Hasler Net
3
Winner Drury DU 19-8, 9-5 GLVC
1
Illinois Springfield UIS 5-22, 2-12 GLVC
Winner
Drury DU
19-8, 9-5 GLVC
3
Final
1
Illinois Springfield UIS
5-22, 2-12 GLVC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Drury DU 26 25 25 25 (3)
Illinois Springfield UIS 28 18 18 14 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Prairie Stars Falter Against Panthers, 3-1

SPRINGFIELD, IL - After rallying to take the first set 28-26, the University of Illinois Springfield volleyball faltered down the stretch falling to Drury, 3-1, Friday evening at the Recreation and Athletic Center.

The Basics
The Result: Drury 3-1 (26-28, 25-18, 25-18, 25-14)
Records: Drury (19-8, 9-5 GLVC), UIS (5-22, 2-12 GLVC)
Location: Springfield, Ill. - TRAC

UIS Top Performers
  • Freshman Alyssa Hasler (South Bend, Ind.): tied for the team-lead with eight kills and led the UIS block with three block solos and four block assists.
  • Senior Heather Smack (St. Louis, Mo.): tied with Hasler for a team-high eight kills and finished the match with a .286 hitting percentage. Also added a pair of block assists.
  • Senior Nikki Madoch (Algonquin, Ill.): finished with seven kills on 23 attempts.

How It Happened
  • The teams traded points in the early going until the Prairie Stars scored three straight points capped off by a kill from Heather Smack. The visiting Panthers quickly responded with three straight points of their own to tie the game at 5.
  • The first set was battle from the get-go as neither team could really pull ahead. A kill by Alyssa Hasler gave UIS a 17-15 lead. Drury didn't stay down for long though and took its largest lead of the set after a 7-2 run gave the visitors a 22-19 lead. The teams traded points and Drury earned its first set point at 24-21.
  • Back-to-back kills from Nora Palermo (West Chicago, Ill.) and Hasler cut the deficit to just one and then a Drury error tied the game, 24-24. The Panthers had two more set points at 25-24 and 26-25 but the Prairie Stars battled back. A kill from freshman Emma Burkle (Crystal Lake, Ill.) tied the game at 26 and then a pair of Drury errors gave UIS the first set, 28-26.
  • The second set belonged to the visiting Panthers from the first serve. Drury opened the stanza on a 10-1 run that included seven kills and an ace. UIS never recovered, eventually closing the gap to six but the visitors tied the match at one set apiece, 25-18.
  • The third set was tight in the early going. The Prairie Stars took advantage of several Drury miscues to tie the match, 6-6. The Panthers used four straight kills to open up a 10-6 lead that the hosts were never able to fully erase.
  • With the score 17-13 in favor of the Panthers, Ashley Beaton (Wildwood, Mo.) picked up her fourth kill of the match, followed by back-to-back kills from Heather Smack to bring the Prairie Stars within one, 17-16.
  • After a Drury timeout, the Panthers' hitter caught fire again to help the visitors go on an 8-2 run to finish off the third set, 25-18.
  • UIS fell behind early in the fourth set after a 7-1 run by the Panthers. The Prairie Stars climbed back into the set with a 7-2 run. All seven points for UIS came from Drury errors. The Panthers responded again as they seemed to do every time UIS made a run, scoring five straight points to extend the lead to six, 14-8.
  • The Prairie Stars fought back to within four, 17-13, after a kill by Palermo, but that was as close as they got. Drury used an 8-1 run to finish off the set and the match, 25-14 and 3-1.

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