Volleyball Earns Hard-Fought 3-1 Home Win Against Dragons

A tightly-contested Great Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball match on Saturday (Sept. 23) afternoon at the Sherill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium ended with Ashland University taking a 3-1 (27-25, 25-21, 27-25, 25-15) victory over Tiffin.
 
The Eagles are 9-4 overall and 3-1 in the Great Midwest, and the Dragons are 7-5, 2-2.
 
Ashland's win on Saturday came against the team which knocked it out of the first round of the 2022 Great Midwest Tournament at home.
 
NOTABLES

• Two of the Eagles' outside hitters – junior Makenna Belcher (18 kills, 14 digs) and freshman Henlie Krause (16 kills, 14 digs) – each recorded double-doubles on Saturday, while senior libero Katie Thompson paced the defense with 23 digs.
• Once again splitting the setting duties for AU were freshman Kylee Urban (31 assists) and junior Georgi Moody (13 assists).
• Tiffin's .146 hitting percentage was the second-lowest allowed by Ashland so far in 2023.
• Saturday's match saw 20 tie scores and nine lead changes.

 
QUOTABLES

• "Definitely came out very focused this morning," noted Ashland head coach Katie Kuhn, "ready to execute the game plan. It was good to see us re-focus and ready to get after it."
• "Offensively, we need to step up and we need to go for it," Kuhn said. "We can't play passive, we have to play aggressive to win. Today, we were executing shots…and it paid off."

 
UP NEXT
Ashland will go back on the road to start a four-game swing on Tuesday (Sept. 26) at 6 p.m. at Ohio Dominican (5-6, 2-3).