ORLANDO, Fla. – No. 21 Wichita State came back for a 3-2 win at UCF to improve to 19-3 overall and 11-0 in The American. The Shockers won by scores of 23-25, 25-14, 17-25, 25-15 and 15-10.
Tabitha Brown led the Shockers with 23 kills and 11 digs and hit .349, while
Abbie Lehman had a career-high 22 kills along with eight blocks and hit .415.
They are the first Shocker duo to each have 20 or more kills in a match since Sara Lungren and Emily Stockman did it against Kansas State on Aug. 25, 2007.
Emily Hiebert added 62 assists and 12 digs, while
Giorgia Civita had 26 digs.
SET 1:
• The Knights held on for a 25-23 win in the first set
• UCF used a 4-1 run to go in front 13-8
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Abbie Lehman's kill pulled the Shockers with 20-17
• The Knights took a 23-18 lead on a kill, but
Tabitha Brown answered with three-straight kills and a block with
Brooke Smith to cut the lead to 23-22
• UCF scored two of the final three points for a 25-23 win
• Brown had six kills in the set, while Hiebert had 16 assists
SET 2:
• WSU ran away with a 25-14 win in the second set
• A Lehman kill gave the Shockers an early 5-1 lead
• Lehman's service ace and Brown's kill pushed the lead to 11-4 and Hiebert's kill gave the Shockers a 10-point advantage at 20-10
• WSU won the set 25-14 on a kill by
Alex Koon
SET 3:
• UCF pulled away for the 25-17 win
• The set went back and forth until the Knights used a 5-1 run to go in front 16-12
• The Knights scored five of the final six points for the 25-17 win
SET 4:
• The Shockers forced a fifth set with a 25-15 win
• WSU got off to a quick start and took a 7-2 lead on a block by Lehman and Koon
• Kills from Brown and Lehman pushed the lead to 15-7
• Another Lehman kill gave WSU a 21-10 advantage and Brown's kill gave WSU the 25-15 win
SET 5:
• WSU won the match with a 15-10 win in the fifth
• Brown's kill gave WSU the early 5-2 lead
• UCF came back to tie it at eight
• Two kills from Lehman gave WSU the 12-9 lead and Lehman ended the set with three-straight kills for the 15-10 win
NEXT MATCH:
• The Shockers are next in action on Sun., Oct. 29 at USF at 11 a.m. CT
