University of Missouri
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Volleyball Falls to No. 4 Louisville Saturday
9/7/2024 4:08:00 PM | Volleyball
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The University of Missouri Volleyball team (3-2) fell to No. 4 Louisville (4-1), 25-20, 25-21, 25-18, Saturday afternoon at Regents Hall.
Mizzou will next wrap up its stay at the 2024 NKU Invitational Sunday with a meeting against South Dakota. First serve of the tournament finale is set for 10 a.m., CT.
Jordan Iliff notched 11 kills to go with nine digs and two aces. Regan Haith chipped in 10 kills on a .412 hitting percentage.
Marina Crownover dished out 21 assists over the final two sets Saturday along with five digs and a kill.
Libero Maya Sands grabbed 12 digs with a pair of assists.
FIRST SET (25-20 Louisville, Louisville leads 1-0)
Mizzou jumped out to a 5-2 lead capped by an ace by Jordan Iliff.
The Cardinals then knotted the frame early at 5-5, answering with a 3-0 run of their own.
A kill from Mychael Vernon provided a slight 10-9 lead for Mizzou before a 6-2 rally shifted the edge toward Louisville, 16-13.
Regan Haith smashed a kill to trim the edge to two, 20-18, before a 3-0 run from Louisville brought on set point (24-19).
Following a service error, the Cardinals took the opening set on a kill from Anna DeBeer.
Janet deMarrais tallied four kills, hitting .273 over the first set.
SECOND SET (25-21 Louisville, Louisville leads 2-0)
Louisville opened the second with a 3-0 lead before Mizzou went on a 9-1 run to pull ahead 9-4. Iliff notched a pair of kills and an ace during the sequence.
Vernon then notched a pair of kills before a termination from Kiaraliz Perez Catala extended the edge to 13-7.
Mizzou took a 15-9 lead into the media stoppage following a Louisville service error.
The Cardinals responded with a 4-0 rally to cut the margin to 16-14.
Vernon added another rally stopper to make the score 19-16.
Louisville then took a 20-19 lead following four unanswered points.
Mizzou would tie the set at 20-20 and 21-21 after kills by Vernon and Iliff as Louisville captured the frame on a 4-0 run (25-21).
Iliff, Haith and Vernon each tallied four kills over set #2.
THIRD SET (25-18 Louisville, Louisville wins 3-0)
Vernon posted a kill followed by a service ace for a slight 4-3 edge early in the third.
After a Haith rally stopper tied the stanza at 9-9, the Cardinals went on a 6-0 rally for a 15-9 lead.
Mizzou answered with a 3-0 run to cut the deficit to three (17-14) and force a Cardinals timeout. Vernon and Iliff each had kills in the rally before an ace from Vernon.
A pair of Louisville service errors made the scoreboard read 19-16 before the Cardinals captured the match on a 6-2 run (25-18).
Iliff finished the match with five kills on a .333 clip over the final set.
MATCH NOTES
- Jordan Iliff notched 11 kills to go with nine digs and two aces. She has compiled double-digit kills in all five matches thus far this season.
- Regan Haith chipped in 10 kills on a .412 hitting percentage. It matched a Mizzou personal best for the transfer from Illinois State.
- Mychael Vernon finished with nine kills, seven digs and two aces.
- Mychael Vernon snapped her double-digit kill streak at nine matches, dating back to her senior season at Oregon State.
- Janet deMarrais posted eight kills, two digs and an assist.
- Marina Crownover dished out 21 assists over the final two sets Saturday along with five digs and a kill. It marked her second career 20-plus assist match and was one off her personal high set in Mizzou's opener against Drake on Aug. 30.
- Sierra Dudley added 11 assists.
- Libero Maya Sands grabbed 12 digs with a pair of assists.
- Alayna Pearson made her Mizzou debut Saturday. The Texas A&M transfer from Overland Park, Kansas, posted a pair of digs in her first match repping the Black & Gold.
- Kiaraliz Perez Catala secured three digs and a kill.
- Louisville now leads the all-time series with Mizzou, 6-2.
LOOKING AHEAD
- Missouri next concludes the NKU (Northern Kentucky) Invitational Sunday against South Dakota. First serve is set for 10 a.m., CT at Regents Hall.
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