The Online Reflector

The University of Indianapolis volleyball team (14-6, 6-2) won its fifth consecutive game after defeating the Screaming Eagles of the University of Southern Indiana (10-7, 5-3 ) on Oct. 9.

The UIndy volleyball team also broke the two way tie for second place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings with their win against the University of Southern Indiana.

Junior outside hitter Kristina Hefferan led the team with fifteen kills and senior outside hitter Lyndsay Callahan dug thirteen kills of the Screaming Eagle’s hits.

Sophomore middle-hitter Kristina Kerrigan had 13 kills out of the 52 total kills in the game.

The Greyhounds finished the match up with a close score of 25-22 in the third set.
Sophomore opposite hitter Kourtney Crawford believes that teamwork has been the driving force behind the team’s success.

“We’re all playing as a team…we’re a lot more comfortable with one another. It makes a big difference,” Crawford said.

According to sophomore middle hitter Amber Lucas the team is well on their way through their season, and the time spent together is reflecting in their play.

“[The team] is playing together as one unit, one team. We’re all on the same page and all working towards the same goal,” Lucas said.

The Greyhounds faced the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (5-9, 0-7) for their homecoming game on Oct. 8 in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center.

The Greyhounds began the match with several shanked passes and the Panther’s hits kept them down at 6-1.
UIndy’s senior setter Cheneta Morrison, put away a line drive and added six kills to the Greyhound’s success against the Panthers.

Kerrigan assisted the team with nine kills through the game and junior middle hitter Courtney Anglemyer had nine kills and two block assists.

Also, freshmen setter Jaymee Reynolds had 36 recorded assists.

Callahan assisted the team with 13 digs.

The Greyhounds served six aces and had 44 kills to keep a victory out of the reach of Kentucky Wesleyan.
With the overall score of 25-15, 15-13, and 25-14 the UIndy volleyball team has now won 15 straight sets.

“It was a good win for the whole team,” Lucas said. “We love our fans, and we like playing at home so much.”

The UIndy Greyhounds will compete in the Annual Volleyball Crossover, a tournament in which the Greyhounds will face two non-conference teams that have yet to be announced. The tournament will take place on Oct. 15 and Oct. 16.

According to Lucas, the Greyhounds will be matched up with new competition and will bring more challenge to the team.

Crawford also said the preparation for this tournament is no different than for any other game; the Greyhounds will prepare themselves to play at the best of their abilities.

“We have practice all week and we’ll watch film…we just come to practice ready to play and focus on what we do,” Crawford said.“No game is a ‘big game,’ they’re all big games.”