Kansas City
IUPUI
'Roos Knock Off Jags For Third Straight Summit League Win
10/28/2011 9:14:00 PM | Volleyball
Senior Kelsey Knoche led the 'Roos in the match, finishing with a team-high 17 kills, 21 digs and three blocks while junior setter Ella Meier recorded her career-high in assists for the second straight match, this time registering 52, to go along with 20 digs, six blocks, two kills and an ace.
In the match, the 'Roos found themselves in a 2-0 hole after dropping the first set 25-21 and the second set 27-25 after being tied at 25 late in the set.
Coming out of intermission, the 'Roos appeared to be heading for a 3-0 loss, trailing by seven in the set at 18-11. At that point, the 'Roos scored five of the next six points to pull within three at 19-16. After the two teams traded the next six points, the Kangaroos closed the set out on a 6-1 run to cut the IUPUI lead in half with 25-23 win.
In the fourth set, the two squads battled early before IUPUI went ahead by four at 15-11. A 5-0 run, though, by UMKC, including a Meier ace and a kill by sophomore Chloe Jarema, put the 'Roos in front 16-15. After trading the next five points, the Kangaroos built their lead to three on three Jaguar errors at 21-18. IUPUI then pulled to within one at 22-21, but three of the final four points went to the 'Roos, giving UMKC the 25-22 win and forcing a fifth set.
In the deciding set, IUPUI scored the first point, but UMKC quickly took a three-point lead at 9-6 on a kill by Meier. A 3-0 run by IUPUI tied the set at nine, before a Jarema kill put the 'Roos back in front 10-9. The Jaguars then reclaimed the lead with two straight points, but back-to-back kills from the lone UMKC underclassman put the Kangaroos on top 12-11. The Jaguars then evened the set for an eighth time, but Jarema's fourth kill in seven points gave UMKC back the lead at 13-12. Senior Elizabeth Beck followed with a kill of her own to push the lead to two, and after a point from the Jags, Knoche finished off the comeback with her 17th kill of the night to give UMKC the 3-2 victory.
For the 'Roos, Jarema and Beck notched 12 and 11 kills, respectively, while junior Brittany Fossier, senior Christiana McQuin and junior Emily Lucas all finished with six.
Defensively, senior Nicole
Kerkman registered 27 digs, while seniors Kara
Thomas and Erin
Wellwood recorded 19 and 18, respectively. At the net, the Kangaroos
finished with 17 blocks as a team, including seven each from Beck and Fossier,
five from McQuin and four from senior Demetria
Williams.
The Blue & Gold will be back in action again tomorrow when they take on
Western Illinois at 7 p.m. in Macomb, Ill.
