FORT SMITH, Ark. – The Missouri Western volleyball team fell at Arkansas-Fort Smith, 3-1, Thursday in the first match of the Carr Racop Invitational.

DOAK DOMINATES AGAIN
Stephanie Doak tied her career-high of 21 kills in the match, which also ranks sixth all-time in Missouri Western history for a four-set match. Doak recorded 21 kills for the second consecutive game and now has at least 10 kills in seven of the team’s nine matches.

DIGGIN’ UP THE LIST
Kayla Ruff tallied 21 digs against the Lions, it is the fourth time this season Ruff has 20 or more digs. She also moved up two spots on the career digs list to seventh with 1,212 digs. Ruff is 16 digs away from cracking the career top-five.

FRESHMEN IMPACT
Freshmen Ali Tauchen and Liv Winker our new to the MWSU roster, but are making noticeable impacts thus far. Tauchen finished the match against UAFS with 17 digs, 12 kills, four blocks and an ace. She was second on the team for the match in each category as well. Winker finished with 32 assists, eight digs and two blocks against the Lions.

UP NEXT
Missouri Western plays a pair of matches on Friday, Sept. 15 in the Carr Racop Invitational at Fort Smith, Arkansas. MWSU’s first match is against Henderson State at 9 a.m. and second match serves at 4:30 p.m. against West Florida.

— Northwest Athletics —