Volleyball stumbles at Hope Tournament

The Muskingum volleyball team stumbled in day one of the Hope Tournament. The Muskies fell to Cornell, 3-0 and ninth-ranked Hope, 3-0 on Friday evening at DeVos Fieldhouse.

 Game 1

The Basics

• Muskingum (5-4), Cornell (6-3)
• Location: DeVos Fieldhouse – Holland, MI

How it happened

• In the opening set, the Rams took an early 5-0 lead, and never looked back as they defeated the Muskies, 25-17. 
• After trading points in set two, the Rams were able to pull away with a 25-23 win.
• After a hard-fought battle, the Muskies dropped the final set, 26-24.
• Leading Muskingum was senior Brooke Bigrigg with 11 kills.
• Sophomore Lexie Huck added five kills and sophomore Hannah Gove chipped in four kills.
• Senior Erin Dickson dished out 16 assists, and junior Emma Conrad tallied seven assists.
• The Rams were led by Rory White with 16 kills.

Inside the Numbers

• The Muskies tallied 28 kills, 28 assists, and 29 digs.
• Cornell notched 46 kills, 40 assists, and 41 digs.

 Game 2

The Basics

• Muskingum (5-5), #9 Hope (6-1)
• Location: DeVos Fieldhouse – Holland, MI

How it happened

• Hope won the opening set, 25-19.
• After trading points early in the set two, the Flying Dutch continued their solid play winning, 25-19.
• The Flying Dutch's concluded the final set defeating the Muskies, 25-18.
• Bigrigg led the Muskie attack with nine kills and registered 13 digs.
• Sophomores Raegan Flood and Huck both added five kills.
• Dickson dished out 16 assists for the Muskies.
• Hope was led by McKenna Otto who tallied 10 kills.
• The Muskies tallied 28 kills, 23 assists, and 59 digs.
• Hope tallied 41 kills, 38 assists, and 54 digs.

Up Next

Muskingum will wrap-up Hope Tournament play tomorrow when they square off against sixth-ranked Calvin and Dominican (Ill).  Game times are slated for 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.