FAIRBORN, Ohio – The Cleveland State volleyball team had its 2022 campaign come to an end Saturday, dropping a 3-1 match against top-seeded Wright State in the Horizon League Semifinals. The Vikings finish the year with a 14-17 overall record.
Cleveland State was making its 15th appearance in the #HLVB Semifinals on Saturday, and now owns a 21-15 record in Horizon League Tournament play.
Laken Voss finished her rookie campaign by setting a CSU Freshman Class Record with 389 kills.
Audrey McConihe capped off her Cleveland State career ranked ninth in the CSU Career Record Book with 1,183 digs.
Offensively, the Vikings had three players finish with double-digit kills, paced by Laken Voss with 14. Liberty Torres added 11 kills for the Vikings and Lydia Latimer chipped in 10. Karly Klaer finished with 41 assists on the day.
Emma Walker led the Viking defense with 18 digs, while Voss added 14 and Audrey McConihe chipped in 11 digs.
After dropping the first set, the Vikings responded with a 25-20 win in the second frame to tie the match at 1-1.
The Vikings opened the frame with a 4-1 run, forcing an early Wright State timeout after a Lydia Latimer kill. Cleveland State was then able to withstand a Raider run midway through the set, regaining a 20-17 advantage following four straight points – including a trio of Liberty Torres kills.
The Vikings then gained set point on a Madison Olinger and Madalynn Butler block, before closing out the frame on an Olinger kill.
Wright State was then able to pick up the third set win, taking a 2-1 match advantage into the fourth frame.
During the fourth set the Vikings were able to gain a sizeable lead midway through, as back-to-back points on a Laken Voss kill and Raider error put Cleveland State up 16-10.
The Vikings were able to hold their advantage over the next few plays then, but a late run from the Raiders gave the advantage to Wright State at 23-20, before Cleveland State was able to stop their scoring run with a Latimer kill.
Wright State responded by picking up two of the final three points of the set then, claiming the 3-1 semifinal victory.
