Box Score

PROVO, Utah - Wichita State used a career-high 18 kills from Camri Zwiesler to earn a three-set victory over Houston.  The Shockers (4-2) won by scores of 25-14, 25-20 and 25-22.

Elizabeth Field added nine kills and Emily Adney had eight as the Shockers hit .356 in the match.  Mary Elizabeth Hooper had 39 assists, while Sarah Waldorf added 10 digs.

The teams raced out to a 5-5 tie in the first set before back-to-back kills from Elizabeth Field and Emily Adney, a service ace by Sarah Waldorf and a UH hitting error led to a Cougar timeout and a 9-5 WSU lead.  A Cougar kill pulled UH within 10-8, but back-to-back Shocker blocks put WSU in front 12-8 and the Shockers used four kills, two blocks and a service ace to increase the lead to 20-9.  A kill by Field ended the set at 25-14.

The second set went back-and-forth until a kill by Sarah McGee gave the Shocks a 13-10 lead.  A kill by Emily Adney and a block by Ashley Andrade and Camri Zwiesler increased the lead to 17-13.  Back-to-back Cougar kills pulled UH within 19-16, but the Shockers responded with back-to-back kills from Field and Zwiesler to go back in front by five.  WSU closed out the set 25-20 with a kill by McGee.

Another kill from Zwiesler gave the Shocks a 12-10 advantage in the third set and back-to-back Cougar hitting errors increased the lead to 22-16.  The Shocks used another Zwiesler kill to go up 24-19, but UH used three-straight kills to make the score 24-22.  A Field kill ended the set 25-22.

The Shockers are next in action on Sat., Sept. 11 when they take on Loyola Marymount at 1 p.m.

-Wichita State-