Ball State University Athletics
Women's Volleyball Ends Non-Conference Slate with 3-0 Win at Butler
September 26, 2006 | Women's Volleyball
Indianapolis, Ind. - - The Ball State (4-10) women's volleyball team turned in its best performance of the season Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse, recording a 3-0 (30-16, 30-20, 30-18) sweep of Butler (5-11) to end its non-conference schedule with a road win. With the victory, the Cardinals completed a sweep of in-state opponents, after defeating IPFW and IUPUI earlier in the season.
In the contest, the Cardinals hit a season-best .278 (53-18-126) paced by senior
Also posting double-figure kills in the match for BSU was freshman Julie Breivogel (Boonville, Ind./Boonville H.S.) who tallied 13, to go along with three digs, a block assists and a .423 hitting mark.
The Cardinals took control of the first set early with a 4-1 run began by a
A Butler service error and back-to-back Cochran kills would give BSU its seven-point edge back at 13-6. From there, the Cardinals would pull ahead by 12 points - at 19-7 - - before winning the set by 14 points at 30-16 on a Bulldog service error.
The second game was the closest of the night, with the teams battling to an 11-11 tie, before back-to-back kills from Cochran gave BSU the advantage for good. Butler would answer with the next point, before a 5-1 BSU run - - capped by a Kennedy and Angie Parrell (Black Earth, Wis./Wisconsin Heights H.S.) block assists - - gave the Cardinals a five-point lead at 18-13.
Ball State would claim its first 10-point advantage of the game at 28-18 on a Cochran kill, while Breivogel ended the set at 30-20 on a kill of her own.
Butler would score the first point of the third game, before giving up the next three to fall behind 3-1. After the Bulldogs tied the game at 3-3, kills from
Gibson would give BSU a 10-point lead in the third game at 19-9, while a Kennedy kill kept the edge at 10-points at the 24-14 mark. Butler would follow with a three-point run to get within seven points at 24-17, before a 6-1 BSU ended the game at 30-18 and the match at 3-0.
Kennedy would finish the match with eight kills, a match-best four total blocks, two aces and a dig, while Parrell scored a match-best 38 assists to go along with five digs, four kills, two blocks and a pair of aces.
Senior libero Amanda McCormick (Muncie, Ind./Burris H.S.) would pace all players with 25 digs in the victory, with 21 digs coming in the first two games. In addition, May added six kills, five digs, an ace and a block in the victory, while Gibson posted five kills and three blocks.
Also factoring in the match were freshman Ana Gabriela Pedrosa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Arnaldo) with seven digs, senior Stephanie Bacan (Remsen, Iowa/St. Mary's H.S.) with four digs and three assists and freshman Madison Monk (Granger, Ind./Penn H.S.) with a pair of digs.
In addition to hitting a season-best .278, the Ball State defense limited Butler to a .025 ( 23-20-118) rate of success, which is a season-low for a BSU opponent. BSU also held a 65-49 advantage in digs, a 7-4 lead in blocks and a 5-0 edge in aces.
Porshia Allen led the Bulldogs with a team-best six kills, while Nina Inic pace Butler with 10 digs.
Ball State returns to action Thursday, when the team opens Mid-American Conference home action versus the Toledo Rockets at
