points in the second set and went on top 9-1 on an ace from Mitchell.  The Governors were within three, 14-11 on a kill from Gabriella MacKenzie, but the Colonels three straight to put it out of reach.  Mitchell's kill made it 17-11.  An APSU attack error handed EKU a 21-14 advantage.  Madi Tolzman's kill ended the set, 25-16, and gave her squad a 2-0 lead.
 
Austin Peay jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the third set.  The Governors went up by 10, 18-8, on an attack error.  EKU scored six unanswered to try and get back into the set, cutting it to four at 18-14 on a kill from Ledford and a APSU attack error.  Anna Rita's kill and another Colonel attack error ended the set, 25-19.
 
Down by one in the fourth, the Governors used a 5-0 run to take the lead.  MacKenzie finished it with a kill to put her team ahead 22-18.  Maggie Duyos ended the set, 25-20, and tied the match with a kill.
 
EKU took a 10-8 lead in the fifth on a kill from Hill.  Kayleigh Ryan's service ace put the home team in front 12-11.  Payton Deidesheimer's kill gave the Governors match-point at 14-12.  Back-to-back kills from Kambree Lucas tied it at 14-14.  After APSU grabbed match-point again, 15-14, the Colonels scored three straight to end it.  Lucas tied it with another kill.  A block from Hill and Paige Wagers put EKU ahead by one.  Hill's kills ended it at 17-15.
 
The Colonels hit just .173, making 35 attack errors.  Austin Peay (1-22, 0-11 ASUN) had only 27 attack errors and out-blocked EKU 16-10.
 
MacKenzie led APSU with 12 kills.  Rita had 11 blocks.
 
The Colonels conclude their road trip at Lipscomb at 5 p.m. on Saturday.  The match will air live on ESPN+.