HOUSTON, Texas – No. 24 Wichita State hit .396 on the way to a 3-0 win at Houston. The Shockers (14-3, 6-0) won by scores of 25-14, 25-8 and 25-18.
 
Abbie Lehman led the Shockers with 16 kills and five blocks, while Tabitha Brown had 15 kills and 15 digs. Emily Hiebert had 37 assists and Giorgia Civita had 15 digs.
 
SET 1:
• The Shockers ran away with a 25-14 win in the first set
• An Alex Koon kill gave the Shockers an early 6-3 lead
• Two-straight blocks from Abbie Lehman pushed the lead to 11-5 and forced Houston to use a timeout
• Three-straight Lehman kills gave WSU a 15-7 lead
• WSU reached set point at 24-12 on a block by Raudsepp and Wright and a Brown kill gave the Shockers the 25-14 win
• Abbie Lehman and Tabitha Brown each had six kills
• Emily Hiebert had 12 assists and Giorgia Civita had six digs
 
SET 2:
• WSU closed the set on a 14-1 run for a 25-8 win
• The second set went back and forth until a Koon kill gave the Shockers a 7-4 lead
• Five-straight Shocker kills, three from Lehman and one each from Brown and Raudsepp, increased the lead to 16-7
• Behind the serving of Gabi Mostrom, the Shockers used a 12-0 run to pull away and finished the set on a 14-1 run for the 25-8 win
 
SET 3:
• WSU swept the match with a 25-18 win in the third set
• Four kills and two blocks gave the Shockers a quick 6-0 lead in the third set and led to a Houston timeout
• After WSU took a 7-0 lead, Houston answered with five-straight to cut the lead to 7-5
• Kills from Brown and Raudsepp gave WSU a 14-10 lead, but the Cougars pulled to within 15-14 after two-straight Shocker hitting errors
• Three kills and a block from Brown gave WSU a 20-15 lead and the Shockers won 25-18 on another Brown kill
 
NEXT MATCH:
• The Shockers are next in action on Fri., Oct. 13 when they host SMU at 7 p.m. inside Charles Koch Arena