Marshall Volleyball Rallies Past Oakland

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YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Marshall University Volleyball team (3-1) opened the EMU Tournament with a 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 28-26, 25-19) victory over Oakland (1-3) on Friday evening.

"From a really rocky start, I'm proud of how we gutted that win out," Herd Volleyball Head Coach Ari Aganus said. "Brynn (Brown) and Peyton (Neal) were a huge piece of our stability. Izzy (Collier) did a great job in the middle for us and McKenzie (Schoenhardt), and Maya (Hunt) came in and allowed for a lot of different opportunities for us offensively! Our first ball contact and floor defense really needs to clean up and settle down to face two very tough opponents tomorrow."

Brynn Brown registered her first triple-double of the season with a team-high 21 assists, match-high 20 kills and 14 digs in the victory. Peyton Neal had a match-high 26 digs as Maya Hunt had 20 assists. Izzy Collier, Beatrice Ciccarelli and Brown were each in on four blocks as the team finished with 11.

The Herd led through the majority of the first set. However, the Golden Grizzlies rallied to tie the opening frame 17-17. Oakland captured eight of the final 13 points to take the first from Marshall 25-22.

The second set saw the two sides trade the first six points to be deadlocked 3-3 early on. After Neal gave MU a 4-3 lead with a service ace, they did not relinquish the lead the rest of the way. The Herd continuously built its lead in the second and closed it out on a 6-3 run to even the match at one set each.

With the score tied 11 times and five lead changes, the third was a back-and-forth battle. With score tied 20-20, Marshall and Oakland proceeded to trade points until the score was 26 all. But with a kill by Brown and a service ace from Ciccarelli, The Herd took a 2-1 lead with a 28-26 triumph in the third set.

Marshall hit .314 in the final set to complete the comeback after falling in the first with a 25-19 win in the fourth. Brown hit .500 with six kills on 10 attacks with just one error.

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Marshall has a pair of matches to finish the EMU Tournament with contests against George Washington at 11 a.m. and EMU at 3 p.m.

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Team Stats

Brynn Brown

McKenna Melton

Izzy Collier

Olivia Fogo

Players Mentioned

Brynn Brown

Beatrice Ciccarelli

Izzy Collier

Maya Hunt

Peyton Neal

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