By: Wichita State
Box Score DES MOINES, Iowa - Wichita State won its 20th-straight
match against Drake with a 3-0 win over the Bulldogs. The Shockers (11-4, 4-2) won by scores of
26-24, 25-21 and 25-17.
Emily Adney led the Shockers with 18 kills, while Camri
Zwiesler had 15 kills. Mary Elizabeth
Hooper collected 37 assists while Sarah Waldorf had 30 digs.
The two teams raced out to a 6-6 tie in the first set before
Drake used back-to-back kills to go in front 8-6. The Shockers then used a 9-0 run behind the
serving of Mary Elizabeth Hooper to take a 15-8 lead. Camri Zwiesler and Emily Adney both posted three
kills during the run. The Bulldogs used
a 13-6 run of their own to tie the score at 22 and reached set point at 24-23,
but the Shockers responded with three-straight points to win the first set
26-24.
The Shockers raced out to an 8-4 lead in the second set
before back-to-back Bulldog kills cut the lead to 12-11. The teams went back-and-forth until kills
from Zwiesler and Sarah McGee put the Shocks in front 16-13. DU used three-straight points to tie the
score at 18, but WSU ended the set on a 7-3 run to win 25-21.
WSU took an early 9-4 advantage in the third set after a
kill from Mary Elizabeth Hooper and used a 6-0 run to go in front 17-6. The Shockers went on to win the set 25-17.
T he Shockers are next in action on Sat., Oct. 9 at
Creighton at 7:30 p.m.
-Wichita State-
