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Media Credit: Lois Jones The Lady Govs came up short against Samford and Jacksonville State Sept. 28. [Click to enlarge]

Media Credit: Lois Jones Sophomore Kirsten Distler had 17 kills against Samford with led the team and had 13 kills with a .500 attack percentage against Jacksonville State. [Click to enlarge]

The Austin Peay State University Lady Govs volleyball team dropped to 6-10 overall and 1-3 in Ohio Valley Conference play after losing two straight this weekend against OVC opponents Samford and Jacksonville State. The Lady Govs were defeated 3-1(30-21, 20-30, 30-22, 30-19) by Samford, and were swept 3-0 (30-25, 30-25, 30-21) against the defending OVC champs Jacksonville State.

The Lady Bulldogs had a 3-1 conference record coming in to the match and an 8-4 record overall with their only conference loss against Jacksonville State.

"We knew it was going to be a tough weekend," said Lady Govs head coach Jenny Hazelwood. "We weren't mentally ready going into that match. We were a little road weary, and it was their first home conference match so they were excited."

The Lady Bulldogs certainly played excited as they toppled the Lady Govs in scoring percentage (.231 to .052), and out-blocked APSU's defense 15-6.

Leading the Lady Govs in offense was sophomore Kirstin Distler. She posted 17 kills. Defensively it was senior Kristen Kirch getting it done with 19 digs.

In their second conference series this weekend the Lady Govs were blanked by Jacksonville State's uncharacteristically active offense and stingy defense. The Lady Gamecocks posted 57 kills and held the Lady Govs to only 38. It was the scrappy defense of Jacksonville State that had 14 more digs and held APSU to a .135 scoring percentage.

However, the Lady Govs have nothing to hang their heads down about.

This was the Lady Bulldogs 32nd straight win over an OVC opponent and 18th straight win at home.

Again Distler stood out amongst her teammates leading in both kills and digs against Jacksonville State.

"Kirstin is starting to play consistently on a higher level," Hazelwood said. "Her play is really going to help us in our upcoming matches this weekend and throughout the rest of the season."

The Lady Govs continue conference play with UT-Martin visiting for their first home game after playing 16 straight away games. This will be the first of a five home game streak which will start at 7 p.m. Sept. 28.

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