Box Score

PEORIA, Ill. - Wichita State opened up Missouri Valley Conference play with a sweep of Bradley.  The Shockers (8-2, 1-0) won by scores of 25-17, 25-18 and 25-17.

Camri Zwiesler led the Shockers with 13 kills, while Emily Adney had 12 and Amanda Backes and Sarah McGee each had nine.  Mary Elizabeth Hooper had 39 assists and Sarah Waldorf added 13 digs.

The two teams went back-and-forth in the first set until the Braves grabbed an 8-6 lead.  Back-to-back kills from Amanda Backes and Sarah McGee tied the score at eight, but BU went back in front by two at 10-8 with a block.  The Shockers responded to take the lead at 12-11 with a kill from Camri Zwiesler and WSU took control of the set with two kills each from Backes, Zwiesler and McGee to win the set 25-17.

Back-to-back kills by Emily Adney gave the Shockers an 11-7 advantage in the second set and a kill by Elizabeth Field increased the lead to 15-9.  The Braves pulled to within 19-15 with a service ace, but the Shockers used two more Adney kills, a Backes kill and a service ace by Jackie Church down the stretch to win 25-18.

BU took an early 11-9 lead in the third set, but back-to-back service aces by Field gave WSU a 13-11 lead.  Behind the serving of Field, the Shockers increased the lead to 17-11 and back-to-back Adney kills put WSU up 22-14.  WSU closed out the set with a 25-17 win.

The Shockers are next in action on Sat., Sept. 18 against No. 17 Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa at 7:30 p.m.

-Wichita State-