University of Evansville Athletics

MURRAY, Ky. – McKenzie Laubach and Lyla Fisher recorded 14 kills apiece to lead the University of Evansville volleyball team to a 3-1 Missouri Valley Conference road victory at Murray State on Friday evening.
 
Laubach added a total of five blocks while hitting .478 on the night. Fisher hit .333 in the winning effort. Savannah Gogel posted 13 kills and five blocks while Wren Jones added 10 kills and eight digs. Carsyn Kelley had a solid match with 39 assists, seven digs, four kills, and two blocks. Brooke Herdes led the way with 15 digs. Mija Sagadin Pristovnik was the top performer for MSU with 14 kills.
 
Set 1 – Murray State 25, UE 23
A quick start saw Murray State jump out to a 5-1 lead with the Purple Aces making their way back just as fast. After a kill by Ryan Scheu made it a 5-2 game, UE continued its march forward as a block by Savannah Gogel and Carsyn Kelley tied the game at 7-7. Brooke Herdes added a service ace that gave Evansville its first lead at 9-8.
 
McKenzie Laubach's third consecutive kill put the Aces in front at 13-12 before MSU scored three in a row to go back up by two points. The back-and-forth game featured a run by UE that included another ace from Herdes that put the Aces in front (18-17); however, the Racers would go back on top at 21-19. Lyla Fisher's kill knotted the game at 21-21, but the Racers fended off the challenge to take the set.
 
Set 2 – UE 25, Murray State 20
Murray State had the early edge once again opening a 4-2 lead. Wren Jones' kill cut the deficit to 6-5 before UE tied the game at 7-7. Another ace by Herdes saw the Aces wrestle away a 10-7 advantage. Laubach took over at that point, providing kills that made it a 12-8 lead before another tally made it a 15-10 game.
 
Savannah Gogel notched a kill that kept the run going and pushed the lead to 20-12. The Racers never gave up as they stormed back with five in a row to cut the Aces lead to three. Despite the stretch, Evansville finished strong, taking the set by a 25-20 final to tie the match.
 
Set 3 – UE 25, Murray State 22
Laubach's solo block got UE on the board as they took a 2-0 edge while Gogel registered a kill to solidify a 7-5 edge. Murray State took its first lead at 8-7 before going by two at 10-8. The teams swapped the lead throughout the middle portion of the frame leading to an 18-18 tie. That is when Evansville took control with a 5-1 run to go up 23-19 with Laubach and Lyla Fisher picking up kills. Scheu had the final two kills to help her squad take a 2-1 lead.
 
Set 4 – UE 29, Murray State 27
Jones and Fisher recorded early kills to give Evansville a 5-3 lead. Following a run by the Racers that saw the take a 7-6 edge the teams battled to a 10-10 score. Three in a row by the Aces was followed by an 8-0 run from MSU that gave them an 18-13 advantage. With Murray State still up by five at 22-17, the Aces made their run. Laubach had three kills and Kendall Agler picked up an ace as UE came all the way back to tie the game at 23-23.
 
With the game tied at 27-27, Lyla Fisher finished match with a pair of kills to secure the road MVC victory.