NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With seven kills apiece Savannah Gogel and McKenzie Laubach paced the University of Evansville volleyball team in a 3-0 loss at Belmont on Saturday evening.
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Gogel hit an efficient .400 in the contest and registered a pair of blocks. Laubach hit .333 while adding two digs, a block, and ace. Brooke Herdes led the way with 11 digs while Carsyn Kelley added 24 assists. Lucy Kay and Sydnee Nelson led the Bruins with 12 and 11 kills, respectively.
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Set 1 – Belmont 25, UE 22
A solo block by McKenzie Laubach was followed by a Carsyn Kelley ace that gave UE a 2-0 lead. The Bruins responded with five in a row to go up 5-2 before the Aces came back to tie the score at 5-5. Savannah Gogel put the lead back in UE's hands at 9-8 until Belmont knotted the score at 9-8. Things turned the Bruins' way over the next sequence as they utilized a 7-1 run to go up 15-11. Evansville got back within two points on multiple occasions before BU finished off the set.
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Set 2 – Belmont 25, UE 12
Ryan Scheu got UE on the board with a kill; however, Belmont scored the next five points and would extend their lead to 12-4. They cruised to a 25-12 decision and a 2-0 match lead.
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Set 3 – Belmont 25, UE 17
Another big start saw the Bruins go up by a 9-3 score. Their lead reached as many as eight points at 17-9 before UE worked to close the gap. Kills from Savannah Gogel and Holland Morris made it a 5-point game at 19-14 until Belmont came back to finish the match with a 25-17 win.
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