CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois (7-8, 1-1 OVC) splits their series with SIUE (6-7, 1-1 OVC) at home in Lantz Arena. The Cougars defeated EIU by a score of 3-2 in five sets. The Panthers were led by outside hitter Giovana Larregui Lopez with 22 kills and 12 digs. The set scores were: 25-22, 13-25, 21-25, 25-21, 11 -15.
Even with the loss, the Panthers offense was cooking today with a hitting percentage of .263 and a total of 62 kills. Larregui Lopez posted her sixth double-double of the season to lead EIU in that category. She also added two service aces to her score. Lilli Amettis posted a career high 17 digs in the loss on a .333 hitting percentage which was second on the team.
Kaitlyn Flynn did not slow down as she also posted double digit kills in the five set loss to SIUE (12 kills). The Cougars offense was also hot tonight posted 72 kills o na .413 hitting percentage. They also posted 69 assists compared to EIU's 59.
Catalina Rochaix posted another 30 assists match with 33 on the night and was helped by Summerlyn Smith who posted 20 of her own. Smith also posted two service aces from the back line while Rochaix added one.
The second leading digs libero in the Ohio Valley Conference, Christina Martinez Mundo, had another 20 dig night with 22 to her credit. Mundo led a EIu defense that recorded 59 digs and 5.5 blocks. Ireland Hieb and Lilli Amettis recorded three and four block assists each to help the Panther D.
The Cougars posted five players with at least 10 kills in the match including 17 from Julia Treichel. Sydney Hummert also had 15 kills and 12 digs for her second consecutive double-double. Caroline Waite led all players with 39 assists while Nicole Kijowski had 27 digs. SIUE is nt 6-7 on the season with a 1-1 record in the OVC.
Eastern Illinois will be back in action on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at Southern Indiana at 6 p.m. This will be the first OVC meeting between the Screaming Eagles and the Panthers. Livestats and ESPN+ will be made available.
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