Box Score URBANA, Ohio – The UVa-Wise volleyball team was handed a 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-16) Mountain East Conference road loss Friday night at Urbana University. The Cavaliers (3-20, 2-6 MEC) witnessed the host Blue Knights (10-11, 3-4) swing at a mark of .304 and hit 43 total kills in the match, while UVa-Wise was only able to hold an attack percentage of .152 and connect on 31 kills.
 
Urbana made 16 kills in each the second and third sets as the Blue Knights attacked at a .361 clip in the second and .444 in the third, in addition to recording six service aces and 45 digs. The Cavs tallied five service aces, made three total team blocks and earned 38 digs.
 
UVa-Wise's best chance to win a set was in the first where the Cavs made 13 kills and held an early 7-3 lead. That lead would be short lived as the Blue Knights came storming back to take a 15-10 advantage after a string of six consecutive points. The Cavs then won four-straight points to make it a one-point set at 15-14 before another Urbana run made it 20-16. The two teams split the next 10 points, giving the Blue Knights the 25-21 opening-set win.
 
After a 6-6 tie in the second set, Urbana won five of the next six points to take an 11-7 lead on the Cavs. A five-point run gave the Blue Knights a commanding 19-10 run before UVa-Wise won six of the following eight points to get within five at 21-16. However, it would be as close as the Cavs would get in the set as Urbana won the last four points for the 25-16 second-set win. Things did not go the way of UVa-Wise in the third set either with the Blue Knights jumping out to an early 7-1 advantage. A run of seven points gave Urbana a daunting 10-point, 17-7 lead which it extended to 11 at 22-11. The Cavs won five of the next six points to get within seven at 23-16, but that would be it as the Blue Knights claimed the next two points to clinch the match with a 25-16 set victory.
 
Sophomore right side hitter Amanda Auxier (Midlothian, Va.) led the UVa-Wise offense with eight kills, while senior outside hitter Karley Allen (Lanexa, Va.) totaled seven kills and 10 digs. Senior outside hitter Erin Anderson (Richmond, Va.) made five kills of her own as senior libero Erin Lee (Fincastle, Va.) hit two service aces and got to a match-high 12 digs. Freshman setter Caitlynn Doss (Abingdon, Va.) assisted on 15 of the Cavs' 31 kills and senior middle blocker Santana Bishop (Gate City, Va.) earned a team-high two blocks. Freshman setter Morgan Milligan (Bridgewater, Va.) had a good showing for UVa-Wise with eight assists, seven digs and two aces.
 
The Blue Knights were led by Mikaela Beck who recorded 16 kills, three aces and eight digs. Emilee Skerbetz made a match-high three blocks for Urbana, while Katlynn Dunlap contributed six kills, nine digs and two assists. Alyssa Myers dished out a match-high 34 assists for the Blue Knights as Maia Dunlap registered a team-high 10 digs and Madison Davis added six kills.
 
The Cavs wrap up their six-match road trip Wednesday with a non-conference tilt at Virginia Union starting at 5 p.m. UVa-Wise then returns to Wise for a two-match homestand next weekend, hosting West Virginia Wesleyan Friday and Glenville State Saturday.
 
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