Box Score

MONTGOMERY—Chelsey Scott had nine kills and Myla Marshall had eight, but it was not enough as the Lady Hornets fell to Kennesaw State (13-7) 3-0 in non-conference volleyball action.
 
Jenna Wilt led KSU with 11 kills and Baylee Strachan was right behind with 10 kills to lead the Owls to the victory.  KSU finished the game hitting .319 and Strachan hit .643 and Wilt .476 to lead the team.
 
Sara Metroka had a game-high 35 assists and Emily Bean had eight digs.
 
ASU hit .230 in the game with Amber Bennett's .444 the team-high for ASU.  Brooke Beasley finished with 26 assists and Khryssnee had six digs.  ASU had seven total blocks in the game compared to only three for KSU.  Amber Bennett and Beasley had two each for ASU.
 
Set one saw the two teams' battle back and forth with the teams even at 18 KSU went on a 5-0 run to lead 23-18.  ASU came cut the lead to 23-21 before KSU won the serve and a 24-21 lead.  A block by Myla Marshall cut ASU's lead to 24-22 before a Lady Hornet service error ended the game at 25-22.
 
Wilt had five kills to lead KSU and the Owls hit .263 in the set.  For ASU, Marshall had four kills and hit .500 and the Lady Hornets finished the game hitting .259.
 
In the second set the visiting Owls jumped out to a 6-0 lead behind the serve of Turea Jones.  KSU never let off the gas and eventually built a 21-10 lead.  Even though the Lady Hornets tried to fight back, they could not overcome the deficit in the 25-16 loss.  Wilt led the way with five kills and KSU hit .381 in the set.
 
Chelsey Scott did have four kills for ASU, but the Lady Hornets only hit .091 in the set.
 
KSU was able to continue their momentum in set three as they built an 17-10 lead.  ASU came storming back scoring to cut the lead to 18-17 behind the serving of Myla Marshall and Brooke Beasley.
 
KSU again was able to build a lead and actually led 24-20 with the serve.  Again, the Lady Hornets were able to regain the serve after a block from Marshall and came all the way back to even the score at 24.
 
With the score even at 25, KSU was able to regain the serve on a Lady Hornet service error and then a hitting error from the Lady Hornets ended the set and game at 27-25.
 
“It was a game of ups and downs for us and I am both disappointed and encouraged,” Head Coach Penny Lucas-White said.  “We played a very solid Kennesaw team and you have to be good to beat a team from the Southeastern Conference like they did, but I did not think we came out with the intensity we needed to play with.”
 
“To see us fall behind each game did not make me happy at all, but to see the way the girls battled back in each game was the part that was encouraging to me.  We have to learn to play with intensity each point and we have to learn how to finish games.”
 
ASU (1-18) does not have long to sit around as they will travel to Baton Rouge to play in the Southern Invitational on Friday and Saturday of this week.  ASU will open play at 10 a.m. on Friday against Grambling State.