The Fort Hays State volleyball team picked up a pair of wins on Tuesday night at home over York College (Neb.) in straight sets to move to 20-8 overall on the season. It marks the first 20-win season for FHSU volleyball since 2004. The Tigers return to conference play this weekend at Missouri Southern and Southwest Baptist.
Match 1: Fort Hays State 3, York College 0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-11)
Fort Hays State had most of their reserves get playing time in the first match of the evening. The Tigers hit .213 as a team, while holding the Panthers to -.063 for the match.
Samantha Ledy had a team-high 10 kills and hit .412 for the match. Tara Hoekman and Anna Messerole each put down six kills and Megan Glandon and Ashley Evans each added five. Mallory Flagor had a perfect 1.000 hitting percentage with four kills on four attempts.
Lauren Lorenz churned out 29 assists and tied for the team high in digs with seven. Hoekman and Messerole also had seven digs each.
The Tigers did a lot of their damage at the service line with 14 aces. Latika Clanton had five and Lorenz and Sarah Mamot each added four.
Match 2: Fort Hays State 3, York College 0 (25-7, 25-18, 25-10)
The usual FHSU starters took to the court in the second match of the night and left no doubt with a 25-7 first-set win. After York battled in the second set a bit, the Tigers took control late and then never looked back the remainder of the night with a 15-point win in the third set.
The Tigers were very consistent on the attack, hitting .356 for the match overall. They hit at least .333 in each set.
Jenna Ulrich paced the Tigers with a very efficient nine kills and no errors on 15 attempts for a .600 hitting percentage. She did not need to play the third set with the match well at hand. Kylee Hoagland added eight kills with just one error on 13 attempts for a .538 hitting percentage.
Sare Hewson (six kills), Taylor Mares (four kills), Kayla Zoglman (three kills), Samantha Ledy (three kills) and Mallory Flagor (two kills) all stayed errorless in the match. The Tigers had just six hitting errors in the match.
Kayla Zoglmanhad a team-high 27 assists and Makenzie Weinman led the defensive effort with 18 digs. The Tigers did well at the service line again with seven aces in the match.
Fort Hays State turns its focus back to the MIAA with a pair of crucial road matches at Missouri Southern and Southwest Baptist this weekend. The Tigers are looking to remain in the thick of the standings race to be one of the top eight teams to advance to the conference tournament at the end of the season. FHSU enters the weekend 4-5 in the MIAA.
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