Volleyball Rallies To Win Last Two Sets, Defeat Dragons At Home

Showing the resiliency of a veteran squad on Friday (Sept. 20) night, Ashland University's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 sets deficit to topple Tiffin, 3-2 (22-25, 25-23, 14-25, 25-17, 15-13), at the Sherrill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium.
 
The Eagles are 7-3 overall and 1-0 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, while the Dragons are 6-4, 1-1.
 
"A lot of resilience for this team," said Ashland head coach Katie Kuhn. "All the credit to Tiffin. They came in with a really good game plan. We were just able to make some of the right plays at the right time.
 
"Just really proud of how our girls just continued to fight the entire night long."
 
Friday night's victory was Ashland's third in a row vs. Tiffin, and eighth in the last 11 meetings in the series.
 
During the course of the comeback, sophomore libero Abbey Queen recorded 37 digs – the second-most in a match in Eagle volleyball history.
 
"We just came together as a team, and just went over what the standard of AU VB was," Queen said. "Coming out and just being able to play my game, it's really nice."
 
Queen helped the Eagles keep the Dragons to a -.026 hitting percentage in the fourth set to force the fifth and deciding one.
 
"She did a really nice job," Kuhn said. "We've moved her around a little bit, to play both middle back and left back, and she's just embraced that. Just really proud of the growth she's made over the last few weeks."
 
ANOTHER BALANCED OFFENSIVE ATTACK…AND THE REST OF THE STORY

• Three Eagles finished with double-digit kills – freshman outside hitter Sara Krizsa (17), freshman outside Samantha Young (15), and senior right-side hitter GraceAnn Hartman (14).
• "Very proud of the outsides and what they did tonight," said Kuhn.
• Sophomore setter Kylee Urban, the two-time defending Great Midwest East Division Athlete of the Week, racked up 47 assists, five kills and eight digs.

UP NEXT
Friday (Sept. 27) at 6 p.m. at home vs. Findlay (7-2, 1-0).