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Volleyball Swept By Creighton 3-0 In MVC Play
10/02/2004 | 12:00:00 | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 2, 2004
By Lou Antoine
SIUSalukis.com
OMAHA, Neb. - Creighton (11-4, 3-3 MVC) hit .296 as a team and held SIU's top hitter, Marissa Washington, to three kills and a .000 hitting percentage (3 kills, 3 errors, 11 attempts) in a 3-0 sweep of the Salukis on Saturday in the Omaha Civic Center.
"We struggled as a team tonight. We couldn't get any momentum on offense or defense in the match. Creighton played good defense and did a good job on Marisa (Washington). We'll head back home and try to get better before we pay on Tuesday, said Sonya Locke, SIU head coach.
Washington was ranked seventh (.316) in the MVC in attack percentage to start the weekend. As a team, the Salukis (4-11, 2-3 MVC) were held to a .168 attack percentage in the 30-20, 30-21, 30-26 loss. SIU had a season-low 107 attempts and had less digs (48 to 46) than its opponents for just the third time all season and second straight match.
SIU ends the weekend with an 0-2 record after losses to seventh-place Creighton and last place Drake, extending Southern Illinois' losing streak to five matches.
Jene' Pulliam (11 kills) and Haley Hann (10 kills) were the lone Salukis with double figure kills. Jaime Hinsenkamp hit .429 (one error) in just seven swings. Hann hit .318 (10 kills, 3 errors, 22 attempts) and Pulliam attacked at a .280 clip (11 kills, 4 errors, 25 attempts) for SIU.
Holly Marita led the SIU offense with 33 assists and added eight digs. Erica Miller's 13 digs led the Saluki defense.
Creighton was led by Kelly Goc (11 kills, 1 error, 18 attempts) and Leah Razlaff's (16 kills, 2 errors, 28 attempts) .556 and .500 hitting percentages respectively. Ashley Williams also had double figure kills (10) for the Bluejays.
The Salukis will be back in action on the road Tuesday against Tennessee-Martin at 7 p.m.
