Box Score
INDIANAPOLIS – Senior
Kristina Kerrigan led all players with 17 kills, her classmate
Amy Oldenburg led all players with 20 digs and fellow classmate
Kourtney Crawford tied for match-high honors with five blocks to lead No. 15 UIndy past McKendree, 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-18), on Senior Day at Ruth Lilly Center.
The Greyhounds (26-6, 15-3 GLVC) snapped a three-match losing skid and claimed a second consecutive Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division championship with the victory over the Bearcats (15-16, 9-9 GLVC).
Meghan Binkerd added 35 assists, while freshman
Hailey Brown hit .478 with 14 kills.
Brittany Anglemyer added seven kills on .462 attacking, while
Kenzie Bruggeman chipped in 17 digs.
The Greyhounds hit .236 as a team with 45 kills and held McK to .154 attacking and 38 kills. The Greyhounds also held the lead in digs (63-55) and blocks (10-8).
McKendree was led by Lauren Apetz with 13 kills and a .406 attack percentage.
The Greyhounds trailed early in the first set, 6-4, but came back with a 6-1 run to take the lead, 10-7, for good. The Hounds continued to pull away and took a five-point lead, 17-12, on an ace from Kim Trojan. After a couple of points by McKendree, UIndy started another run with a kill by Brown to close out the set on an 8-1 streak, 25-15.
A block by Crawford and Anglemyer put UIndy quickly up three, 4-1, to start the second set and the lead grew to four, 11-7, on another block by Brown and
Julia Watkins. The Bearcats wouldn't go away and tied the score multiple times, including at 22-all. A kill by Kerrigan and solo block by Binkerd put UIndy at set point and they capitalized two points later on Anglemyer's cross court blast, 25-23.
The Bearcats staked themselves to a three-point lead, 6-3, to open the third set, but then UIndy took over. The Greyhounds went on a 14-5 run to lead by six, 17-11, after three consecutive kills by Brown. McKendree didn't get any closer than that and appropriately the match ended with a senior, Crawford, hammering home a right side kill, 25-18.
The Greyhounds will stay in Indianapolis for the GLVC Championship Tournament starting next Friday at the Indy South Sports Academy.
