Box Score BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – The UVa-Wise women's volleyball team was handed a tough 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-20) road loss Wednesday evening by a very strong Bluefield State team. The defeat ended the Cavaliers (12-10, 7-1 MEC) two-match win streak and is the second consecutive non-conference loss for UVa-Wise.
 
The Cavs were not able to claim more than 20 points in any set and were held to just 14 points in the first set. With the win the Lady Blues (16-4, Independent) won their 12th match in a row and improved to 9-2 against NCAA Division II opponents.
 
UVa-Wise was held to a .103 attack percentage for the match and were only able to record 23 total kills. On the contrary, Bluefield State hit .361 for the three sets and made 41 total kills. The Cavs had 23 assists in the match, 28 digs and four total team blocks, while the Lady Blues tallied 35 assists, 26 digs and six total team blocks.
 
In the opening set Bluefield State hit an astounding .526 and held the Cavs to a .037 attack percentage as the Lady Blues cruised to a 25-14 set win over UVa-Wise.
 
The Second set wasn't any better for the Cavs as Bluefield State tacked on 14 kills, holding UVa-Wise to just four kills and an attack percentage of .045 for the set. The Cavs were defeated 25-16 in the second set.
 
The Cavs battled in the third set and claimed 10 kills, but their effort wasn't enough as the Lady Blues claimed the 25-20 set win to clinch the match in three sets. Bluefield State hit .462 in the final set with 14 more kills as UVa-Wise hit better at .185 for the set.
 
Junior outside hitter Karley Allen led the Cavs with eight kills and 10 digs. The Lanexa, Virginia (New Kent H.S.), native is now only four digs away from moving into fourth-place on UVa-Wise's all-time career digs list. She is 22 digs away from becoming the first Cav to reach the 1,000 career mark in both digs and kills.
 
Freshman outside hitter Ciara Kain made six kills off of hitting .286, while junior libero Erin Lee registered seven digs and freshman setter Chandler Rouse dished out 23 assists.
 
Tyann Thomas led the Lady Blues with a match-high 13 kills followed by Brittney Deveaux with nine of her own. Bluefield State's Jessie Rehwald made eight digs as Alee Quint had a match-high 31 assists.
 
Tonight's match was the Cavs second setback against Bluefield State this season. In a neutral site match as part of the Davis & Elkins tournament back on Sept. 12 UVa-Wise was ousted in five sets despite being up two sets to none on the Lady Blues.
 
The Cavs will remain on the road for a pair of Mountain East Conference matches this weekend. UVa-Wise will take on West Virginia Wesleyan Friday at 7 p.m. in Buckhannon, West Virginia, before going to Glenville State Saturday for a 1 p.m. first serve.
 
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