STORRS, Conn. – No. 24 Wichita State used dominating performances from seniors Abbie Lehman and Emily Hiebert to defeat UConn, 3-0. The Shockers won by scores of 25-21, 25-23 and 25-20.
 
Lehman had 17 kills on 22 swings with no errors and hit .773. She also added four blocks. Hiebert had nine kills, 31 assists, a dig and an ace, while hitting .615. Giorgia Civita had a match-high 19 digs.
 
SET 1:
• The Shockers pulled away late for a 25-21 win in the first set
• Back-to-back service aces from Alex Koon gave WSU an early 3-1 lead
• Kills from Brown, Raudsepp and Hiebert helped push the lead to 7-2
• The Huskies fought back with a 7-2 run to tie it at nine
• WSU responded with a 4-0 run, which included kills from Lehman and Raudsepp, a Lehman block and a Hiebert ace for a 13-9 lead
• UConn again answered to tie it at 15
• Three-straight WSU points put the Shockers up 20-17
• The Shockers reached set point at 24-21 on a kill from Raudsepp and won 25-21 on a kill from Hiebert
• Hiebert led the Shockers with five kills in the set, while Civita had seven digs
 
SET 2:
• WSU won a back and forth second set 25-23
• UConn took a quick 5-2 lead in the second set and pushed it to 7-3 after a Shocker error
• A Raudsepp service ace tied it at eight and a kill from Lehman gave WSU a 13-11 lead
• A Husky error gave WSU a 14-11 lead, but UConn came back to tie it at 17
• The two teams traded points until kills from Lehman and Raudsepp gave WSU a 23-21 lead
• The Huskies answered with two kills to tie it at 23, but two errors gave WSU the 25-23 win
 
SET 3:
• The Shockers hit .382 on the way to a 25-20 win in the third set
• A Lehman kill gave WSU a 5-3 lead in the third set
• After a block from Brown and Wright and a Husky hitting error, UConn used a timeout with the Shockers up 11-8
• Kills from Brown and Hiebert pushed the Shocker lead to 20-15
• Lehman's kill gave WSU the 25-20 win
 
NEXT MATCH:
• The Shockers are next in action on Fri., Sept. 29 when they host USF at 7 p.m. inside Charles Koch Arena