Box Score

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – #Ashley Ring# recorded 18 kills, however, Megan Lehman responded with 22 of her own to lead Northern Iowa to a 3-1 win over the University of Evansville volleyball team on Friday evening.
 
The Aces (7-14, 2-6 MVC) played tough all evening, including a victory in the opening set, but UNI (16-6, 7-1 MVC) fought back to take the final three games as Lehman tallied 22 kills while Macy Ubben had 19.
 
Evansville opened up the first set with a victory, taking a 25-21 win.  UE scored the first point before UNI took its first advantage at 4-3 on an Amy Braun kill.  The Panthers kept moving ahead, eventually jumping out to a 10-5 lead. 
 
The Aces began to fight back as Hannah Wilson led the Aces on a run that would see them eventually tie up the game at 15-15 on an Ashley Ring kill.  The Panthers regained the lead before another Ring kill followed by a UNI error saw the Aces jump back ahead for good.  Ring had two more kills before a UNI error capped off the win.
 
Lauren Seyller opened the second frame up with a pair of kills as UE jumped out to a 4-1 lead.  Kills by Wilson and Meaghan Holmes helped that lead grow to 7-3, but a quick spurt by the Panthers knotted the set up at 9-9. 
 
With the score still tied up at 12-12, UNI made its run, reeling off three in a row before extending that to a 25-19 final. 
 
The third set was another hard-fought effort by both teams.  The game was tied five times leading up to an 8-8 score.  Emma Roberson registered a kill as UE scored the next two to open up a 10-8 lead.  Evansville’s advantage held strong at 16-13 before UNI made another run, tying it up at 16.
 
Later, the score was tied at 19-19 when Macy Ubben took over for UNI, tallying three late kills as the Panthers escaped with a 25-21 win.
 
In the fourth set, UNI finally started hitting on all cylinders as they burst out of the gate to take an 8-0 lead.  Evansville was responsible for five errors over that stretch while Megan Lehman had a pair of kills.  The Aces refused to relent, cutting the early deficit to just three points as Ring and Wilson led the offense.
 
Its slow start proved to be the difference, though, as Northern Iowa regained its composure and pulled away for the 25-17 win.
 
Wilson recorded eight kills on the night while Holmes and Seyller notched seven apiece. 
 
Next up for UE will be a tilt at Bradley.  The Aces and Braves will square off on Saturday at 4 p.m.