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Wolverines Sweep Eastern Michigan to Improve to 4-0
9/4/2024 9:37:00 PM | Volleyball
» Michigan defeated Eastern Michigan in three sets at Crisler Center.
» Allison Jacobs led U-M in kills with 12, while Jacque Boney went errorless and added nine on 12 attacks.
» Morgan Burke led the way with 29 assists and added a kill and an ace.
» Ella Demetrician tallied seven kills in her first career start while Jenna Hanes made her debut appearance in the third set.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- With a strong .384 team hitting percentage, the University of Michigan volleyball team swept Eastern Michigan 25-14, 25-13, 25-20 on Wednesday evening (Sept. 4) inside Crisler Center to run it's record to 4-0.
Michigan was led offensively by Allison Jacobs, who hit .455 with 12 kills on 22 attacks. Jacque Boney added an errorless nine kills on 12 attacks. Morgan Burke tallied 29 assists in the match and added a kill and an ace. Valentina Vaulet continued her strong start from the service line, adding three more aces to go along with eight kills. In her first career start, Ella Demetrician racked up seven kills on 13 attacks.
Eastern Michigan (2-2) took the first point of the match, but it was all U-M after the Eagles tied it at three. A 4-0 run led by a pair of aces from Vaulet gave U-M a 7-3 lead, while another strong run forced an EMU timeout at 12-6. The Eagles won three of the next four points, but Michigan then went on a 6-2 run led by two kills from Boney to force another EMU timeout. Boney tallied her sixth kill of the set out of the timeout to put U-M up 20-11. The Wolverines took five of the final eight points, including a kill from Demetrician, to seal the set win 25-14.
After a 2-2 score, Michigan ran away with the second set much like the first. A 7-2 Wolverines run led by Trixie McMillin from the service line put U-M up 9-4. After a block from Serena Nyambio and Burke, EMU took a timeout. A setter kill from Burke reopened the match out of the timeout and the teams traded points until the Wolverines reached the 20-point threshold on a Vaulet ace. Jacobs aced the Eagles to put Michigan up 23-11 before an ace from Maddi Cuchran gave the Wolverines the second-set win 25-13.
The third set was more of the same from Michigan. After the teams split the first four points, U-M took an 8-4 lead behind three kills from Jacobs that forced an EMU timeout. The Eagles were able to bring the score to 10-7, but a 4-0 run from the Wolverines put Michigan back comfortably ahead. Back-to-back kills from Jacobs increased the U-M lead to 18-10 and forced the final EMU timeout of the set. Eastern tried to stay in the match and brought the score to 24-20 but Vaulet finished off the match with a kill for a 25-20 set win to win the match.
Michigan will head on the road for the first time this season at the Mississippi State StarkVegas Classic, starting with host Mississippi State on Friday (Sep. 6) at 6 p.m.
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