Box Score

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Wichita State used 18 kills from Emily Adney and 17 kills from Camri Zwiesler to knock off No. 14 Colorado State, 3-1.  The Shockers (4-3) won by scores of 28-26, 19-25, 25-20 and 25-22.

Adney also added four blocks, while Zwiesler had 12 digs and a career-high six service aces.  Mary Elizabeth Hooper had 42 assists and six kills and Sarah Waldorf had 17 digs.

The Shockers took an early 3-1 lead in the first set and increased it to 8-5 on a kill by Hooper.  The Shockers continued to lead until the Rams tied it at 11 with a service ace.  The set went back-and-forth until CSU took a 20-18 lead with a kill.  A kill by Field and a service ace by Sarah Waldorf tied the score at 20 and then a kill by Ashley Andrade and another Waldorf ace put the Shocks in front 22-20.  The Rams tied it at 22, at 24 and at 26 before the Shockers scored the final two points to win 28-26.

CSU jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead in the second set.  A kill by Hooper and a block by Field cut the lead to 7-5, but the Rams used three-straight points to push the lead to 10-5.  The Rams took a 19-11 advantage and won the set 25-19.

A kill from Camri Zwiesler gave the Shocks an 8-4 lead in the third set and back-to-back aces by Zwiesler increased the lead to 13-9.  CSU cut the lead to 15-12 with a couple of kills, but back-to-back kills from Zwiesler made the score 21-15.  The Shockers closed out the set 25-20 on a Ram hitting error.

The fourth set went back-and-forth until the Shockers took an 11-8 lead on a kill by Zwiesler.  CSU answered with five-straight points to go in front 13-11, but the Shockers kept chipping away at the lead.  Back-to-back Zwiesler kills tied it at 18 and an Adney kill and a Sanders block gave WSU a 20-19 lead.  A Zwiesler kill made the score 22-20, but CSU tied it at 22 with back-to-back kills.  The Shockers used a Zwiesler service ace and Adney kill to win the set 25-22.

The Shockers are next in action on Sat., Sept. 10 against Northern Colorado at 12 p.m. (CST).

-Wichita State-