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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Junior Ashley Ring continued her offensive run, tying the match-high with 14 kills, but Indiana State's offense featured three with double-digit kills as the Sycamores earned a 3-0 win over the University of Evansville volleyball team on Saturday evening.
 
Ring finished the night for Evansville (5-8, 0-2 MVC) with a team-high 14 kills while hitting .182 in the defeat.  Emma Roberson posted six kills while Stephanie Cerino and Meaghan Holmes finished with five apiece.  Jenn Murphy totaled 21 assists while Katie Klages had 25 digs.
 
Cassandra Willis tied Ring's total of 14 kills for ISU (6-6, 1-1 MVC) while Morgan Dall had 13 and Victoria Swigart had 11.
 
An extremely competitive battle took place in the opening frame as neither team was able to garner a lead over three points.  After the Sycamores took a 5-2 lead, Evansville came back with three in a row as Ashley Ring drained back-to-back aces. 
 
Indiana State retook the lead and once again opened up a 3-point lead on several occasions before the Aces made a late push to tie it up.  Down 21-18, Rachel TenHoor set UE on a 3-0 run as they knotted the set for the first time since the score was 9-9.  After ISU countered with two points, Meaghan Holmes notched a kill to make is 23-22, but a late error clinched the set for the Sycamores, 25-23.
 
The Aces utilized the momentum they gained from the first game and used that to take their first lead of the night, going up 6-4 on a TenHoor kill and ISU error.  The Sycamores made their run, tying it up at 8-8 before setting out on a 9-3 run to take their largest advantage of 17-11.  Kyla Thomas posted two kills in the run. 
 
In keeping with their never give up attitude all season, the Aces made their run as Ring and Emma Roberson led the offense to get back within two tallies (20-18).  The run continued as the Aces cut the gap to one with a TenHoor kill to make it a 24-23 game, but Victoria Swigart notched a kill to give ISU a 2-0 lead.
 
Early in the third game, it looked like Indiana State would take control as they scooted out to a 5-2 edge.  The Sycamores continued to lead with the score at 14-10 before a 4-0 run got the Aces right back in the game.  Sophomore Stephanie Cerino and fellow sophomore Roberson helped in the fight, which eventually led to UE taking the lead at 18-17 on an ISU error.
 
With Evansville up 21-20, the Sycamores rallied to take a 24-21 lead, but Evansville had another fight left in its, posting the next four points to retake the lead at 25-24 on another Roberson kill.  Indiana State once again had the answer as following a timeout, they rallied to post the next three points before a Victoria Swigart kill finished the match.
 
Next weekend, UE will open up its home conference slate as they welcome new MVC member Loyola to the Carson Center on Friday for a 7 p.m. match.  It will mark the first competition pitting the Aces against the Ramblers since they joined the league earlier this year.  Bradley comes to town next Saturday with the match set to begin at 6 p.m.