Cripe Charts Double-Double in Mid-Week Match at Western Michigan

Tuesday, September 29

Kalamazoo, Mich

6 p.m.

Central Michigan University

0-16,0-3MAC

Western Michigan

9-5,1-2MAC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Central Mich.	15	18	18	0
Western Mich.	25	25	25	3

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Photo by: Lilly Sharrak, @shot.by_lilly ('29)

Photo by: Lilly Sharrak, @shot.by_lilly ('29)

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Cripe records her ninth career double-double against Western Michigan.

By: Julia Bice

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Taylor Cripe was a force for the Central Michigan Volleyball team Tuesday night, charting a double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs. The achievement marks the ninth time the sophomore has reached the feat in her career, and second this season.

The Chippewas dropped the match to the Broncos, 0-3, losing the sets 15-25, 18-25 and 18-25.

Cripe led the Chippewas offensively and defensively while Rainey Weidman also tallied 10 digs. At the net, freshman Brenna Storz recorded three total blocks, along with Lilly Mullholand.

How it happened
Out of the gate, CMU faced tough service pressure from the Broncos as Western opened the game on a 5-0 run, before the Chippewas got the ball from an attack error by a Bronco. After the sideout, CMU scored back-to-back from two attack errors on the Western side.

CMU trailed 8-2 and Taylor Cripe registered a kill to get the ball back for the Chippewas. That kill started a small rally for CMU with a 3-1 run, 6-10. CMU battled back to within two at 12-14 with a 3-0 run, started by a kill from Alexis Carper.

At the media timeout, CMU trailed 15-12. Central Michigan stayed within two trading points back and forth with Western Michigan until a timeout from Coach Wilson as CMU trailed 15-19. CMU fell to a 0-7 run at the end of the first set to ultimately drop it, 15-25.

The second set was tied at 3-3 to start, but the Broncos went on a 5-0 run to take an 8-4 lead. Central Michigan trailed at the media timeout, 9-15. Alexis Carper recorded the first ace of the night for CMU following a two-shoot from Brytn Lyon. The Chippewas dropped set two 18-25.

Set three was a tight game through the first 10 points, CMU being within two at 4-6. After trailing 5-9, the Chippewas brought the score to within two at the 9-11 mark in the set. Central Michigan called its final timeout at 15-22 and CMU dropped the final set, 18-25.

Next up for the Maroon & Gold, more conference play. On Saturday, the team will travel to Ypsilanti to take on Eastern Michigan for a rematch.

The two teams played in McGuirk Arena on September 22 for the Chippewas conference opener.

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