Comeback Efforts Falls Just Short for Volleyball in Final Match of Weekend Trip

Saturday, September 7

Richmond, Ky.

11:00 AM

Radford University

1-5,0-0Big South

Morehead State

2-4,0-0OVC

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Morehead St.	25	25	22	31	15	3
Radford	19	19	25	33	11	2

Photo by: Rob Simmons

Comeback Efforts Falls Just Short for Volleyball in Final Match of Weekend Trip

9/7/2024 1:53:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – The Radford volleyball program used a valiant comeback effort before falling just short to Morehead State Saturday afternoon 3-2 in their final match of the Geri Polvino Invitational.

KEY STATS

Sydney Mundkowsky eclipsed 20 kills for the second time this weekend with 28, earning 10+ in each of Radford's three matches.
Freshman Katrina Miller stepped up in a big way reaching a new career-best for kills with eight.
Freshman Lea Gage also earned a big role today scoring 17 assists and two aces.
Service errors proved costly in the match as Radford committed 20 to Morehead State's 10.

PLAY BY PLAY
After playing in the final match last night, Radford got another quick turn around with their morning match today. Morehead State got out to an early lead at 7-2 benefiting from some Radford attack and serving errors to quickly take the first set 25-19.

Radford got a better start in the second set, but Morehead State didn't let up using an 8-0 run at one point to build an insurmountable lead and take the second set with the same 25-19 final.

Backed up against the wall, Radford looked for answers. Freshmen Gage and Miller got the opportunity and used it well beginning in the third set. Radford would burst out to a 4-0 lead before becoming deadlocked in a back-and-forth affair.

Morehead State scored twice to go up 20-18 forcing Radford to regroup for the final stretch. Radford would end the set on a 7-2 run getting three kills from Miller late to seal the 25-22 third set win.

Despite an early 5-1 lead in the fourth set, the two squads would eventually be locked into the most intense sequence of the afternoon. Both teams knotted up at 21-21 and nobody was able to score the back-to-back points needed for the set win. The two teams moved past the 25-point mark all the way over 30 points before it was Radford who got kills from Mundkowsky and a block assist by Alana Kolb and Rylee Sloss to win the fourth set 33-31.

In the deciding fifth set the points continued to be traded until Radford was able to gain a 7-4 edge. A timeout allowed Morehead State to readjust, however, going on a strong run to eventually seal the deal winning the set 15-11 as Radford fell 3-2.

AROUND THE BIG SOUTH

Charleston Southern came back from dropping their first set to defeat Tennessee State 3-1.
USC Upstate fell to College of Charleston 3-0 in their first match of the day and faces Yale later tonight.
UNC Asheville earned their first win of the season with a 3-0 sweep over Morgan State.
Presbyterian is set to host Wofford later today with a 2:30 p.m. start.
Gardner-Webb plays a road match against Appalachian State at 3:00 p.m.
Winthrop continues their weekend in Richmond, Va. with a match at VCU at 4:00 p.m.

UP NEXT
Radford will make their third road trip of the season next weekend when they visit Cookeville, Tenn. to compete in the Golden Eagle invitational.

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