PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – No. 24 Wichita State opened The American era with a 3-1 win at Temple. The Shockers won by scores of 29-27, 19-25, 31-29 and 25-15.
Mikaela Raudsepp led the Shockers with a career-high 23 kills, while
Abbie Lehman added 14.
Emily Hiebert had 51 assists and
Giorgia Civita had 25 digs.
SET 1:
• WSU won a back and forth first set 29-27
• Three-straight kills from Raudsepp put the Shockers up 6-4
• The Owls tied it at seven on a Shocker ball handling error
• A block from Smith and Lehman gave WSU a 14-11 lead, but the Owls used a service ace to tie it at 15
• The Shockers reached set point at 24-23 on a kill from
Alex Koon, but the Owls forced extra points with a kill
• WSU used a Lehman kill and an Owl hitting error to win 29-27
• Raudsepp had nine kills in the set, while Hiebert had 19 assists and Civita had six digs
SET 2:
• Temple pulled away to take the second set 25-19
• The Owls raced out to an early 4-1 lead
• The Shockers pulled to within 14-13 after two kills from Brown
• TU answered with two-straight kills to push the lead to 16-13 and force a WSU timeout
• A 4-0 Owl run increased the lead to 22-16
• Raudsepp had four kills in the set, while Civita had six digs
SET 3:
• Temple rallied from an eight-point deficit to force extra points, but WSU won the set 29-27
• The Shockers jumped out to a 6-2 lead after a kill from Civita
• A block from Lehman and Hiebert increased the lead to 11-3
• The Owls used a 5-1 run to cut the lead to 12-8 and force a WSU timeout
• TU came all the way back to tie it at 17
• Three-straight kills gave the Owls a 20-19 lead
• The Shockers reached set point at 24-23 on a Raudsepp kill, but Temple fought off four set points before WSU used two kills from Lehman and one from Brown for the 29-27 win
SET 4:
• Shockers broke away for a 25-15 win
• The set went back and forth until the Shockers used a 6-0 run to go in front 18-10
• A block from Hiebert and Wright pushed the lead to 22-14 and the Shockers went on to win the set 25-15 with back-to-back Brown kills
NEXT MATCH:
• The Shockers are next in action on Sun., Sept. 24 at UConn at 11 a.m. CT
