Box Score

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Kristina Kerrigan had a match-high 20 kills, 16 digs and .447 attack percentage, but No. 21 UIndy volleyball fell on the road to in-state rival Southern Indiana, 3-1 (22-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-20), on Saturday afternoon.

The loss drops the Greyhounds (15-6, 11-2 GLVC) into a first place tie with the Screaming Eagles (16-7, 11-2 GLVC) in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division and overall GLVC standings.

Kourtney Crawford added 11 kills, while Courtney Anglemyer had 10 as freshman Meghan Binkerd finished with 48 assists and six digs. Kenzie Bruggeman was also in double figures in digs with 13.

USI was led by Danielle LaGrange with 16 kills, eight blocks and six digs, while Lauren DeShaney and Fawn Ryan and 13 and 10 kills, respectively. Jorae Bradbury totaled 41 assists, eight digs, five kills, .667 attack percentage and three blocks. Krista Coccaro led the Eagles with 10 digs.

USI finished hitting .247 with 57 kills, while the Greyhounds had 58 kills, but hit .209. The difference came at the net where Southern Indiana had 11 blocks and Indianapolis had only one. Each team had five aces, but UIndy had two more errors (4-2).

The Hounds fell behind, 12-9, in the first set when head coach Jody Rogers called timeout, but they fought back to take the lead, 16-15, on kills by Crawford and Bruggeman. USI came right back to take the lead, 19-18, but back-to-back kills by Anglemyer gave the lead back to UIndy, 20-19, and forced a USI timeout. The Eagles scored the next two points to lead, 21-20, but then UIndy regained the lead, 22-21, after a kill by Kerrigan and block by Binkerd and Julia Watkins. USI tied the score on the next point, but a kill by Kimberly Trojan and back-to-back USI miscues gave UIndy the opening set, 25-22.

UIndy couldn't be slowed in the first set with 20 kills and .333 attacking, while USI hit .275 with 14 kills.

A motivated set of Screaming Eagles opened the second set with a 6-0 run, but UIndy fought back to tie the score at 10 after a Bruggeman kill. USI regrouped and scored four in a row to start an 8-1 run that put them up seven, 18-11. UIndy pulled back within five, 24-19, before a ball-handling error evened the match, 25-19.

The Greyhounds dropped to 11 kills and .118 attacking in the second set with USI hitting .273 with 12 kills.

A kill by Anglemyer put UIndy up three, 8-5, to start the third set and UIndy kept the lead at three, 14-11, after three consecutive USI errors forced a timeout by the hosts. A kill by Kerrigan kept the Hounds up three, 16-13, but USI scored three in a row to tie. Another Kerrigan kill kept UIndy in front, but USI scored three in a row to take the lead, 19-17. The Eagles eventually built the lead to four, 24-20, but UIndy saved four consecutive set points with a kill by Crawford, two USI errors and a Kerrigan kill. The Eagles finally scored to keep the lead and then took the set on a UIndy miscue, 26-24.

UIndy actually attacked better with 14 kills and .250 percentage, but USI countered by having more kills, 18, on a lower percentage, .191. The Eagles also had four blocks.

The Screaming Eagles scored the first three points of the fourth set, but then a 8-1 run put UIndy in the lead, 8-4, after three consecutive Kerrigan kills. USI rallied with five in a row to take the lead, 9-8, but UIndy came back to lead, 11-10. That leave would be short-lived as USI went on a 9-1 run to go up seven, 19-12, and the hosts didn't look back, 25-20.

The Hounds finished attacking .108 with 13 kills as USI had five blocks and hit .267 with 13 kills.

The Greyhounds return to Ruth Lilly Center for a three-game homestand next week. The stretch begins on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against St. Joseph's in a match that will be televised by Hometown Sports Indiana. The Greyhounds will then host No. 12 Northern Kentucky on Friday and Bellarmine on Saturday.