CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State women's volleyball team got back on the winning track Saturday afternoon, picking up a 3-0 victory over Green Bay. With the win, the Vikings now stand at 10-9 overall and 3-3 in Horizon League play.
Set scores against Green Bay were 25-18, 25-15, 32-30.
Maggie Hannon led the Viking offense with 13 kills and a .524 hitting percentage (13-2-21), while Grace Kauth and Gina Kilner each added eight kills. Christina Toth and Ally Beck both posted seven kills against Green Bay, while Aaliyah Slappy recorded six. Kilner served as CSU's lone setter during the match, recording a career-high 38 assists.
CSU had three players record double-digit digs during the match, led by Kauth and Nikki Holmes who each posted 12. Shannon Grega, who served as CSU's libero, posted 11 digs. Slappy led CSU's blocking efforts, posting a career-high eight blocks, while Toth added a career-high tying seven blocks.
During the opening frame the Vikings controlled play from the beginning, jumping out to a 12-4 lead forcing Green Bay to take two timeouts early on. Cleveland State then held a sizeable advantage for the remainder of the frame, closing the set on an Aaliyah Slappy kill.
The Vikings carried this momentum into the second set, picking up a 25-15 victory over the Phoenix. The two teams traded points during the beginning of the frame, but CSU was able to distance itself at the 17-8 mark after going on a four-point run which included a pair of kills from Toth and another kill from Beck. The Vikings then held at least a six-point lead for the remainder of the frame, and closed the set with a Kauth kill.
The two teams then battled during the third set, before CSU was finally able to close the match with a 32-30 set victory. After the two teams traded points during the beginning of the frame, CSU was able to gain an advantage at the 17-14 mark after a Hannon kill, and held the lead over the next few plays. Green Bay stayed in the set though, knotting it up at 22-22. Both teams then traded points once again over the end of the set, before Cleveland State was finally able to post back-to-back points on kills from Kauth and Toth.
As a team, the Vikings posted a .258 hitting percentage and tallied 10 total team blocks – the sixth match this season with double-digit team blocks.
The Vikings will close out their three-match homestand next weekend, hosting Youngstown State at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 11.
