Hannibal, MO – Hannibal-LaGrange University Volleyball opened up American Midwest Conference play on Tuesday evening against Columbia College.  The Cougars enter the match ranked 20 in the NAIA.  HLGU comes into the game on a three game winning streak.  The first set was very competitive back and forth through 14 points then CC began to build their lead.  HLGU struggled through the second set to make connections and were able to correct some of those issues throughout the third set.  In the end, Columbia won in three sets.

MATCH VITALS

• Match Score: Columbia def. Hannibal-LaGrange 3-0 (25-18, 25-10, 25-17)
• Records: Columbia (15-4, 1-0 AMC) | Hannibal-LaGrange (4-7, 0-1 AMC)
• Location: Mabee Sports Complex | Hannibal-LaGrange University | Hannibal, MO

MATCH STAT TRACKER

• Myrnaliz Perez - 6 kills, 2 aces, 9 digs
• Allison Murphy - 2 kills, 3 blocks
• Allison Bollenbacher - 9 assists, 6 digs
• Katie Huskey - 11 digs

 INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• The Trojans recorded 17  total kills while the Cougars had 36.

• HLGU was unable to finish the ball against Columbia which held the Trojans to a -0.012 hitting percentage.

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Trojans will host their next conference opponent, Stephens College on Friday at 6 PM.  

THOUGHTS FROM COACH BLAKEMORE

• "This one hurt.  We started strong in the first set and then gave them the last two with our errors.  Things we will work on to fix for our next conference game on Friday."