WICHITA, Kan. -Wichita State (17-10, 9-6) fell to conference champion Rice (18-8, 14-1) 3-0 on Friday night at Charles Koch Arena in its last home match of the season. Rice won by scores of 27-25, 25-20 and 25-17.
The Shockers recorded a .128 hitting percentage with 42 kills and 22 errors. The Owls hit .186, with 42 kills and 15 errors.
The Shockers' final regular season match is at Temple at 11 a.m. CT on Sunday.
Set 1:
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Wichita State narrowly lost the first set to Rice 27-25
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WSU got off to a hot start, leading Rice 4-0
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After a 4-0 run, the Shockers led 11-2
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Rice went on a 5-0 run to cut the Wichita State lead to 13-9
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Dunning recorded eight kills and Heatherly notched 15 assists in the first set
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Set 2:
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Rice defeated Wichita State 25-20 in the second set
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Dunning recorded a powerful kill to cut the Rice lead to 6-4
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After a 5-0 run, Rice led WSU 15-8
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The Shockers went on a 4-0 run to make the score 20-16 Rice
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Set 3:
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WSU lost the third and final set 25-17 to Rice
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After a 3-0 run, Wichita State led 5-4
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The beginning of the third set went back and forth with Rice leading 10-8
- Rice extended their lead to 20-16
