BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — CU Volleyball righted its ship on Day 2 of the Olivet Nazarene Homestead-Holiday Inn Invitational, beating the host school 3-0 (25-21, 25-13 and 25-17). But in the afternoon the Lady Tigers didn't have the same fortune, losing to No. 7 Grand View 3-1 (18-25, 27-25, 22-25 and 16-25).
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Campbellsville vs. Olivet Nazarene
Olivet, which has been to the NAIA Tournament five of the last six years, was no match for CU in the early-morning match.
The Lady Tigers punctuated the first-set win with a Rinata Aisena kill and then took control of Set 2 after Caitlin Dresing served for three consecutive points and a 6-4 lead.
Kira Stewart issued a soft kill at 8-5 and CU pushed its lead to 17-9 of an Olivet attack error.
In Set 3, Stewart's second kill gave the Lady Tigers a 16-11 lead that them to their eight-point win.
Haley Bechtel led CU with 13 kills, followed by Aisena (9), Kelly Moyer (8), Stewart (5), Daiane Souza (4), and Jana Kortas (4). Stewart had 33 assists. Dresing was credited with 13 digs, followed by Lexis Lloyd (11), Bechtel (8), Stewart (7) and Sanders (4).
Campbellsville vs. Grand View
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Grandview (12-4) pulled away after splitting the first two sets to pin the third loss of the weekend on CU.
Campbellsville (5-4, 1-1) held a 9-4 lead in the third set, but that evaporated when Grand View scored the last three points of the set for a 22-25 win. CU could never get it going i the fourth set.
Aisena led CU with 14 kills, followed by Souza (9), Moyer (7), and Giselle Hernandez (5). Stewart had 33 of the teams 35 assists and Sanders led the team in digs with 16. Dresing added 10 digs.
The Lady Tigers will return to Mid-South Conference play Tuesday when they travel to St. Catharine for a 7 p.m. varsity match.