Box Score

NORMAL, Ill. ? The Shockers fell in five tough games to Missouri State in the semifinals of the 2006 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.  The Bears won by scores of 29-31, 30-25, 27-30, 30-21 and 15-11.

 

Sara Lungren led the Shockers with 17 kills and 23 digs, while Stephanie Tokarz had a career-high 16 kills with six blocks, while hitting .368 in the match.  Abby Harsh added 60 assists and 11 digs, while Kelly Broussard had a team-high 27 digs.

 

Game one went back-and-forth with the teams racing out to a 9-9 tie.  A block by Abby Harsh and Sara Lungren gave the Shockers a 12-9 lead before an ace by Lungren increased the lead to 17-12.  The Bears responded with three-straight to pull within 17-15, but the Shockers went up 22-17 on a kill by Katie Niggemeyer.  An ace by Kari Mattingly tied the game at 25 and the game was still tied at 28 before the Shockers won game one 31-29 on a Bear hitting error.

 

The Bears grabbed an early 11-8 lead in game two before WSU tied it at 14 on a bad set by the Bears.  MSU used back-to-back kills by Katelyn Panzau to take a 17-14 lead and increased it to 21-16 on a service ace by Erin O'Connor.  The Bears took game two 30-25 on a kill by Sarah Lansing.

 

MSU again jumped out in game three taking an 11-7 lead with a 6-0 run.  The Shockers pulled to within 18-17 after a Bear hitting error and tied it at 18 with a block.  A kill by Lungren tied it again at 22 and a block by Harsh, Lungren and Lindsey Eckenrode gave WSU a 24-23 lead.  An ace by Eckenrode brought the Shockers to game point at 29-26 and WSU won the game 30-27 on an MSU hitting error.

 

A kill by Sara Thomas gave the Bears a 10-5 lead in game four, but the Shockers scored three-straight to pull within 10-8.  A service ace for the Bears gave them a 17-11 lead and MSU continued to lead taking a 22-17 lead on a kill by Thomas.  The Bears won game four 30-21 on an ace by O'Connor.

 

The Bears' blocking helped them to a 6-2 lead in game five and took an 8-4 lead at the halfway point.  MSU continued to lead taking an 11-4 lead before a four-point run by the Shockers made it 11-8.  MSU reached match point at 14-10 on a kill by Thomas and won the game 15-11 on a kill by Jamie Adams.     

 

-Wichita State-