Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University's volleyball team completed a 2-match homestand with its second win, defeating West Georgia, 3-0, on Sunday at the Olympic Sports Training Center.
 
EKU (12-6, 4-2 ASUN) won by scores of 25-15, 25-14 and 25-15.
 
The Colonels scored the first nine points of the first set and cruised to a 1-0 lead.  The Wolves got as close as five, 17-12, on a kill from Rylee Henderson.  EKU responded with an 8-3 run, closing out the set on consecutive UWG attack errors.
 
EKU jumped out big in the second set as well, scoring four straight to take a 12-5 lead and force a West Georgia timeout.  Addison Burke's aces gave the home team a 7-point advantage.  The Colonels rolled off six more out of the timeout to make it a 10-0 run.  Burke capped it with another ace for an 18-5 lead.  Emersyn Robbins' kill ended the set and gave her squad a 2-0 advantage in the match.
 
A block from Alex Strating and Valiree Schmus tied the third set at 9-9 for the Wolves.  However, EKU scored four straight and led the rest of the way.  A kill from AG Hynes made it 13-9.  After the Wolves closed within two, 13-11, the Colonels put it away by scoring six straight.  Burke made it 19-11 with a kill.  The set, and the match, ended on an attack error from UWG.
 
Burke had a match-best 15 kills and four aces.  She hit .500, making only three errors in 24 attempts. 
 
As a team, EKU served up 12 aces while West Georgia (2-17, 0-6 ASUN) finished with zero.  The Colonels hit .383 for the match and limited the Wolves to a .135 attack percentage.
 
Grace-Blyth Cornett and Schmus led UWG with six kills each. 
 
The Colonels will be on the road for the next two weekends, starting Friday at North Florida.  The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET.