Balanced Attack Leads IPFW in Sweep of Raiders

Tuesday, August 30

Dayton, Ohio

7:00 PM

Purdue Fort Wayne

2-1

Wright State

0-4

IPFW

Wright State

Haley Emenhiser had nine kills as IPFW swept Wright State 3-0

Balanced Attack Leads IPFW in Sweep of Raiders

8/30/2011 6:39:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Dayton, OH - IPFW trailed just once over the entire match, on the first point of the third set, topping the Raiders of Wright State University 3-0 on Tuesday night (25-22, 25-17, 25-19) in a non-conference match, the Mastodons' second Horizon League foe in its first three matches of the season.

Emily Spencer picked up a game-high 12 kills as juniors Jessie Manwaring and Haley Emenhiser each ended the match with nine kills apiece. Megan Steenhuysen dished out 33 assists as Tessa McGill and Spencer had 13 and 12 digs, apiece, Spencer's for her second career double-double. Megan Wiler had a team-high five blocks, as the Mastodons totaled eight blocks in the contest.

In the first set the Mastodons (2-1) never trailed, jumping out to a quick 9-4 advantage; however, the Raiders used back-to-back 3-0 runs to knot the score at 11 apiece. The score was tied at a dozen each before IPFW scored four straight points to push back ahead at 16-12, and cruised to the 25-22 opening-set win.

Back-to-back attack errors, followed by a Steenhuysen ace put the 'Dons ahead, as the Blue and White led wire-to-wire in the second set. Wright State (0-4) closed the gap to two as late as 8-6, but a 5-0 IPFW run put the visitors ahead by seven, before settling in for a 25-17 victory in the second set.

Wright State took its first and only lead of the match with a kill by Heidi Splinter to open the third set, before IPFW scored three straight to reclaim the advantage. The Raiders cut into the gap at 15-11 before the 'Dons scored five straight, and seven of the next nine to give the visitors a nine-point lead. The lead remained at nine at 24-15 before the hosts mounted a rally, scoring the next four points, but a service error ended the comeback, giving IPFW the 25-19 third-set win.

Anna Norman had six kills in the losing effort for Wright State, as Heidi Splinter added a dozen digs.

The Mastodons return to action on Friday, September 2, when the squad travels to Des Moines, Iowa, to take on the Drake Bulldogs in the first day of Drake's two-day tournament.

~Dons~

NOTES: IPFW draws even in the all-time series with Wright State 9-9...Freshman Emily Spencer reached double-figure kills for her third straight game to open her IPFW career, giving her sole possession of second place on the all-time list...IPFW improves to 2-0 on the season against teams from the Horizon League, as head coach Kelley Hartley Hutton improves to 27-12 all-time against Horizon schools...Spencer added 12 digs for her second career double-double...Tessa McGill recorded 13 digs, her 45th career double-figure dig match, and her 11th in a row, the 10th longest double-figure dig streak in program history...Haley Emenhiser's .533 attack percentage (9 kills, 1 error, 15 attempts), is tied for the ninth best three-set attack percentage by a junior in school history...Megan Wiler picked up five blocks, tying her career-high for the second time in three matches this season...Junior setter Megan Steenhuysen eclipsed the 2,000-assist plateau for her career, and now stands with 2,024, and in eighth place on the IPFW career list...With her 13 digs, McGill moves up to 14th in career digs in IPFW history with 966...Freshman setter Madison Spence made her IPFW debut with one assist against the Raiders...Alli Hook set a new career-high with two service aces, giving her three for her career...Spencer tied her IPFW career high with three blocks...Steenhuysen tied her career-high with two service aces...Emenhiser set a new single season high with nine kills