Volleyball defeats Queens in conference play 3-0.
Kennesaw State swept Queens University with a 3-0 victory on Tuesday in the Convocation Center.
Sophomore Manu Johnsen played the best game of her collegiate career with a phenomenal performance of 22 kills, which set the mark for the highest amount of kills ever played by an Owl in a three-set match. She broke the previous record of 21, which was set twice in 2010.
The Owls set the tone for their first winning match, as they were up 14-7 and ended the match with a score of 25-17.
They won the match with an accumulated 18 kills, 11 digs, 16 aces and one block solo. Towards the end of the match were back-to-back kills from Johnsen, who scored a total of six kills and freshman Redshirt Olivia Burrage, who scored five kills. The final match point ended with a powerful kill from Johnsen and a final play of an out-of-bounds service error from the Royals.
The Royals accumulated seven service and attack errors which hindered them from being able to make a comeback.
The second match was an ongoing winning streak for the Owls, as the match started off with a lead of 16-9 and ended in 25-14.
Statistics leaders in this match were Johnsen’s accumulated 18 points, fifth-year Defensive Specialist Shelby Dennis‘ impressive nine digs and senior Setter McKinley Ferguson‘s outstanding 29 assists. The match ended with a set point from freshman Middle Blocker Haley Patterson and the final match point for the Owls due to a service error from the Royals.
The final match became more intensified between the Owls and the Royals. The Owls were up 20-13 until the Royals made a huge comeback to the Owls with a score of 21-23.
The Owls made a total of 13 service and attack errors which helped advanced the Royals to score 8 more points. Contrarily, the Royals could not fight off the final set point from Johnsen’s kill and concluded the game with a service error, ending the match at 21-25.
It was a triumphant victory for the Owls with their leaderboard players of Johnsen’s record-breaking 22 kills, Middle Blocker Claire Parson‘s .562 hits, Dennis’ 18 digs and Ferguson’s 40 assists.
Volleyball Head Coach Keith Schunzel discusses how he felt about his team’s offense.
“I thought we handled the ball very well,” Schunzel said. “Our setter helped set the tone for our offense not running all over the place and because of this we were able to hit a high amount of kills and make less errors.”
