Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Southern Illinois University
Creighton
Volleyball Defeats Creighton
09/29/2002 | 12:00:00 | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 29, 2002
Omaha, Neb. - Southern Illinois earned another conference win on the road by defeating Creighton in four games Saturday night at Omaha South High School.
The Salukis were down 12-3 in the first game before coming back from the nine point deficit to defeat the Bluejays 30-25. SIU won the second game 30-26, but fell to Creighton in the third, 32-30. Southern Illinois edged the Jays in the fourth game, 30-28.
"We fought really hard tonight," said coach Sonya Locke. "Creighton wasn't going to quit; they were scrappy and went after it. We did some things that were uncharacteristic of ourselves, but then we came back and played well."
Senior Kristie Kemner (OH, Quincy, Ill., Quincy Notre Dame HS) numbered 24 kills and digs. She also was credited with four blocks, and had three aces. Kemner is just four digs away from becoming SIU's all-time career leader. She has 1,110 in her career coming off of this weekend.
Outside hitter Qiana Nelson (senior, Kankakee, Ill., Kankakee HS) recorded another kill-dig double-double with 10 kills and 18 digs.
Britten Follett (junior, setter, Marengo, Ill., Marengo HS) dished out a career-high 61 assists. She had four kills on 11 attempts with no errors (.364) and served three aces. Follett also added 10 digs to her stats.
Lindsey Schultz (senior, MB, Valparaiso, Ind., Wheeler HS) had 17 kills for the Salukis, five blocks, five digs, and one ace. Senior Tara Cains (RS, LaPorte, Ind., LaPorte HS) added 13 kills to the mix on 31 attempts with three errors for a .323 hitting efficiency. Sophomore middle blocker Carrie Shephard (Overland Park, Kan., Blue Valley North HS) had a career-high eight blocks, two solo, six assisted. Lisa Ciucci (junior, Libero, Portage, Mich., Portage Northern HS) had 13 digs.
The win over Creighton moves SIU to fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference standings with a 4-2 record. The Salukis are 11-5 overall. Southern Illinois will host Northern Iowa (13-2, 4-1 MVC) and Bradley (11-3, 5-0 MVC) this weekend.
