DAYTON, Ohio — The Wright State volleyball team swept Purdue Fort Wayne 25-15, 25-15, 25-23 in Horizon League play on Tuesday night in Fort Wayne, according to Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics.
Wright State’s offense rolled throughout the match, as the Raiders hit .357, .583 and .355 in the three sets, Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics reported. The straight-sets win kept Wright State unbeaten in league play.
Katie Sowko led Wright State with a match-high 16 kills, and Lauren Yacobucci dished out 41 assists, according to Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics.
Purdue Fort Wayne’s best push came in the third set, when the Mastodons hit .312 as a team, Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics reported. Trinity Rye had six of her team-high 13 kills in that set on nine errorless swings and finished the night hitting .400, while Mya Plemons and Riley Rosneck added eight kills each and Rosneck recorded three aces, two of them in the third set, according to Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics.
The second set was the Raiders’ most efficient of the night: a .583 team hitting percentage in a 25-15 win, following a .357 first set that ended by the same 25-15 margin, according to the set-by-set figures reported by Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics. Yacobucci’s 41 assists in just three sets — nearly 14 per set — kept that attack balanced, with Sowko’s 16 kills the match high for either team, Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics reported.
With the win, Wright State improved to 16-5 overall and remained unbeaten in the Horizon League at 11-0, according to Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics. Purdue Fort Wayne fell to 11-13 overall and 5-6 in league play.
For the Dayton-area Raiders, the sweep on the road is the latest result in a perfect start to the Horizon League schedule — 11 wins in 11 league matches — with the regular season entering its final weeks. Purdue Fort Wayne stays home next, hosting IU Indianapolis on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, according to Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics.
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