Volleyball Sweeps Quincy for 10th Win

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - - The Truman volleyball team held visiting Quincy to a -.054 hitting percentage and countered with a .291 mark of its own in a brisk 3-0 (-13, -13, -16) sweep on Tuesday night in Pershing Arena.

Truman (10-4) was never challenged in the first two sets, jumping out to a 14-3 lead in the first and a 10-3 lead in the second against the visiting Hawks (8-5). Truman did trail, 8-7, in the third set before rattling off an 11-2 run behind the strong serving of Taylor Mirka (Ames, Iowa, Gilbert), Ali Patterson (Lee's Summit, Mo., Lee's Summit) and Emily Briseno (Lee's Summit, Mo., Lee's Summit West) to take an 18-10 lead and never look back.

Allie Brak (The Colony, Texas, The Colony) led all players with 10 kills, as seven Bulldogs tallied at least three kills. After starting with just a .214 hitting mark in the first set, Truman continued to improve – hitting .310 in the second and .375 in the third – to end the match in just one hour and eight minutes.

Truman out-blocked QU 10-3, with Briseno and Megan Sharpe (Edwardsville, Ill., Edwardsville) totaling five blocks apiece. Abby Moser (Wildwood, Mo., Lafayette) led all players with 18 digs, and Meghan Zimmerman (Papillion, Neb., Gross Catholic) posted a double-double with 26 assists and a dozen digs. Zimmerman also added four aces.

The Bulldogs return to action on Friday night at 7:00 pm, getting back into MIAA play by hosting Missouri Western in Pershing Arena.

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