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Team14_USI2GLVC
Jeff Smith - GLVC
0
Southern Indiana USI 19-11
3
Winner Truman TSU 26-3
Southern Indiana USI
19-11
0
Final
3
Truman TSU
26-3
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Southern Indiana USI 14 21 20 (0)
Truman TSU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Tyler Madsen, Athletics Communications

Volleyball Recap: Truman 3, Southern Indiana 0

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EAST PEORIA, Ill. - - The Truman State University volleyball team opened the postseason with a 3-0 (-14, -21, -20) sweep of Southern Indiana in the opening round of the 2014 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship Tournament on Thursday night at the EastSide Centre.
 
Senior Allie Brak accounted for a team-high 14 kills, a .302 attack line, three aces and seven digs, while junior Ali Patterson hit .588 with 11 kills and four blocks to lead Truman (26-3), who advances to face Missouri S&T (18-12) in the semifinals on Friday night at 5:30 p.m.
 
The Bulldogs jumped all over the Screaming Eagles (19-11) in the opening set, building a quick 5-1 lead. After USI cut Truman's edge to 9-6, the Bulldogs went on an 8-1 run to push the lead to 10 at 17-7. A USI point snapped the spurt; however, another 4-1 blitz gave Truman a 21-9 edge on the way to a 25-14 first-set decision.
 
In the second, USI took a 6-5 lead before a 5-0 burst by the Bulldogs put Truman back on top, 10-6. USI would pull to within one at 17-16, and, after the teams traded 4-1 runs, Truman still held a 22-21 edge. Following a Bulldog timeout, junior Abby Heise put away a kill, before Brak dealt an ace for a 24-21 lead. Patterson and sophomore Kayla Bastian then ended the set with an emphatic double block to put Truman up, 2-0.
 
Finally, in the third set, USI and Truman played to an early 7-7 tie, before a 7-1 Bulldog run gave the purple and white a 14-8 lead. The Bulldogs would eventually lead 18-14, but USI scored four straight to force a Truman timeout at 18-all. Out of the timeout, a USI service error sparked Truman's last big run of the night, as a 7-2 run – capped by back-to-back kills by Patterson and Heise – secured the set at 25-20 and pushed the 'Dogs into the semifinals.
 
The Bulldogs committed just nine attack errors on the night, hitting .306 as a team with 47 kills on 124 swings. Brak's 14 and Patterson's 11 led the Bulldogs offensively, while Heise added eight kills and hit. 368 next to a five kill, .417 hitting night for junior Emilee Walters. Walters and Heise each contributed four blocks, while Bastian finished with six kills and two blocks.
 
Senior Meghan Zimmerman led all players with 40 assists, while senior Abby Moser patrolled Truman's back line to a match-high tune of 19 digs. Junior Sidney King added a dozen digs and a pair of assists.
 
Lauren DeShaney paced the USI attack with 18 kills, while setter Quin Shoultz added a 33-assist, 11-dig double-double.
 
The Bulldogs face Missouri S&T for the second time this season on Friday night, as Truman defeated the Miners 3-1 in Rolla on Oct. 11. Freshman Jasmine Brown had 26 kills for Truman, while Heise added 13 kills. Patterson led all players with eight blocks.
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