Bowling Inexperienced, KY – Setter Kelsey Mead put collectively her first-career 30 assist-20 dig efficiency and led the Austin Peay State College (APSU) volleyball crew to a five-set victory (23-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 15-11) towards Northern Kentucky on the Vacation Inn – College Plaza Invitational hosted by Western Kentucky, Friday, at E.A. Diddle Enviornment.

Austin Peay (3-3) broke out to huge leads within the opening two units however needed to choose a 1-1 tie. The Govs appeared to regulate the opening set at 12-4 earlier than the Norse battled again to take the lead at 16-15 and reached set level at 24-19.
 
Austin Peay State College gained the subsequent 5 factors earlier than succumbing 25-23. Austin Peay then raced out to an 8-4 lead within the second set and made that lead stick as they matched NKU the remainder of the best way to win 25-20.
 
Northern Kentucky (1-8) flipped the second set’s script on the Governors, easing out to a 13-7 lead. The Govs obtained no nearer the remainder of the best way because the Norse took a 2-1 lead.
 
The Governors pressured a fifth set following a wire-to-wire victory within the fourth, racing out to an 8-2 benefit and holding on for one more 25-20 victory. Within the fifth, Austin Peay misplaced the opening level however scored the subsequent 4 and didn’t path the remainder of the best way to win its third match of 2022.
 
Mead completed with 33 assists and a career-high 22 digs to tempo the Governors. Proper-side hitter Mikayla Powell notched her second-career 20-kill effort, posting 22 kills towards the Norse. Outdoors hitter Marlayna Bullington added 11 kills – her third double-digit kill effort this season – and center blocker Maggie Keenan added 10 kills and 5 blocks.
 
Anna Brinkmann led Northern Kentucky with 18 kills, and Abby Kanakry added 17 kills.

The Governor

Kelsey Mead stored busy within the win with a career-high 22 digs that additionally led the Govs’ season-best 91-dig outing.

Her 33 assists additionally put her answerable for over half the Governors’ 63 kills on the afternoon.

Mead added a kill and a service ace to cap a near-perfect outing.

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A GOOD DAY FOR A GOOD MATCH: Austin Peay State College set crew match highs in kills (66) and digs (91) towards Northern Kentucky, and their 11 blocks and eight service aces had been each second most in a match this season.

SET METHODOLOGY: For the primary time this season, Austin Peay State College gained a match by which it misplaced the primary set… In profitable Set 2, APSU pressured a cut up of the match’s first two units… The Governors have cut up the primary two frames in all six matches this season… Austin Peay State College gained for the primary time this season when falling behind 2-1 in a match… The Governors have gained each their five-set matches in 2022, and it was their fortieth five-set victory underneath head coach Taylor Mott (65 matches).

Set-by-Set

Set 1 (NKU gained 25-23): The Govs and Norse traded huge runs within the opening moments. Austin Peay State College opened with a 6-1 burst to power an early Northern Kentucky timeout, however that didn’t deter the APSU Govs as they pushed their result in 12-4 earlier than the Norse used their second timeout.

That stoppage proved efficient as Northern Kentucky went on a 7-0 run that kicked off a 12-4 burst to provide it a 16-15 lead. After back-to-back APSU factors, NKU scored the subsequent eight of the subsequent 9 to succeed in set level at 24-18. Austin Peay fended off 5 set-point alternatives, with Mikayla Powell and Maggie Keenan chargeable for two factors every. Nevertheless, an Abby Kanakry kill ended the set in NKU’s favor.

Set 2 (Govs gained 25-20): Austin Peay State College battled again from a 3-1 deficit by scoring seven of the next eight factors – the ultimate two on back-to-back Marlayna Bullington solo blocks – to take an 8-4 lead. The Governors prolonged their result in 14-7, forcing NKU to make use of the final of its two timeouts.

In contrast to the primary set, the Norse stoppage didn’t derail the APSU Govs’ momentum as they pushed their result in 9 factors at 18-9. Austin Peay fended off a late 4-0 run by Northern Kentucky to win the set on kills by Mikayla Powell and Bullington.

Set 3 (NKU gained 25-19): The third set began with neither crew getting off to a sizzling begin. It took a 6-1 Northern Kentucky burst for both crew to construct a sizeable benefit and compelled Austin Peay State College to name a timeout trailing 13-7. The Govs’ timeout had little impact on the Norse, who scored 5 of the subsequent seven factors to increase its result in 18-9 and power the second APSU timeout.

Austin Peay State College would rating the subsequent three factors after the timeout to power a Northern Kentucky stoppage at 18-12, however the APSU Govs couldn’t shut the hole additional as NKU to a 2-1 lead within the match.

Set 4 (Govs gained 25-20): Austin Peay State College raced out to a 6-2 lead within the fourth set, forcing the primary Northern Kentucky timeout after an Erin Eisenhart ace. The APSU Govs scored the subsequent two factors out of the break, together with one other Eisenhart ace to increase the result in 8-2.

The Norse would near inside a pair of factors at 12-10 because of a 5-1 run, however a service error derailed their run, and Kelsey Mead served up an ace to additional stall the Norse cost. A Powell kill pushed the lead again to 5 factors, 15-10, and compelled the second NKU timeout. The second stoppage didn’t have the impact the Norse desired, as they may not shut the hole, and the Govs pressured a fifth set.

Set 5 (Govs gained 15-11): Northern Kentucky gained the primary level after which Austin Peay State College responded with four-straight factors to take management. Jaida Clark scored a kill, Marlayna Bullington served up an ace, Clark and Powell scored on a block, and Powell notched a kill because the APSU Govs gained a 4-1 lead.

Austin Peay State College would push the result in 4 factors at 7-3 and prolonged it to 5 factors at 11-6, forcing Northern Kentucky timeouts at every level. However the Norse couldn’t get nearer than three factors the remainder of the best way, and Bullington closed the match with a kill.

Subsequent Up For APSU Volleyball

The Austin Peay State College volleyball crew continues its keep on the Vacation Inn – College Plaza Invitational when it meets Toledo in a Saturday 11:00am match. APSU then sq. off towards No. 21 Western Kentucky at 3:00pm to finish the weekend.