Women’s Volleyball Recap
By: Zane Quentrill, FM88 Sports
Huntington, W.Va.- Marshall women’s volleyball entered Friday night on a three-game losing streak and protected home court for the Herd’s first win since Sept. 5.
The Marshall Thundering Herd took on the Morehead State Eagles in a matchup between two struggling volleyball teams going through losing streaks.
The Herd (6-4) swept the Eagles (4-5) in straight sets with scores of 25-16, 25-21, and 25-20.
The Herd started out on the wrong foot in set one dropping the first point to the Eagles but going on a 6-0 scoring run to make it 6-1. From there, Marshall started to break away from Morehead State as they went on a late 4-0 scoring run to make it 22-13 and closing the set out with a Maddie Smith kill.
A highly competitive second set saw both squads fighting for momentum swings. After the score was tied up at 13, the Herd started to pull away from the Eagles going on a 5-1 scoring run. Marshall eventually put Morehead State to bed to go up two sets to zero on the Eagles putting them on the ropes.
The third set was a back-and-forth match where both teams were knotted up 8-8. The Herd went on a 3-0 scoring run to put them up 19-13 and pulled away from there. The Herd would eventually put the Eagles away on a closing kill from Maddie Smith who had a game-high 17 kills.
Marshall Head Coach Heather Stout wasn’t surprised at all by the performance that Smith brought to the table.
“Maddie has just been one of the greatest grabs that we’ve gotten to get here at Marshall” Stout said. “She puts the work in; she does the time. So, every award, accolade that she is going to get for our team in that role, we expected it.”
Now Marshall will carry the momentum into a rematch heading to Morehead State on Saturday.
The Herd are looking to continue to build confidence with conference play approaching next weekend.