Sept. 2, 2000

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Behind 21 kills from senior outside hitter Molly Hoying (St. Henry, OH/St. Henry), the Cleveland State University volleyball squad downed Valparaiso University 15-13. 15-7, 8-15, 15-11 at the Butler Invitational to finish the tournament 2-1.

Hoying equalled her career high, previously taken at Wright State on Oct. 9, 1999 while also contributing with 18 digs. In addition, senior middle hitter Michele Smith (Fremont, OH/Ross) tagged 16 kills to go along with 12 digs while sophomore outside hitters Michelle Iafigliola (Mentor, OH/Mentor) and Lori Betchker (Amherst, OH/Steele) recorded 15 and 11 kills, respectively. Iafigliola also accounted for 18 digs.

In the morning's opening action, Cleveland State fell to DePaul University 15-1, 15-7, 15-0 despite a match-high 15 kills from Molly Hoying.

The Blue Demons hit a sizzling .450 (51K-6E-100TA) for the match compared to the Vikings .206 (39K-17E-107TA).

The Vikings return to action Tuesday, Sept. 5 when they travel to the University of Akron for a 7:30 p.m. matchup with the Zips at the JAR Arena.

GAME SCORES           1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
Valparaiso.......... 13  7 15  0  0-3
Cleveland State..... 15 15  8  0  2-1

GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
DePaul.............. 15 15 15  2-1
Cleveland State.....  1  7  0  1-1