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Drake DU 9-18, 3-11 MVC
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Winner Illinois State ILS 14-11, 7-6 MVC
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9-18, 3-11 MVC
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Illinois State ILS
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Drake DU 13 24 29 (0)
Illinois State ILS 25 26 31 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Drake Athletic Communications

Illinois State Pushes Past Volleyball, 3-0

Bulldogs nearly extend the match by fighting off five match points.

NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State defeated the Drake University volleyball team, 3-0, in the Bulldogs' final road match of the season Saturday evening.

Emily Plock paced the Bulldogs again with an 11-kill, 13-dig double-double and Michele Rabbitt bounced back to record 13 kills in the loss on 43 attempts to hit .279.

Illinois State (15-11, 8-6 MVC) defeated the Bulldogs by set scores of 25-13, 26-24, 31-29. 

The Redbirds were led by 16 kills from Kaylee Martin and Sydney Holt. Stef Jankiewicz added 44 assists.

Drake (9-19, 3-12 MVC) showed its usual fight in the match, battling off five match points to close the match and force extra points. However, Drake had a 24-20 lead in the set before Illinois State fought off four set points behind Jankiewicz's serving and three Drake errors to tie the set at 24-24 before ISU rallied to close the set and match at 31-29.

Drake erased a four-point deficit late in the second set to again force extra points, but kills from Martin and Monica Miller gave the Redbirds the two-point cushion to take the set.

Those two thrilling sets came after Drake stumbled out of the gates in trailing 13-3 early in first set to never seriously contend in dropping the frame, 25-13. 

The Bulldogs return home for their next three matches, starting with a Friday, Nov. 15, match against UNI. First serve at the Knapp Center is set for 6 p.m.
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