Thursday, November 14
Bowling Green, KY
7:00 PM ET/6:00 PM CT
Liberty University
13-16,7-10CUSA
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Western Kentucky
24-6,17-0CUSA
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Liberty
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Western Ky.
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WKU Clinches Outright CUSA Regular-Season Title, Sweeps Liberty
11/14/2024 9:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky posted a 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-23) sweep over Liberty on Thursday at E.A. Diddle Arena, clinching the Conference USA regular-season title outright.
WKU (24-6, 17-0) pushed its winning streak to 20 with its 91st straight CUSA regular-season win. The Hilltoppers have not lost a regular-season conference match since the 2018 season. The Lady Flames fall to 13-16, 7-10 in CUSA play with their third straight loss.
Notable Numbers
The Lady Flames and Hilltoppers wrap up their respective regular-season schedules, tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Central) at E.A. Diddle Arena.
WKU (24-6, 17-0) pushed its winning streak to 20 with its 91st straight CUSA regular-season win. The Hilltoppers have not lost a regular-season conference match since the 2018 season. The Lady Flames fall to 13-16, 7-10 in CUSA play with their third straight loss.
Notable Numbers
- WKU outhit Liberty .396-.228 for the match. The Hilltoppers also led in kills (49-38), assists (46-37) and digs (44-25), while both teams served up four aces. Liberty held a 6-4 edge in blocks.
- The Toppers' outside hitters combined for 31 kills, while Alivia Skidmore scoring a match-high 16 kills while Kaylee Cox followed with 15 kills (.519) and 12 digs. Callie Bauer dished out a match-high 39 assists and added 11 digs, while Izzy Van De Wiele sent down eight kills.
- Liberty outsides Kam Bacus (.391) and Kate Gammer scored 10 kills apiece, while Elizabeth Helmich hit .500 with eight kills. Erica Lowery collected 10 digs, while Charli Crowson and Charli Morris evenly split 32 assists. Madison Blane posted a match-high four blocks.
- Liberty held an early 12-10 lead in set one before WKU went on an 8-0 scoring run to take command of the set. The last seven points of the run came while Skidmore served.
- After the Hilltoppers took sets one and two, both teams hit efficiently in the third set. WKU hit .378 compared to .353 in a session which featured 13 ties and four lead changes. The guests fought off two match-point tries, but a Liberty error ended the set and match, 25-23.
- WKU is 4-0 all-time against Liberty in volleyball, including 3-0 while both teams have been members of Conference USA.
- The Hilltoppers have won each of their last 16 sets played.
- Liberty is 9-15 this season in sets decided by two points.
- Blane is now in sole possession of fourth place in program history with 435 career blocks. Her 145 blocks this season are tied for the second most in a single season in Liberty's rally-scoring history (Jade Vorster, 2014), 10 shy of Loren Thomas' (2011) program record.
- Tonight was the 10th time this season and 35th time in their careers that both Bacus and Gammer scored 10 or more kills in the same match. Liberty is 25-10 when both Bacus and Gammer reach double figures in kills.
- Gammer has posted 21 double-digit kill matches this season, while Erica Lowery has recorded 25 10-dig contests.
The Lady Flames and Hilltoppers wrap up their respective regular-season schedules, tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Central) at E.A. Diddle Arena.
Team Stats
Lib
WestKy
Kills
38
51
Errors
15
9
Attempts
103
103
Hitting %
.223
.408
Points
48.0
59.0
Assists
37
48
Aces
4
4
Blocks
6
4
Game Leaders
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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