Box Score

WICHITA, Kan. - In front of 1,949 fans at Koch Arena the Wichita State Shockers defeated the Southern Illinois Salukis, 25-18, 25-20, 25-19 to improve to 12-5, 5-3 on the season.

Junior Mary Elizabeth Hooper led all players with 38 assists and sophomore Emily Adney led all players with 14 kills.  Junior Camri Zwiesler added 12 kills and a match high 15 digs.  Southern Illinois fell to 12-6, 3-5 on the season.

In the first set, the teams traded points until the Salukis took their first timeout after the Shockers took a 12-8 lead.  Out of the break the teams continued to go back and forth until a service error by Southern Illinois pushed the Shockers lead to 20-16.  Two attack errors by SIU gave the Shockers a commanding 22-16 lead.  A block assist by Adney and freshman middle blocker Ashley Andrade gave the Shockers the win in the first set.

The second set started just like the first with the teams trading points until the Shockers took an 8-4 lead on an attack error by the Salukis, who took their first timeout of the set.  After the timeout, Hooper gave the Shockers a 12-6 lead with a kill.  The Salukis cut Wichita State's lead to 15-14 after an attack error by Adney.  An attack error by Southern Illinois and three kills by Zwiesler gave WSU a 22-19 and forced SIU to take their second timeout.  Another kill by Zwiesler, a service ace by Hooper and a kill by middle blocker Elizabeth Field closed the second set in favor of the Shockers.

The Shock took a 7-2 lead on senior Sarah McGee's second consecutive kill.  A service error by Southern Illinois and another kill by McGee gave WSU a 9-3 lead and forced SIU to take a timeout.  Kills by Zwiesler and McGee pushed the Shockers to a 12-3 lead.  Two WSU errors and kills by SIU's Alicia Johnson and Sydney Clark cut the Shockers lead to 12-7 and forced WSU to take their first timeout of the set.  A kill by Adney gave the Shockers a 16-8 lead.  Senior Lindsey Eckenrode gave the Shocks a 20-11 lead with her first kill of the night.  A block assist by Johnson and Jasmine Conner cut the Shockers lead to 21-16.  A kill by Hooper gave the Shockers the match at 25-19.

The Shockers are next in action on Sat., Oct. 16 when they host Evansville at 5 p.m.

-Wichita State-