Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
17-8, 12-1OVC
Austin Peay
21-9, 10-3OVC
Racers Win Battle of the Border Showdown
11/2/2016 8:10:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
In front of a raucous crowd at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tenn., the Murray State volleyball team was able to silence the noise and come away with an exciting four-set victory over Austin Peay Wednesday evening. Set scores went 27-25, 25-20, 21-25 and 25-17.
Kristen Besselsen had a career night in the victory as she led the Racers (17-8, 12-1 OVC) with a career-high 25 kills on the night and also hit .345 to lead the team. Besselsen also notched 12 digs to record her fifth double-double of the season, while adding a match-high two service aces and three block assists in the win.
Scottie Ingram also added a double-double in the match as she tallied 15 kills and 15 digs in the win. Dacia Brown added 10 kills and Olivia Chatman and Kamille Jones had eight and seven kills, respectively on the night.
Hannah Stultz had another big night at her setter position as she averaged 15 assists per set against the Governors, tallying 60 total for the match. Stultz also added 13 digs, three kills and an ace in the win. In the back row, Ellie Lorenz recorded a match-high 30 digs.
As a team, MSU hit .216 while APSU (21-9, 10-3 OVC) hit .218 overall. The Govs also had a 7-4 edge in total blocks in the match. In the serving game, it was a different story as the Racers had twice as many aces (6-3) as the Govs and had five service errors to APSU's eight.
MSU's win is its ninth straight and the Racers close their season-long five-match road trip unblemished. The Racers return to action Saturday at 2 p.m., as Eastern Kentucky comes to town.
