The Ursuline College volleyball dropped its Great Midwest opener in five sets to visiting Ohio Valley on Thursday evening.
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The Arrows and Fighting Scots battled in a back and forth first set before Ohio Valley took a 10-8 lead. The Arrows tied things back up at 10-10 before extending to a 14-11 advantage.
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Ohio Valley answered the Ursuline rally and took the first set 25-21.
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The second set played out much like the first did as the two teams traded points in the early going. Ursuline once again built a 10-7 lead but Ohio Valley answered again to tie the game 11-11.
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The Arrows then took a 18-15 advantage but once again Ohio Valley tied things up at 22-22 before taking the set 25-22.
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Ursuline used a convincing third set to force the match into a fourth set by winning 25-14. Junior
Katelyn Selleny rattled off seven consecutive points to lead the Arrows.
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The Arrows forced a fifth and deciding set with a 25-17 win in the fourth before falling 15-4 in the fifth.
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Sophomore
Vikki Henderson finished with 12 kills to lead Ursuline while fellow sophomore Angie Zamora had 10 and freshman
Jessie Lee finished with eight kills.
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Sophomore
Jill Morrow led the Arrows with four blocks while Zamora had three while freshman
Lauran Hicks had a career-best 37 sets.
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The Arrows will continue Great Midwest play at home on Friday evening when they host Davis & Elkins. The Senators lost in straight sets to Lake Erie on Thursday in their conference opener.Â
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