INDIANAPOLIS – Another match, another balanced attack by the UIndy volleyball team as it beat Drury in four sets Saturday afternoon in Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. The Greyhounds have four players with at least nine kills. UIndy improves to 5-5 overall and 1-1 in GLVC play with the victory.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED   
UIndy jumped out a 2-0 set lead after holding Drury to 17 and 18 points, respectively. The Greyhounds hit .406 as a team that first set, totaling 16 kills with only three attacking errors. On the defensive side, the home team limited the Panthers to just .188 hitting in the opening frame.
 
The second set proved no differently for the Greyhounds, attacking at a .360 clip, while holding the Panthers to just .067. Anna Fehribach, Rachel Irbe, and Julia Kruzan each had six kills after the first two frames.
 
After Drury flipped the script in the third game and beat UIndy 25-17, the Greyhounds battled back in the fourth frame to eventually win in extra points. UIndy tallied the final four points of the set, with Teigan Flaws taking credit for the last two kills to seal the victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-UIndy attacked at a .320 rate as a team, the third-highest mark of the season. Its 56 kills in a match is the second-best mark in 2017, just one behind the four-set loss at McKendree this past Thursday night.
 
-Irbe led the team with 15 kills, her highest of her UIndy career. Today was the third time in the past four matches the sophomore has totaled double-digit kills.
 
-Two days after setting a career-high with 16 kills, Fehribach recorded 12 against the Panthers with a .458 hitting percentage.
 
-Kruzan's nine kills is the most in a match for the Schererville, Ind. native since she recorded 10 against Stonehill on the first day of the UIndy Invitational.
 
HOUND BYTES
Coach Reed: "This was a great victory for us. Our girls keep working their tails off and it's nice to be rewarded with a victory. We were really looking forward to competing today after leaving Thursday night with a sour taste in our mouth."
 
"We really clicked on offense. Anna and Rachel had a great day on the outside. We really need them to do that every night in order for us to continue our success."
 
"Coming into tonight, Drury's defense was a major concern [for us]; they are among the best in the conference. They also do something interesting things on offense that force us to be disciplined. We executed well and all the girls did a great job."
 
"Rachel and Olivia did a wonderful job controlling the backcourt. For those two to have 60 percent of our digs is pretty impressive. They defended so well and forced Drury into making attacking errors."
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will take a slight break from GLVC action when they travel to Frankfort, Ky. to battle in-region Kentucky State before hosting No. 3 Lewis next Saturday at 3 p.m.