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Marshall University
Southern Miss
@HerdVolleyball Falls to Southern Miss, 3-0
11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall volleyball falls short on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Cam Henderson Center in a 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-21) decision against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
Marshall falls to 15-11 (6-7 C-USA), while Southern Miss moves to 22-9 (9-5 C-USA).
The Herd was paced by junior Ally Kiekover (Grand Rapids, Mich.), who recorded 10 kills and four blocks. Sophomore Kayla Simmons (Gainesville, Fla.) had 22 assists, along with senior Jillian Shemanski (Jupiter, Fla) and sophomore Taylor Pelton (Louisville, Ky.) who had six kills, apiece.
In the first set, the Herd fought a hard battle but fell short to Southern Miss, 26-24. Shemanski had two electrifying back-to-back kills and Pelton followed suit with four kills for the Herd. There was a total of six lead changes and 13 tied scores.
For the second set, Marshall came out scoring the first two points but with some minor trip ups, allowed the Golden Eagles to score four back-to-back points. Marshall used its second timeout being down by five points (8-3), but it rallied together to score five points and tie the score (8-8), with Legge and Kiekover each getting a kill. Southern Miss' offense responded strongly taking the lead by six points, and from there went on to win the second set, 25-16.
After the break, Kiekover had an exhilarating kill early on to tie the set at 3-all. Marshall takes its first timeout midway through the third set trailing Southern Miss 12-7. After the timeout, the Herd responded with a kill by Legge. The Golden Eagles are forced to take their first timeout as Marshall had three unanswered points. As the set came to a close, the Herd continuing to fight, found some momentum from a kill by Shemanski, a block by Ashley Arnold (Myrtle Beach, SC) and an attacking error by the Golden Eagles. The Herd, still trailing but fighting, took the score to 22-19 and forced Southern Miss to use their final timeout. In a tight set, the Herd came within three points but Southern Miss' offense proved too much for the Herd and won the third set of the match, 25-21.
COACH'S CORNER
Quote from Assistant Coach Taylor Strickland
On tonight's match
"We have to give credit to Southern Miss tonight. They came out here ready to play. We couldn't seem to find the court on their side due to their effort on defense."
On Sunday's match against Rice and the remainder of the season
"We have a short turn around till our match on Sunday. Now is the time our girls have to find something within themselves and push through. With only three games left in conference we have to find a sense of urgency."
UP NEXT
Marshall wraps up its final home game of the season on Sunday against Rice at 1 p.m.
