COLUMBIA, MO - The Western Illinois Volleyball team had early momentum, but ended up falling to Towson 3 sets to 1.
The Leathernecks were able to win the first set by a score of 25-22, after starting the set down 13-6. Western Illinois was able to get 5 service aces in the first set, which helped propel them to the victory in the set.
The second and third sets both ended with a final score of 25-19 in favor of Towson, although the Leathernecks led 10-9 in both sets.
The last set ended 25-17 in favor of Towson, although Western held a 14-13 lead before allowing Towson to go on an 8-0 run. The Leathernecks tried to fight back in the set, winning 2 of the next 3 points, but were unable to come out on top of the third set.
The Leathernecks were led in kills by Kennedy Adair with 9, but Melaina Hawblitzel and Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella were not far behind with 8 and 6 respectively. Emilia Kouri also led the team with a .500 hitting %, while Grace Ulatowski led the team with 15 digs. Madelyn Norton and Jaleah Bauss had 16 and 14 assists respectively, which shows that the Leathernecks improved this game from their game against Missouri on the previous day.
Towson was led in kills by both Anna Rice and Evi Priniotaki, who each had 14, with Kaitlyn Moran having 30 assists to go along with that. Moran was also second on the team with 10 digs, only trailing Megan Platt, who had 12 digs herself. Towson had a team hitting % of .292, which was the higher total of the two teams for the game.
Western Illinois' next match will be Sunday, August 30th against Idaho, which will be played at 11:30AM Central time, and will be Western Illinois' last game of the Mizzou Invitational.
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