Central Michigan University Athletics
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Defending MAC Champion Ohio Sweeps Volleyball
10/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 9, 2004
MOUNT PLEASANT - The Central Michigan University volleyball team ran into a buzz saw on Saturday night in the form of No. 28-ranked Ohio. The defending Mid-American Conference champions swept the Chippewas by game scores of 30-9, 30-22 and 30-19.
Ohio remains undefeated in league play at 5-0 while improving to 13-2 overall. CMU falls to 4-13 overall, 1-6 in the MAC.
The Chippewas hit a season-low .022 after hitting for a season-high .306 the previous night against Ball State. CMU committed 21 hitting errors to 23 kills on 89 attempts.
Ohio, on the other hand, used a high octane offense that was fueled by .402 hitting. Four Bobcats notched twin figures in the kill department with two players hitting over .600 for the match. Stephanie Blackburn posted a match-high 12 kills while Ashley Elliott had 11 on .625 hitting.
The Bobcats stormed out to an 8-0 lead in game one and they held CMU to just nine points on -.214 hitting (3 kills, 9 errors, 28 attempts).
CMU improved its hitting each game but Ohio was too powerful to match as the Bobcats hit .417 in game one, .342 in game two and .457 in the finale.
Ohio added 10 aces and six blocks compared to one ace and one block by the Chippewas.
Emily Lovejoy posted team highs of seven kills and eight digs and Meghan Moore added five kills. Six Chippewas had a negative hitting percentage for the match.
Courtney Kersten started at setter but tallied just three assists in the match. Jaimeson Whitman replaced her and notched 14.
Briana Adamovsky had 42 assists while guiding the Ohio offense and Michaele Blackburn tallied a match-high 12 digs in the winning effort.
The Chippewas hit the road for three matches next weekend. The road trip begins at Bowling Green on Thursday night, Oct. 14.
