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Shocks Fall in Five at Creighton

Shocks Fall in Five at Creighton

11/4/2011 10:28:00 PM

Box Score OMAHA, Neb. - A career-high 38 digs from Sarah Waldorf was not enough as Creighton came back to beat Wichita State in five sets.  The Bluejays won by scores of 19-25, 25-23, 13-25, 25-13 and 15-10.

Camri Zwiesler led WSU with 17 kills and 10 digs, while Mary Elizabeth Hooper became Wichita State's all-time assists leader with 49 in the match.

A kill by Elizabeth Field put the Shocks in front 9-6 in the first set, but CU came back to take a 10-9 lead.  The two teams went back-and-forth until the Shockers closed out the set on a 8-1 run to win 25-19.

Creighton used back-to-back kills to pull ahead 12-9 in the second set before three-straight Shocker kills tied it at 12.  The teams traded points until CU scored five-straight to take a 19-14 lead.  The Shockers rallied to within 24-23, but the Bluejays held on to win the set 25-23.

The Shockers ran away from the Bluejays in the third set.  A kill by Ashley Andrade gave WSU a 14-9 lead and WSU went on to win the set 25-13.

The Bluejays took an early 14-10 lead in the fourth set, but the Shockers came back to tie it at 20 on a kill by Zwiesler.  The two teams traded points until CU scored the final three to win 25-23.

The two teams began the fifth set tied at four, but Creighton pulled away to take a 7-4 lead with a service ace and the Shockers got no closer than two the rest of the way as the Bluejays won the set 15-10.

The Shockers are next in action on Sat., Nov. 5 at Drake at 7 p.m.

-Wichita State-

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