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@MizzouVB Closes Towson Invitational With 3-1 Loss to Ohio State
9/8/2018 12:59:00 PM | Volleyball
Tigers’ five-match winning streak comes to an end Saturday
TOWSON, Md. - Mizzou Volleyball (7-2) took the opening set Saturday morning against Ohio State, but the Buckeyes fired back with three consecutive triumphs to claim a 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 19-25, 20-25) victory. The Tigers finished their weekend at SECU Arena with a 2-1 record.
With a solo block in the opening set, senior MB Alyssa Munlyn became the Tigers' all-time career leader in total blocks, surpassing Whitney Little's old mark of 541. She now owns the Mizzou individual all-time records in total blocks and block assists.
#ShowMe Top Performers vs. Ohio State
- Leketor Member-Meneh: 12 kills on .290 hitting, 11 digs
- Kylie Deberg: 10 kills, 5 digs, 3 total blocks
- Andrea Fuentes: 20 assists, 1 ace, 8 digs
Hear From Head Coach Wayne Kreklow
On the Tigers' Towson Invitational finale…
"Today was obviously disappointing. I thought we came out with good energy, focus and executed well in the first set. Ohio State is a very good team and when they responded, I didn't think we handled it well. We have a lot of inexperienced players and we have to do a better job at handling adversity and being mentally tough. We allow points in runs too many times and we must get better at responding to a challenge."
#MIZ Takeaways
- The Tigers started strong Saturday morning, recording 15 kills on .300 hitting en route to an opening set victory. Deberg, Member-Meneh, Dariana Hollingsworth and Tyanna Omazic all recorded multiple kills on offense.
- On defense, Mizzou recorded four total blocks while limiting Ohio State to .132 hitting percentage.
- The second set was full of runs by both teams, as the Buckeyes built a late 19-14 advantage. The Tigers responded with a 5-0 run, but Ohio State closed things out after a 6-3 stretch.
- Mizzou struggled to get any rhythm on both sides of the ball in set three, leading to a lopsided defeat. After building an early 7-5 advantage, Ohio State answered with a 6-0 run to set the tone the rest of the set. The Buckeyes delivered a match-best 14 kills on .256 hitting up to that point.
- The trend continued in the fourth and final set, as Ohio State recorded a match-best 17 kills on .317 hitting to close out the Tigers.
- Member-Meneh earned her first double-double of the season, joining Deberg and Fuentes as Tigers to accomplish the feat.
- Deberg's impressive offensive streak to begin her Tiger career continued Saturday, as she has accumulated double-digit kills in all eight matches played.
- This weekend, Deberg once again paced the team in kills (36), kills per set (3.00) and points (44.0). Omazic and Munlyn were dynamic at middle blocker, hitting .321 and .304, respectively.
- As usual, blocking was paramount to the Tigers' success on the court, as they posted 35.0 total blocks (2.92 per set). Munlyn (1.42) and Hollingsworth (1.00) both eclipsed a block per set individually.
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