Saturday, October 7
Carbondale, Ill.
7 p.m.
Southern Illinois University
4-13, 3-3MVC
0
vs
3
Missouri State University
14-5, 6-0MVC
1
2
3
F
Missouri State
25
25
25
3
Southern Illinois
17
21
22
0
Salukis drop three-set decision to Missouri State
10/07/2017 | 10:17:00 | Women's Volleyball
Andrea Estrada notched her seventh-straight double-double against the Lady Bears in the loss.
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Southern illinois volleyball team fell to Missouri State 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-22) Saturday night at Davies Gym. The loss dropped SIU to 4-13 on the season and 3-3 in Missouri Valley Conference play. Missouri State improves to 14-5 on the season and have now won 22-straight Valley matches dating back to last season.
The Salukis were led by 10 kills and 13 digs from Andrea Estrada. It marked the seventh-straight double-double for the two-time All-MVC selection in eight career matches against the Lady Bears. She also hit .269 Saturday and dished out a pair of assists.
"I thought (Estrada) played great," first-year head coach Kari Thompson said. "The thing I really liked about her tonight is she stuck to the gameplan. She has the tendency to sometimes just get the ball off and do whatever she can, but I think she found, that if she sticks the gameplan, how successful she can be playing that way, and that others can be successful around her."
On the other side of the net, three-time All-American Lily Johnson finished with match-highs in kills (14) and digs (15). The reigning MVC Player of the Year got off to an unassuming start, as she had just one kill on nine swings in the opening set. However, she had seven kills in set two and followed with six in the third frame to pace the Lady Bears attack.
"In the first set, we held (Johnson) to one kill and I was excited about that," Thompson said. "But then by the end of the second she had eight. She's just one of those players that, from set to set, you've got to be able to defend her the whole time."
The Lady Bears ripped off a 6-0 run to build a five-point advantage (8-3) early in set one, but a kill by Estrada got SIU to within three, 14-11. That was as close as Southern could get in the frame, as Missouri State grew its lead to five with back-to-back points and never looked back. SIU hit just .128 in the set compared to Missouri State's .361 hitting percentage.
The second set was a see-saw battle that featured seven ties and four lead changes. An illegal rotation call against Missouri State tied the score 11-11, and back-to-back blocks by Kolby Meeks and Maggie Nedoma again tied the score at 14-14. Southern took their second lead of the set on a 3-0 spurt highlighted by two of Estrada's ten kills that gave SIU a 17-15 advantage. The Salukis lead remained two after a kill by Abby Barrow that gave the home team a 21-19 lead. The Lady Bears, however, closed the set on a 6-0 run to take the frame, 25-21.
"We were doing some really good things in the second set," Thompson said. "We made a couple of adjustments going into the third that I thought would help us and we had opportunities. They're a great team. We have to make plays."
The Salukis outhit the Lady Bears, .342-to-.295 in the third stanza, but an early run by Missouri State forced Southern to play catch up for the entirety of the set. SIU cut a six-point lead down to two, 20-18 on one of Hannah Becker's two kills, but back-to-back kills by Johnson stymied any chance of a Saluki comeback.
The Salukis will play their next two matches on the road, as they travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa to take on No. 21 Northern Iowa on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. The following night, Saturday, Oct. 14, SIU will tangle with the Drake Bulldogs. First serve against the Bulldogs is set for 7 p.m.
The Salukis were led by 10 kills and 13 digs from Andrea Estrada. It marked the seventh-straight double-double for the two-time All-MVC selection in eight career matches against the Lady Bears. She also hit .269 Saturday and dished out a pair of assists.
"I thought (Estrada) played great," first-year head coach Kari Thompson said. "The thing I really liked about her tonight is she stuck to the gameplan. She has the tendency to sometimes just get the ball off and do whatever she can, but I think she found, that if she sticks the gameplan, how successful she can be playing that way, and that others can be successful around her."
On the other side of the net, three-time All-American Lily Johnson finished with match-highs in kills (14) and digs (15). The reigning MVC Player of the Year got off to an unassuming start, as she had just one kill on nine swings in the opening set. However, she had seven kills in set two and followed with six in the third frame to pace the Lady Bears attack.
"In the first set, we held (Johnson) to one kill and I was excited about that," Thompson said. "But then by the end of the second she had eight. She's just one of those players that, from set to set, you've got to be able to defend her the whole time."
The Lady Bears ripped off a 6-0 run to build a five-point advantage (8-3) early in set one, but a kill by Estrada got SIU to within three, 14-11. That was as close as Southern could get in the frame, as Missouri State grew its lead to five with back-to-back points and never looked back. SIU hit just .128 in the set compared to Missouri State's .361 hitting percentage.
The second set was a see-saw battle that featured seven ties and four lead changes. An illegal rotation call against Missouri State tied the score 11-11, and back-to-back blocks by Kolby Meeks and Maggie Nedoma again tied the score at 14-14. Southern took their second lead of the set on a 3-0 spurt highlighted by two of Estrada's ten kills that gave SIU a 17-15 advantage. The Salukis lead remained two after a kill by Abby Barrow that gave the home team a 21-19 lead. The Lady Bears, however, closed the set on a 6-0 run to take the frame, 25-21.
"We were doing some really good things in the second set," Thompson said. "We made a couple of adjustments going into the third that I thought would help us and we had opportunities. They're a great team. We have to make plays."
The Salukis outhit the Lady Bears, .342-to-.295 in the third stanza, but an early run by Missouri State forced Southern to play catch up for the entirety of the set. SIU cut a six-point lead down to two, 20-18 on one of Hannah Becker's two kills, but back-to-back kills by Johnson stymied any chance of a Saluki comeback.
The Salukis will play their next two matches on the road, as they travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa to take on No. 21 Northern Iowa on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. The following night, Saturday, Oct. 14, SIU will tangle with the Drake Bulldogs. First serve against the Bulldogs is set for 7 p.m.
Team Stats
MSU
SIU
Kills
49
39
Errors
11
14
Attempts
124
114
Hitting %
.306
.219
Points
59.0
43.0
Assists
48
32
Aces
5
0
Blocks
5.0
4.0
Game Leaders
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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