Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Box Score

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky clinched the 2026 United Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 3-0 victory at Austin Peay on Tuesday.
 
The Colonels won their 18th straight match, stayed undefeated in conference play at 13-0 and improved to 23-2 on the season.  It is the first championship for the program since winning a share of the 2005 Ohio Valley Conference Championship.
 
EKU will play its final home match of the 2026 season on Thursday against West Georgia.  First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET at Baptist Health Arena.
 
Eastern Kentucky beat the Governors by scores of 25-17, 25-9 and 25-18.
 
The Colonels out-blocked Austin Peay 14-9 and out-hit the hosts .299 to .052.  Audrey Hudson led EKU with 10 kills.  She made only two errors in 21 attempts for a .381 attack percentage.  Caitlyn Flees tied her career-high with nine blocks and Alexis Bull had six.
 
Eastern scored the first two points of the first set and led the whole way.  Hudson made it 8-3 with a kill.  A kill from Bull put the visitors ahead 13-6.  An ace off the serve of Cassidy Trahan stretched the margin to seven again, 22-15, late in the set.  An error from the Governors ended it 25-17.
 
The Colonels trailed early in the second set, falling behind 3-2 on a block by Cree Hollier and Nicole Okojie.  EKU however scored the next four and then ran away with it.  After leading early, the Governors were out-scored 23-6.  A block by Flees and Emma Closurdo put their team in front 4-3.  A block from Flees pushed it to 13-5.  Hudson's kill had it at 23-9.  A block from Closurdo and Bull ended the second 25-9.
 
EKU got out to another fast start in the third, scoring the first two points and five of the first six.  An Austin Peay error made it 5-1.  A kill from Addison Burke had the Colonels on top 11-4.  The Governors didn't go away and came all the way back to tie it, 12-12, on an attack error.  Hudson responded on the next series with a kill and Eastern led the rest of the way.  A block from Flees and Burke pushed the margin to five, 21-16.  The match ended, 25-18, on a kill from Hudson.
 
Emilee Hill and Closurdo had seven kills each.  Hill also had 15 assists, seven digs and five blocks.  Trahan had a match-best 12 digs.
 
Hollier led Austin Peay (11-15, 3-10 UAC) with six kills.