The Lady Bisons played the first set similar to last night’s match against Mercer — unorganized. However, the Lady Bisons swept Kennesaw State in three sets 25-18, 25-15 and 25-11.
KSU was able to take advantage of this unorganized and unbalanced approach by Lipscomb in the first set.
“I thought Kennesaw state did a really nice job in the first set of playing good defense,” said coach Brandon Rosenthal. “They put a lot of pressure on us.”
The Lady Bisons then regrouped in the second set to win 25-15.
“The only thing I asked was for us to keep up our defensive pressure,” Lipscomb sealed the first set 25-18 with a few consecutive kills from senior Alex Kelly.
Seniors Alex Kelly, Jake Pease and Megan Hinemeyer took over in the second and third sets, making sure Lipscomb got the win.
“They want to win every play,” Rosenthal said. “This is it for them and they know what’s at stake.”
Middle blocker Alex Kelly led the Lady Bisons in kills with a match-high 17. She also recorded a match high 17 digs. Kelly hit .483 for the match.
Outside hitter Meghan Hinemeyer added 11 digs for the Lady Bisons.
Setter Stefine “Jake” Pease made 13 digs and posted 40 assists.
Opposite Charlyn Ursell had nine kills and a match high .667 hitting percentage.
No Kennesaw State players had more than six kills in the match. Alyssa Lang led the Owls with 12 digs. Camille Pedraza and Rachel Albright each had 10 digs.
The Lady Bisons extended their conference regular season win streak to 26 matches. They have won their last 22 matches in a row at home. Rosenthal is worried more about winning 10 games this season in the conference.
Lipscomb is now 13-5 overall and 2-0 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Kennesaw St. is 8-9 and 1-1 in the conference.
The Lady Bisons next game is at ETSU Friday Oct. 8.