Saturday, September 8
Terre Haute, Ind.
12:00 P.M.
Central Michigan University
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Indiana State
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Central Michigan
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Indiana State
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Volleyball Captures Finale At Sycamore Invitational
9/8/2018 3:04:00 PM | Volleyball
CMU takes 3-7 record to Nebraska next weekend, where it will face defending national champions
Andy Glezen, CMUChippewas.com
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TERRA HAUTE, Ind. – The Central Michigan volleyball team defeated host Indiana State to close out the Sycamore Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
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The Chippewas defeated the Sycamores 17-25, 27-25, 25-20, 20-25, 16-14. With the win, CMU improved to 3-7 on the season.
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Kalina Smith led the Chippewas with 19 kills, while Lyza Myers, Jayla Wesley and Maddie Whitfield led the way defensively with three blocks each. Kendall Braate had 34 assists and Marissa Grant dished out 23 assists.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Down 25-24 in the second set and on the verge of falling into a two-set deficit, CMU scored three straight points to pull out the set and even the match.
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The Chippewas split the next two sets before rallying late again in the fifth set to win the set and match.
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"We challenged our group to keep fighting regardless of what the score was," CMU coach Mike Gawlik said. "More than the win I was really happy with the fight and the finish from our group."
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MYERS EFFICIENT
The sophomore posted an outstanding .417 hitting percentage, leading to 16 kills. Myers had just one attack error on the afternoon on 36 total attempts.
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"We thought that the right side could be a plus for us," Gawlik said. "I thought that Lyza did a really good job of knowing what we wanted to do. She had a great match."
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GAWLIK
"We had a lot of different contributions from a lot of different people. All in all, I'm pretty pleased. It's going to be a happy bus ride home but there's still a lot that we have to work at."
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NEXT
Central Michigan travels to Lincoln, Neb. next week to compete in the Husker Invitational. The Chippewas will face defending national champion Nebraska (1 p.m.) and Missouri State (6 p.m.) on Friday, and New Mexico State (12:30 p.m.) on Saturday. The Cornhuskers are ranked seventh.
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TERRA HAUTE, Ind. – The Central Michigan volleyball team defeated host Indiana State to close out the Sycamore Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
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The Chippewas defeated the Sycamores 17-25, 27-25, 25-20, 20-25, 16-14. With the win, CMU improved to 3-7 on the season.
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Kalina Smith led the Chippewas with 19 kills, while Lyza Myers, Jayla Wesley and Maddie Whitfield led the way defensively with three blocks each. Kendall Braate had 34 assists and Marissa Grant dished out 23 assists.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Down 25-24 in the second set and on the verge of falling into a two-set deficit, CMU scored three straight points to pull out the set and even the match.
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The Chippewas split the next two sets before rallying late again in the fifth set to win the set and match.
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"We challenged our group to keep fighting regardless of what the score was," CMU coach Mike Gawlik said. "More than the win I was really happy with the fight and the finish from our group."
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MYERS EFFICIENT
The sophomore posted an outstanding .417 hitting percentage, leading to 16 kills. Myers had just one attack error on the afternoon on 36 total attempts.
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"We thought that the right side could be a plus for us," Gawlik said. "I thought that Lyza did a really good job of knowing what we wanted to do. She had a great match."
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GAWLIK
"We had a lot of different contributions from a lot of different people. All in all, I'm pretty pleased. It's going to be a happy bus ride home but there's still a lot that we have to work at."
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NEXT
Central Michigan travels to Lincoln, Neb. next week to compete in the Husker Invitational. The Chippewas will face defending national champion Nebraska (1 p.m.) and Missouri State (6 p.m.) on Friday, and New Mexico State (12:30 p.m.) on Saturday. The Cornhuskers are ranked seventh.
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Team Stats
CMU
INS
Kills
67
50
Errors
34
22
Attempts
187
159
Hitting %
.176
.176
Points
82.0
65.0
Assists
67
47
Aces
9
4
Blocks
6.0
11.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
19
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
16
Aces
2
Blocks
3
Kills
13
Aces
3
Blocks
0
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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