Volleyball suffers 3-1 setback to Central Arkansas

Saturday, September 15

Jonesboro, AR

10:30 a.m.

Southern Illinois University

4-9

University of Central Arkansas

10-3

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Southern Illinois	25	20	20	14	1
Central Arkansas	18	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Madison Case

09/15/2018 | 8:20:00 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Patience Brown earned a spot on the A-State Invitational All-Tournament team.

The Southern Illinois University volleyball team dropped it's final non-conference match of the 2018 season to Central Arkansas, 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 20-25, 14-25). Patience Brown was named to the A-State Invitational All-Tournament team after she led the Salukis with a .379 hitting percentage and averaged 2.67 kills/set and .83 blocks/set in SIU's three matches over the weekend.

Inside the match

• The Salukis rolled to a 25-18 win in the first set. SIU broke a 15-all tie with five-straight points. The Sugar Bears got to within three, 21-18, but the Salukis closed with four-straight points to seal the victory. Southern hit .312 in the set and held Central Arkansas to a .075 hitting percentage.
• The Sugar Bears returned the favor in the second set with five-straight points to break a 6-all tie. Southern got to within three on back-to-back kills by Jill Kavalauskas, 13-10, but Central Arkansas ran off a 5-0 run to open up an eight point lead that it never relinquished.
• The two sides traded points throughout the beginning of the third set, with the Sugar Bears taking the first lead of more than a point with a 4-0 spurt to open a 13-10 advantage. That was as close as Southern could get though as Central Arkansas maintained at least a four-point lead for the remainder of the frame.
• The Sugar Bears hit .278 and held Southern to a -.023 hitting percentage in the fourth set. Southern trailed by just one early, 9-8, but a 7-1 run by Central Arkansas gave the Sugar Bears a lead that proved insurmountable.

Inside the Numbers

• Maggie Nedoma led the Salukis in kills once again against Central Arkansas. The sophomore right side hitter tallied 12 kills and added three digs and a block.
• Patience Brown hit .318 in the loss, which marked the sixth time this season she has hit .300 or better. The senior middle hitter finished with 11 kills on just 22 swings to go along with two blocks.
• Marissa Rossi set a personal-best in assists (15) for the second-straight match. The freshman setter also chipped in six digs.
• Jill Kavalauskas set a new career-best with eight kills in her sixth career match.
• For the second-straight match, Keera Clarke set a new career-best in digs. The sophomore libero tallied 16 digs in the four-set loss to Central Arkansas and she averaged a team-high 3.64 digs per set in SIU's three matches over the weekend.
• Alayna Martin notched her seventh career double-double with 23 assists and 11 digs. The junior setter also had two aces- which marked the third-straight match in which she has recorded at least one ace.
• Kat Wagner led the Saluki defensive effort with a career-high 18 digs. It is the sixth match of the first-year outside hitter's young career that she has recorded 10-or more digs.
• Alysa Sutton also tied her career-best with 16 digs Saturday. The junior outside hitter also added eight kills.

Up Next

The Salukis open up Missouri Valley Conference play on Friday, September 21 vs. Bradley. First serve is set for 7 p.m.