Wichita State volleyball picks up another road win

Wichita State won its third consecutive match, beating Loyola 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22) on Saturday night in Chicago.

Loyola led 5-1 in the opening set but WSU (9-5, 3-1 MVC) battled back and tied the score 12-12. The Shockers never led by more than two points until going ahead 22-19 on a Loyola error.

Loyola went up 7-3 in the second set and stretched the advantage to 17-12. WSU responded with an 11-4 run to take the lead, and ended the set with a kill by Katie Reilly.

WSU controlled the third set from the start, going ahead 15-9. Three straight kills by Abbie Lehman helped WSU widen the gap to 24-15, but Loyola scored seven straight points before another kill by Lehman ended the match.

Lehman finished with 12 kills and a .500 attack percentage, and also had four blocks. Reilly had nine kills and MaryAshton Floyd had eight kills and two service aces. Emily Hiebert finished with 36 assists.

This story was originally published September 27, 2014 at 9:06 PM with the headline "Wichita State volleyball picks up another road win."