2008 Woodie Awards
Lady Govs volleyball drop both games in OVC road trip
Patrick Horton
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Sports
After impressively sweeping Eastern Kentucky University, the Lady Govs had the right to feel like they had more than just a chance to walk into Murray, Ky. and upset the highly ranked Murray State Racers. Coming off a game where they held EKU to a measly .083 attack percentage and posted a .259 percentage themselves, who can blame them? However, Murray's stingy defense and well oiled offensive machine produced a season high .360 attack percentage while holding the Lady Govs to .085 on the night. Murray swept the Govs in three games (30-13, 30-21, 30-18).
Murray State (14-11 overall, 11-4 Ohio Valley Conference) set a grueling tempo to keep up with as they scored the first six points of the match. Five of those points were aces by junior Heather Norris. The Govs would battle back and fourth with the Racers until it was 19-12. Then the Lady Racers went on a 11-1 run, the only Austin Peay State University point came from a Murray service error.
The Lady Govs were stunned but did not give up as they took an early lead in the second game 7-5. Enter in junior Heather Norris, however, and she serves five of the next six points and APSU trailed 10-8. The Lady Govs kept it close tying it at 13, but again the Racers went on a power play to score 10 of the next 12 points en route to a 30-21 win. Norris had 29 digs on the night for the Racers which raised her to number 13 on the OVC all-time dig list.
"Murray is a very good team. They run a quick offense, and we didn't have many opportunities to counter that," said APSU head coach Jenny Hazelwood. "Murray is a difficult place to play and we didn't come prepared to play like we could have. A lot of that is credit to the very talented team of Murray State."
In the third and final game the Lady Govs had it tied at 11 behind the stellar serving of senior Kristen Kirch, but failed to stop the offensive juggernaut of Murray who scored 15 of the next 17 points. Murray went on to cap the game off with a 30-18 win.
Murray State (14-11 overall, 11-4 Ohio Valley Conference) set a grueling tempo to keep up with as they scored the first six points of the match. Five of those points were aces by junior Heather Norris. The Govs would battle back and fourth with the Racers until it was 19-12. Then the Lady Racers went on a 11-1 run, the only Austin Peay State University point came from a Murray service error.
The Lady Govs were stunned but did not give up as they took an early lead in the second game 7-5. Enter in junior Heather Norris, however, and she serves five of the next six points and APSU trailed 10-8. The Lady Govs kept it close tying it at 13, but again the Racers went on a power play to score 10 of the next 12 points en route to a 30-21 win. Norris had 29 digs on the night for the Racers which raised her to number 13 on the OVC all-time dig list.
"Murray is a very good team. They run a quick offense, and we didn't have many opportunities to counter that," said APSU head coach Jenny Hazelwood. "Murray is a difficult place to play and we didn't come prepared to play like we could have. A lot of that is credit to the very talented team of Murray State."
In the third and final game the Lady Govs had it tied at 11 behind the stellar serving of senior Kristen Kirch, but failed to stop the offensive juggernaut of Murray who scored 15 of the next 17 points. Murray went on to cap the game off with a 30-18 win.
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