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2011 Blog Entry #5

Women's Volleyball WSU Athletic Media Relations

Volleyball Falls to Cleveland State

Box Score

The Wright State volleyball team dropped a three-set Horizon League decision to Cleveland State Saturday at the C.J. McLin Gymnasium.  The Vikings won the match 25-15, 25-17, 25-20.

WSU led 4-2 early in the opening set before CSU tallied four straight points.  The Raiders trailed just 15-12 following an Alaina McAuley kill, only to see the Vikings go on a 10-3 run the rest of the way.

Cleveland State then jumped out to a 6-0 lead in leading the entire way in the second set and was up 15-9 in the third before Wright State scored seven in a row, three of those coming on a pair of service aces and a kill by Heidi Splinter, to take a 16-15 advantage.

The Vikings, though, answered with five straight of their own to go back in front for good.

CSU finished with a 41-30 kill advantage and outhit WSU .378-.122.

Both McAuley and Splinter recorded 12 kills for the Raiders while Jessica Levy had nine digs and Ashleigh Lucco 25 assists.

Marie Frease paced Cleveland State (9-4, 1-1 Horizon) with 13 kills in hitting .550 for the match while Kara Koch had 12 kills, Amy Grabiec 12 digs and Jordan Goad 32 assists.

Wright State (2-10, 1-1 Horizon) hits the road for two matches next week, taking on Xavier on Tuesday, September 20, at 7:00 followed by Milwaukee on Saturday, September 24, at 5:00 Eastern.

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Players Mentioned

Jessica Levy

#2 Jessica Levy

L/DS
5' 7"
Freshman
Ashleigh Lucco

#19 Ashleigh Lucco

S
5' 8"
Junior
Alaina McAuley

#11 Alaina McAuley

OH
5' 9"
Senior
Heidi Splinter

#9 Heidi Splinter

OH
5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jessica Levy

#2 Jessica Levy

5' 7"
Freshman
L/DS
Ashleigh Lucco

#19 Ashleigh Lucco

5' 8"
Junior
S
Alaina McAuley

#11 Alaina McAuley

5' 9"
Senior
OH
Heidi Splinter

#9 Heidi Splinter

5' 11"
Sophomore
OH