Nevada, MO - The Hannibal-LaGrange University Women's Volleyball Team played their first conference match against Cottey College on Thursday evening.  Cottey is the second all-girls school to join the American Midwest Conference (joining Stephens) and has a history of providing quality athletic opportunities for their students.  The Comets started the night strong winning the first two sets before HLGU was able to turn the tide and roll through the third and fourth set.  But CC was able to regain momentum in the fifth set to earn the win.

MATCH VITALS

• Match Score: Cottey def. Hannibal-LaGrange (25-20, 25-21, 14-25, 22-25, 15-9)
• Records: Cottey (14-12, 3-3 AMC) | Hannibal-LaGrange (7-20, 3-5 AMC)
• Location: Hinkhouse Center | Cottey College | Nevada, Missouri

MATCH STAT TRACKER

• Sierra Erke: 26 kills, 0.477 attacking percentage, 8 digs, 18 assists, 2 blocks, 2 aces
• Myrnaliz Perez: 13 kills, 5 block, 21 digs
• Kaitlyn Holmgren:  37 assists, 7 digs

 INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• The Trojans recorded 63 kills while the Comets had 64
• Sierra Erke had a fantastic evening as she accumulated 29.5 points
• Statistically both team were very even in almost every category, but Cottey recorded 5 more aces (9 to 4) while the Trojans had more total blocks (9) compared to 5 from the Comets.

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Trojans will host their final regular season game on Tuesday evening against the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy.  The game is scheduled to begin at 7 PM.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH BLAKEMORE

• "We go into games slow.  We decided to play our game when it got to the third set, but it was too late at that point to be able to complete the comeback."