Lexington, Ky. – Indiana State volleyball closed out play at the Bellarmine Classic with a loss against Miami (OH) in three sets (21-25, 15-25, 16-25).
 
The Trees were led by Kira Holland with 11 kills. Ava Robart and Kimora Whetstone added eight kills for the offense. Defensively, Ella Scott contributed three blocks and Macy Lengacher with eight digs.
 
Set 1
The Trees had a very rocky start to the opening set before Kira Holland came up with a big kill to snap a five-point run, trailing 7-3 early on. The Sycamores tried to string together a run, but Miami's defense proved to hold strong, never letting the Sycamores string together more than two in a row. The Redhawks allowed back-to-back points for the Sycamores only four times in the set, outside of their own recorded errors.
 
Set 2
The Sycamores began the second set on a stronger note as both offenses opened set two swinging. The Trees held a 5-5 tie with kills from Holland and Ava Robart before the Redhawks found themselves ahead 10-5 following five unanswered points. Indiana State considered to fight in the set, but Miami responded each time with points of their own, outscoring the Sycamores 15-10 through the set to take a 2-0 lead into set three.
 
Set 3
In the final set, the Redhawks hit .619 with 13 kills leading to the eventual match victory. The Sycamores recorded 12 kills of their own with 10 coming from Whetstone (4), Holland (3), and Hadley Hardersen (3). Indiana State battled to be within a point, 10-9, before being outscored 15-6 to close the set.
 
News & Notes

• Ava Robart hit .300+ for the second-straight game (.324 yesterday, .300 today).
• Kimora Whetstone set a new season high with eight kills hitting .571 (8-0-14).
• Miami hit .411 on the day (46-7-95).

 
Up Next
Indiana State heads to DeKalb, Ill. on Sept 5-6 for the NIU Invitational. The Sycamores will play SIUE and Northern Illinois on Friday and Merrimack on Saturday.
 
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