Box Score

WICHITA, Kan. ?? M.C. Richmond connected on a game-high 23 kills while Lindley McDavid recorded 15 and Kari Staehlin 16 as Illinois State (16-12, 10-7) downed Wichita State (24-6, 14-3), 3-1, Friday night inside Charles Koch Arena. The Redbirds won by scores of 31-29, 27-30, 33-31 and 30-25.

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Sara Lungren led the Shockers with 18 kills, while Lindsey Eckenrode posted 10. Abby Harsh led WSU with 42 assists and Kelly Broussard tied a game-high with 33 digs.

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Erin Lindsey posted a match-high 60 assists, while Kasey Mollerus tied a game-high with 33 digs.

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The Redbirds outhit the Shockers .141 to .134, and registered 10 service aces to the Shockers four.

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The Redbirds jumped out to an 11-5 lead in game one before the Shockers went on an 8-2 run to tie it at 13. ?A Redbird hitting error gave the Shockers their first lead at 15-14 and WSU increased the lead to 22-18 on a block by Abby Harsh and Angela Jakubov.? ISU pulled to within 23-22 on a kill by Erin Lindsey and took a 25-24 lead on a service ace by Lindley McDavid.? An ISU hitting error gave the Shockers the lead back at 26-25 and the teams battled back and forth the rest of the way with the Redbirds taking a 31-29 win in game one.?

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Game two went back and forth until the Shockers took a 15-10 lead on a Redbird service error.? A service ace by Kari Staehlin pulled ISU to within 16-14 before a kill by M.C. Richmond tied the score at 17.? The Shockers jumped back out in front 22-19 on a Redbird hitting error, but a service ace by Lindsey pulled ISU to within 26-25.? A kill by Lindsey Eckenrode brought the Shockers to game point at 29-26 and a Redbird hitting error gave WSU a 30-27 win.?

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A kill by McDavid gave the Redbirds a 12-9 advantage in game three before the Shockers stormed back to take a 19-18 lead on an ISU hitting error.? WSU increased the lead to 22-18 on a service ace by Eckenrode, but an ace by McDavid made the score 22-21 Shockers.? A Redbird block tied the score at 23 before ISU took the lead, 24-23, on a service ace by Katie Seyller.? A kill by Harsh brought the Shockers to game point at 29-28, but the Redbirds responded with a kill by McDavid.? ISU won the game 33-31 on a kill by Lindsey.

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The teams raced out to an 8-8 tie in game four before a kill by Eckenrode gave WSU a 16-13 lead.? A kill by Staehlin gave ISU an 18-17 lead and they increased it to 23-20 on a Shocker hitting error.? A kill by Richmond increased the lead to 28-24 and ISU won game four 30-25 on another kill by Richmond.? ???

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The Shockers finish the regular-season on Saturday night at 7 p.m. against Indiana State inside Charles Koch Arena.

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