RICHMOND, Ky.- The Wolves dropped Thursday's match at Eastern Kentucky in straight sets. West Georgia looks towards Saturday as they travel to Clarksville, Tennessee to face Austin Peay at noon.
SET ONE: Eastern Kentucky would open with a 4-0 lead by two Addison Burke kills. The Wolves got on the board on a Colonel attack error, and Adriana Medrano was tagged for a kill to make it 5-2. They started to find their footing after Valiree Schmus had a solo stuff at 7-4. A Brooke McCall kill cut it to 7-6 and then Milena Ćetković added a solo block on, 8-7 EKU lead. EKU stretched the lead to 10-7 on kills from Hudson and Closurdo, forcing a West Georgia took a timeout. The Wolves came out of it with their best stretch of the set, a 4-0 run to tie it at 11-11 via two EKU attack errors and a McCall kill. The Colonels would find a 5-1 run themselves to take back the lead 12-17. A Valiree Schmus kill and another EKU error would pull the Wolves within two, 15-17. West Georgia would find points off a kill from Maddy Kirmer and another from Cetkovic, but EKU would take set one 18-25.
SET TWO: A Grace Blythe-Cornett kill would give West Georgia a 1-0 lead, and a Ćetković kill would then tie things a two apiece. EKU would take the next four points led by two UWG errors, forcing a timeout by head coach Adam Milewski at 2-7. Fresh out of the timeout Valiree Schmus would smack a kill, but the Colonels would take the next four points extending their lead to 11-3. West Georgia would fight back, and McCall would put down two more kills and Desha Van Veldhuizen would make the score 13-7 in favor of EKU. UWG would take another timeout after the Colonels went up nine at 18-9. Eastern Kentucky would take set two 25
SET THREE: EKU would jump out to a 3-0 lead early, but West Georgia would answer knotting things a three a piece off a Schmus kill and two Colonel errors. The two clubs would trade points until EKU took a three-point lead at 11-8. A block assist by Cornett and Kirmer would cut the Colonel lead to three at 11-14. EKU would piece together a 7-1 run to close out the final set as they took it 25-14.
West Georgia's next and last home match is Thursday (Nov. 12) where they will host Little Rock at 6 p.m. for Senior Day!
Tickets for Senior Day can be found here, and as always UWG students get into home matches for FREE with a valid UWG ID!
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