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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State volleyball dropped its second match in as many days Saturday, falling to Missouri State in three sets (25-18, 25-10, 25-15) at the ISU Arena. The loss moves the Sycamores to 8-12 overall and 2-6 in Missouri Valley Conference play.

Senior Kynedi Nalls led the Sycamores with 11 kills on the evening. The Fort Worth, Texas native was the only ISU player to record double-digit kills, keeping her 13-match 10+ kills' streak alive. Avon, Indiana native Rachel Griffin paced Indiana State with 14 assists while Shannon Murphy moved even closer to 1,000 career digs after recording 13.

Lily Johnson led Missouri State (16-7, 7-2 MVC) to its seventh consecutive victory as she carried the team offensively with 15 kills. Lynsey Wright also recorded 11 kills for the Bears. Daniele Messa assisted on 41 of MSU's 48 kills.

MSU finished the evening with a commanding attacking percent at .394 while the Sycamores were held to .176. The Bears used a strong opening set from Johnson, who had seven of her 15 kills to open play. Missouri State jumped out to an early lead and Indiana State was never able to climb back in to challenge. The Bears would get a 5-0 run late in the set to go on top.

The Sycamores (8-12, 2-6 MVC) would get the offense going in the second set, recording their best attacking percent of the night at .286, led by Bree Spangler and Nalls who went for nine of the teams' 13 kills in the set.  The MSU offense was too much to overcome though, as ISU fell 25-20 in the second and 25-15 in the third set.

The team will hit the road next weekend as they travel to Chicago to face MVC foe Loyola before traveling south to take on Bradley. Both contests are slated for 8 p.m. (ET) starts.