HENDERSON — Starting a two-match weekend, the Freed-Hardeman University Lady Lions battled the Campbellsville University Tigers on Friday night. The Tigers out-killed FHU 42-29 as the Lady Lions fell 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-17).
It was as good of a start as possible for the Lady Lions (12-17, 2-7 MSC) as they came out to score the first six points of the match. In that frame,
Marija Milic notched two service aces,
Becca Heineman two kills, and Heineman was joined by
Audrey Satterfield for a block. Campbellsville would put up points in bunches for the rest of the set, with a 5-1 run pulling the Tigers within one point and forcing an FHU time out as the Lady Lions held to a 13-12 lead. Back-to-back stuffs from
Teodora Dacic and Satterfield helped FHU, but the Tigers scored the next three points to tie the set 15-15. The dagger came down the stretch with Campbellsville winning 10 of the remaining 12 rallies to win the opening set 25-21.
The second set featured the closest in regards to point differential throughout the set. Freed-Hardeman and Campbellsville (24-8, 7-2 MSC) drew even 10 different times in the middle frame while swapping leads four times. For the first 10 points, neither team held a lead by more than one point until Campbellsville went on a 5-1 run to jump out to a 14-10 lead. FHU had a strong push later in the set with
Olivia Saint joining in with a kill and block assist to help the Lady Lions claim an 18-17 lead. The Tigers responded with three unanswered points. A block from
Marija Cabadaj and Milic later tied the set 21-21; however, the Tigers scored the final four points of the set to take a 2-0 match lead to win the set 25-21.
Campbellsville never let the Lady Lions get comfortable, holding a 70% sideout percentage. That means of the 17 times FHU served to them, the Tigers won the point 12 times to give their team service. One of those came as CU scored eight points while FHU scored one to jump out to a 17-9 advantage. Saint and Milic recorded the last points for the Lady Lions with kills before the Tigers closed the door on the 25-17 set win and 3-0 match win.
Only one player in the entire match reached double digits with 10 kills, while
Olivia Saint led FHU with nine kills.
Alyssa Austin led with eight digs, while
Becca Heineman had 12 assists.
Marija Milic served well for FHU, recording three service aces, while
Audrey Satterfield helped with a team-high five block assists.
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Up Next
FHU will line it back up on October 31 for a Hallowe'en matchup with the Blue Raiders of Lindsey Wilson at 1:00 p.m.
