Volleyball Takes Conference Opener At Home Over Storm

The Ashland University volleyball team has started a season at 6-2 through eight matches for the second time in three years, following a 3-1 (24-26, 25-17, 25-23, 25-19) win over Lake Erie in the 2025 Great Midwest Athletic Conference opener for both teams at the Sherrill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium.
 
"Getting a G-MAC win is always big and always important," said Ashland head coach Katie Kuhn. "We were talking about that, of how important it is to have the urgency for every single G-MAC match that you play."
 
Half of the match's tie scores and most of its' lead changes came in the first-set win by the Storm (4-5, 0-1). Ashland then hit .379 in the second set and .278 in the third, and followed that by holding Lake Erie to a -.073 percentage in the fourth set.
 
AND ALSO…

• Kuhn used a different lineup on Friday, and the result was four Eagles with double-digit kills, two with double-digit digs, and 15 total blocks (14 assists).
• "Still trying to figure out what we want that lineup to be," Kuhn admitted. "Just getting a feel. We have a lot of players who can play in multiple positions and at different times."
• Junior libero Abbey Queen (25) and junior setter Marin Dixon (10) each recorded at least 10 digs, and Dixon dished out 49 assists.
• Freshman outside hitter Jenna Shedden (15), sophomore outside Sara Krizsa (14), junior middle hitter Ravin Morgan (10) and sophomore middle hitter Livi Miller (career-high 10) all had at least 10 kills, and Miller finished with a .412 hitting percentage.

NEXT UP
A rare Sunday (Sept. 21) match at noon at Kentucky Wesleyan.