Indianapolis —- The Marian University volleyball team earned a critical win in Crossroads League play on Saturday, topping Spring Arbor in four sets.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Marian has 59 kills to 48 for Spring Arbor
- The Cougars tallied 11 aces; the Knights had seven aces
- SAU held the edge in blocks, 9-8
- Marian led Spring Arbor in digs, 70-63
- The Knights hit .313 for the match; SAU hit .179
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Chloe Cook had a team-high 18 kills, while hitting .533
- Danielle Schade added 12 kills, hitting 313
- Ava Tindall chipped in 11 kills
- Sami Luttel and Mya Cunningham both dished out 22 assists
- Luttel logged a team-best 15 digs
- Emerson Evans landed a team-best three service aces
- Evie Dart recorded six solo blocks
- Addie Phillips and Lexa Zimmerman had 13 and 11 digs, respectively
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET
- An attack error pushed Marian's early lead to 5-2 in the opening set
- Kills from Dart and Cook followed by an ace extended the Knights' lead to 10-4
- A 10-3 Cougar run allowed Spring Arbor to take a lead, 17-15
- Two Cook aces gave Marian a slim 22-20 advantage
- The Cougars earned five of the final six points to steal the opening set
SECOND SET
- An attack error opened up a 5-3 lead for Marian early in the second set
- Cook and Tindall kills extended the MU lead to 10-6
- A five-point Marian run made it a 15-8 lead for the Knights
- SAU took five of six points to cut their deficit to 19-15
- Tindall closed the frame out with a kill to even up the match at 1
THIRD SET
- Marian came roaring out of the gates in the third set with a 10-3 lead after two more Cook kills
- The Cougars responded with five of six points to pull within 11-8
- Four straight points from the Knights pushed the lead back to 15-8
- Seven straight points from the Cougars flipped the lead in their favor, 17-16
- The Knights rattled off six of the final seven points to take the set, capped by Schade's kill
FOURTH SET
- Schade's kill made it a 6-3 lead for Marian early on in the fourth
- An attack error pushed the Knights' lead to 12-8
- Spring Arbor cut their deficit to a single point after Keely Hinzman's kill
- Cook's kill capped a three-point run to force a Marian timeout
- An attack error clinched the big win for the Knights
UP NEXT
- Marian travels to league-leader and 12th-ranked Taylor on Wednesday, with first serve set for 7 p.m.
