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Lady Blues fall in five sets at No. 19 Pittsburg State

11/8/2008 6:11:24 PM

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PITTSBURG - Washburn out-hit Pittsburg State and led 2-1 after two sets but the Gorillas came back for a 3-2 (17-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-23, 15-13) win to drop the Lady Blues to 29-4 and 14-4 in the MIAA. No. 7 Washburn will play Wednesday at 7 p.m. against Fort Hays State in the home finale. The three seniors will be honored prior to the game.

The Lady Blues won the first and third sets by identical 25-17 scores. They then led just twice by a point in the fourth and fifth sets as the series between these two schools went to five sets for the fifth time in the last seven matches.

Monica Miesner had a double-double with a team-high 16 kills and 19 digs. Mollie Lacy had 15 kills and Caitlin Conley had 14 and led the team with a .333 attack percentage.

Three other players joined Miesner with double-figure digs. Molly Smith had 18, Kate Hampson had 16 and Courtney Wallman had 14. Wallman's dig total was a season-high, as was her eight total kills.

Hampson added 63 assists for a double-double and Miesner had four of WU's six blocks.

The Lady Blues out-hit PSU .205 to .183, but had eight service errors and 13 more attack errors.

Linda Igninigie led the Gorillas with 18 kills.
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