Missouri Western volleyball struggled on the road against the Emporia State Lady Hornets falling 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-17) on Friday evening in White Auditorium. Western led just twice the entire match as they fall to 5-5 overall and 1-1 in MIAA play.

Set one belonged to the Lady Hornets as they jumped out to a 12-8 lead and cruised to the 25-17 set one victory. Western hit just .050 in set one with 11 kills and nine errors while the Lady Hornets hit .355 with 12 kills and just one error.

Western played set two tougher claiming their first lead of the contest at 4-3 after a ball handling error by ESU’s Katie Deutschmann. Western and the Lady Hornets played the next 22 points even as Western claimed the 15-14 lead. From there the Lady Hornets dominated play outscoring Western 11-5 taking the set 25-20 and a two set lead.

Set three belong to ESU as they jumped out to a 11-4 lead and cruised to the 25-17 victory. The Lady Hornets improved to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in MIAA play.

Tahler Johnston led the Griffons accumulating 10 of their 33 kills. Shelby Corkill had nine leading Western with a .238 hitting percentage. Stephanie Hattey had 23 set assists while Sarah Faubel had eight digs.

Deutschmann led the charge for the Lady Hornets with 10 kills and 21 digs. Meg Schwartz had 15 digs while Paige Vanderpool chipped in 13.

Western returns to action on Saturday, September 24 when they take on the 6th ranked Washburn Lady Blues at 2:00 pm in Topeka, Kan.

— MWSU Sports Information —