Huntington, Ind. — The Marian University volleyball team earned a road sweep over Huntington on Saturday for the Knights' 10th Crossroads League win of the season.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Marian recorded 48 kills to Huntington's 37 kills
- The Knights recorded four of five aces in the match
- MU had six of seven blocks in the contest
- Marian held an edge in digs, 51-46
- The Knights hit .396, while the Forresters hit .169
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Danielle Schade registered 11 kills on just 18 swings, hitting .556
- Khori Dryden added 11 kills with six digs and a pair of aces
- Chloe Cook chipped in eight kills and two aces
- Sami Luttel and Mya Cunningham combined for 44 assists
- Evie Dart led the team with four blocks
- Lexa Zimmerman tallied 18 digs
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET
- After Huntington took the first point of the match, Marian rattled off three straight points
- A kill from Ashlynn Turner and ace from Cook highlighted a 5-0 run that put the Knights ahead 11-4
- Ava Tindall registered a kill in a 4-0 run that extended MU's lead to 15-7
- Dryden, Schade and Dart had three kills in a row; MU led 19-10
- Dart finished off the dominant set with a kill
SECOND SET
- The Knights scored the first five points of the second set, capped by Cook's kill
- Marian led 11-4 after another Tindall kill
- Schade put away two more kills with the Knights in front, 16-9
- Cook, Turner and Dryden combined on kills in a run that pushed the MU advantage to 20-12
- Huntington scored three straight to cut their deficit to five, but for the second straight set, Dart clinched the frame with a kill
THIRD SET
- The Forresters earned the first two points of the set, but Marian scored three straight to regain the early lead
- Dryden and Schade picked up kills as the Knights took the lead back, 10-9
- The teams traded points back and forth with HU leading 15-13 near the midway point
- Marian responded by taking eight of the next 10 points to lead 21-17 after a Forrester attack error
- HU got back within three, but Schade closed the door with another kill
UP NEXT
- Marian returns home for the regular season finale against Mount Vernon Nazarene on Wednesday; the Knights lock up a top-five seed with a win and are the four-seed with a win and a Spring Arbor loss at Goshen
