Box Score COLUMBIA, Mo. - Competing at the Tiger Invitational at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo. the University of Nevada (1-1) volleyball team lost 3-0 to Missouri (2-0) on Saturday morning. The Tigers won by scores of 25-15, 25-14 and 25-18 to improve to 2-0 while the Wolf Pack drops to 1-1 on the season.
In the first set the Tigers jumped to a 12-2 lead and never looked back on the way to the 25-15 victory. Missouri hit .290 in the first set compared to .147 for the Pack.
Once again Missouri took control of set two early taking a 5-1 advantage and never trailed in winning 25-14 to take a 2-0 set lead. The Tigers improved their hitting percentage to .433 while Nevada hit .188.
Missouri controlled set three scoring 10 of the first 15 points of the set on the way to a 25-18 set win and 3-0 match victory. The Tigers hit .531 and Nevada .300 in the final set.
Senior Kylie Harrington led the Pack with 13 kills while junior setter Tatiana Santiago dished out 28 assists. Libero Nicole Link had 19 digs in the match.
Lisa Henning tied Harrington for match-high honors with 13 kills while Paola Ampudia added 12. Setter Molly Kreklow posted a double-double with 35 assists and 11 digs. Caitlyn Vann totaled 15 digs in the match.
Nevada hit .208 while the Tigers hit an impressive .419. Missouri totaled six blocks with Catie Wilson posting a match-high six. Erin Garvey and Lindsay Baldwin had two blocks each for the Pack as they totaled three in the match.
The Wolf Pack will complete the opening weekend of play at the Tiger Invitational with a match with Maryland later today.
