QUINCY, Ill. – The UIndy volleyball team won its second straight match on Friday evening as it sent down GLVC rival Quincy in four sets. The win improves the Greyhounds to 8-6 on the regular season and 3-2 in conference tilts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UIndy grew leads of 14-6 and 19-10 before fending off Quincy in the first set. A kill by Julia Kruzan gave the Greyhounds match point before the UIndy defense forced a Quincy attack error to end the frame.
 
The Greyhounds jumped out to 15-8 lead in the second set, thanks in part to kills by Rachel Irbe. The Hawks clawed back to tie it at 23 apiece, but Kruzan followed Katie Voelz's third kill of the set to take the deuce lead.
 
After dropping the third set, UIndy went on a 16-8 run to grow a 20-12 lead in the fourth game. The Greyhounds capitalized on a slew of errors by the Hawks to win the deciding frame, 25-19.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- UIndy had four players record double-digit kills in a match for the first time this season. Irbe led the Greyhounds with 13, while Kruzan followed with 12. Anna Fehribach tallied 11 kills, while Voelz chipped in 10.

- For the third consecutive match, UIndy had three players secure double-digit digs. Irbe reached double figures for the fourth time this season with 24, leading the team. Olivia Martin had 20 for the fourth time in 2017. Mary Grace Ertel added 10 to the team's total of 84, the second-highest mark of the season.

- Alexis Waugh dished out 30 assists, her highest total of the season. It is the sixth time of her career Waugh has accumulated at least 30 dimes, but the first since her junior season in 2013.

- Irbe's 13 kills and 24 digs is good for her third double-double of the season and second in back-to-match matches. The sophomore leads the team in the category. Katie Furlong has the other for UIndy.

HOUND BYTES
Head coach Jason Reed: "Rachel had a nice night on both sides of the ball. Quincy really went after her in serve receive and tried to put  a lot on her plate. She rose to the challenge and made a lot of incredible plays that were a big reason for the win tonight."

"Julia, Katie and Anna had really nice nights for us. They attacked very efficiently and didn't make too many mistakes. They took aggressive swings and scored some important points for us at crucial times.  Katie saw the court really well and used a variety of shots to score."

"We did a great job of controlling most of the match. We need to keep our focus as we build a lead, but I like the way we came out and started the sets we won. I think we can take a lot of good things from that. I'd still like to see us cut down on some mental mistakes. We're missing too many serves. We can improve on that. However, were finding ways to win and good teams are going to find ways to win."

"We played great defense tonight. Frankly, Quincy did as well. We really had to earn our points. With quite a few long rally's, it was hard to score at times. In the end we had a little more fire power and we made less mistakes."

"Winning on the road in the GLVC is no easy task. I'm proud of our effort and glad we came away with the win. We're looking forward to getting better tomorrow and stepping up to our next challenge against Maryville."
 
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Greyhounds have won their first two contests of the four-match road trip. The team will head to St. Louis, Mo. tomorrow for an afternoon GLVC showdown against the Maryville Saints at 4 p.m. ET.