Ampudia Leads Efficient Sweep of K-State
10/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 28, 2009
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Missouri Tigers vs. Kansas State Wildcats
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Hearnes Center, Columbia, Mo.
Mizzou/Kansas State Post-Game Notes
• With 13 digs, junior libero Caitlyn Vann (Muncie, Ind.) moved within 10 of Chandra Hopkins for 10th place on Mizzou's single-season list. Vann now has 352 digs in her Tiger in 2009.
• Junior outside hitter Paola Ampudia (Cali, Colombia), the reigning Big 12 Player of the Week who set a school record with 35 kills Saturday in Mizzou's four-set win over Kansas, continued her stellar play with 18 kills, four digs and two service aces while hitting .318.
• Ampudia now has 135 kills on .261 hitting over her last seven matches.
• She has led the Tigers in kills in each of her last seven outings.
• Tonight was the second match in a row that Ampudia ended with a service ace.
• Junior outside hitter Julianna Klein (Keota, Iowa), who missed Mizzou's last three matches due to illness, posted four kills on .500 hitting in her return to the court.
• Senior middle blocker Amanda Hantouli (Omaha, Neb.) set a season-high with seven kills on .385 hitting.
• Sophomore libero Annie Lopez (St. Louis, Mo.) tied a season-high with 12 digs.
• Senior setter Lei Wang-Francisco played all three sets to increase her career total to 423, which ranks 10th all time.
• Wang-Francisco passed out 43 assists, her most this season in a three-set match.
• Wednesday's attendance of 2,721 was a season-high for Mizzou at the Hearnes Center as fans came out for the Tigers' "Bust the House" promotion.
• Mizzou is now 9-1 at home this season as its only loss of the year was handed to them by No. 7 Nebraska.
• Caite Wilson (Omaha, Neb.) posted nine kills on .389 hitting. Wilson now has 22 kills on .417 hitting in her last two matches.
• Rosa Medrano (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) posted eight kills on .438 hitting. The .438 clip is her second-best mark of the season.
• Mizzou hit .333 in the match, its third best of the season and best since hitting .344 in a three-set win over Texas Tech.
