TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Drake University volleyball team dropped a four-set Missouri Valley Conference match at Indiana State, Saturday. Match scores were 27-29, 25-20, 13-25, 17-25.

Drake (9-18, 5-8 MVC) was outhit .283-to-.166 and fell 14 kills short (59-45) of the Sycamores. The Bulldogs' standing in the Valley race was unaffected by the loss; Drake remains in sixth place - two matches up on Evansville, Southern Illinois and Indiana State.

Senior Michelle Reidy (Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert) led Drake with a .368 hitting percentage and totaled 10 kills. Junior Bentley Mancini (Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley) tallied a team-best 11 kills.

Drake and Indiana State traded kills for the majority of game one. With the score tied at 27, Sycamore middle blocker Stacy Qualizza totaled back-to-back kills to give Indiana State a 29-27 first-set victory. Qualizza hit a match-high .483 and totaled 17 kills on the night. Mancini tallied seven of her 11 kills in the opening set.

Reidy and Mancini combined for seven kills in Drake's 25-20 win in game two. Junior Sarah Madden (Van Meter, Iowa/Adel-DeSoto-Minburn) notched two service aces in game two. Eight of Drake's 25 second-set points were scored with Madden serving.

The Bulldogs return to the Knapp Center to host Missouri State next Friday, Nov. 4.