Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Box Score

CARROLLTON, Ga. – Eastern Kentucky out-blocked West Georgia 10-5, and had four players with nine or more digs, in a 3-0 sweep on Thursday in Carrollton, Georgia.
 
The Colonels (17-2, 7-0 UAC) won by scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 25-14.
 
Alexis Bull led the team with six blocks.  She also had six kills with no errors in 10 attempts.  Emilee Hill had five blocks, in addition to her sixth triple-double of the season.  The setter finished with 10 kills, 16 assists and 10 digs.
 
Eastern will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday by hosting Abilene Christian at Baptist Health Arena.  The match will begin at 12 p.m.
 
In addition to Hill, Cassidy Trahan and Cooper Abney contributed 10 digs each.  Audrey Hudson had nine digs.
 
Hudson's kill in the first set put Eastern up 11-6.  A kill from Hill made it a 10-point advantage, 19-9.  Emma Closurdo finished off the opener, 25-16, with a kill.
 
The Colonels jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the second set and went in front 11-4 on a kill from Hudson.  Back-to-back kills from Closurdo made it 19-9.  After a kill from Hill gave her squad set-point, Bull finished it off, 25-14, with a block.
 
The Wolves were within one, 12-11, in the third set after a kil from Grace-Blythe Cornett.  From that point, Eastern out-scored the home team 13-3.  Hill's kill extended the edge to 20-13.  The Colonels scored the final five points, including consecutive kills from Hill to end the set, 25-14.
 
EKU out-hit West Georgia .448 to .099.  The Colonels made only seven errors in 96 attempts and recorded 50 kills.  The Wolves made 19 errors in 101 attacks and finished with only 29 kills.
 
Cornett had a team-high 10 kills and four blocks for the Wolves (4-15, 0-7 UAC).