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Missouri State Takes Five-set Decision From Utah Volleyball
9/11/2010 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 11, 2010
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Three players had 10 or more kills and three had 10 or more digs as the University of Utah volleyball team fell in five sets to Missouri State Saturday against Missouri State (18-25, 18-25, 25-21, 25-10, 9-15) in the third match of the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational in the Hammons Student Center.
Utah (4-4) held Missouri State to a .188 hitting percentage, its fourth match in which it has its opponents under a .200 hitting percentage this season. Morgan Odale had 19 kills and 18 digs in the match for her fourth double-double this season. Odale has hit for 10 or more kills in seven of her first eight matches of her Utah career.
The Utes came back from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth set.
"After the second set, we started making more defensive stops," Utah head coach Beth Launiere said. "The we started getting kills throughout sets three, four and five. We really slowed [Missouri State] down, they hit for a negative percentage in the fourth set. We just have to be a lot more consistent in stopping teams."
Karolina Bartkowiak registered 12 kills and six digs for her 14 career double-digit-kill performance.
Sophomore outside hitter Brooke McAlister came up with 11 kills and a pair of digs. Setters Stephanie Neeley recorded her second consecutive double-double, and the 19th of her career. Sophomore McKenzie Odale had a double-double as well with 18 assists and 11 digs.
Senior libero Keisha Fisher posted a team-high 16 digs. The Ririe, Idaho native recorded her seventh double-figure-dig match this year and the 67th of her career. She has hit double-figures in her last 10 matches.
There were three ties in the first set until the score was tied at six and the Bears scored four consecutive points to build a 10-6 lead. MSU maintained its four-point spread at 17-13 before the Utes took four of the next five points to cut their deficit to one point, 18-17. Unfortunately, Missouri State regained a four-point edge at 22-18 and went on to win the set, 25-18. Morgan Odale had a team-high six kills and five digs and junior outside hitter Jennifer Lanting added four kills, while Sarah Collette and Bartkowiak both had three kills apiece.
The second set was knotted at four apiece, before back-to-back Missouri State attack errors gave the Utes a 6-4 edge early in the set. Unfortunately, the Bears came back to force a tie with the Utes at 10 points apiece. MSU's lead would grow to as many as seven points (19-12) en route to a second consecutive 25-18. Utah edged out a two-point lead to start the third set before Missouri State tied the set at nine points apiece. The set would be tied seven more times but Utah took five of the final six points to earn the victory, 25-21, to make the match 2-1.
The Utes jumped out to a 10-6 lead in the fourth set and extended their lead to eight points (15-7) with a 5-1 run. Utah's would go on to even the match at two sets apiece with a 25-10 victory, which turned out to be its largest lead of the set. There were five ties early in the fifth and deciding set before Missouri State scored back-to-back points to assume a 9-8 advantage. The Bears scored four more unanswered points
Missouri State (8-1) was led by a team-high 17 kills from Christine McCartney. Cara Hackman registered a team-high 18 digs.
This was Utah's second five-set match this season. The Utes won the first one on Sept. 4 against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
The Utes will conclude play in the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational today at 5:30 p.m. CT against the Saint Louis Billikens.
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