Hicks Earns 1,000th Career Assist; RedHawks Fall in Four Sets

Friday, October 6

Oxford, Ohio

7 p.m.

Miami University

4-14,0-6MAC

Ball State

8-8,5-0MAC

Ball St.

Miami (OH)

Hicks Earns 1,000th Career Assist; RedHawks Fall in Four Sets

10/6/2023 10:43:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio — The Miami University volleyball team fell to the Ball State Cardinals Friday night in four sets (25-23, 23-25, 19-25, 11-25) at Millett Hall. Hayden Hicks earned her 1,000th career assist for the RedHawks (4-14, 0-6 MAC). The Cardinals stay unbeaten in the MAC with the victory (8-8, 5-0 MAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Trailing 8-2 early, key kills from Ellie Hanson and Caroline Cermack helped the RedHawks fight back in the opening set. After a timeout, Miami erased a 13-8 deficit to tie the game at 14-14, including a successful challenge by coach Carolyn Condit to give her team a third consecutive point. With a pair of kills and a block from Raegan Lantz, the RedHawks went ahead 18-16 and forced Ball State to call a timeout. Back-to-back kills from Maggie McCrary helped Miami close out the set 25-23.
The Red and White battled back-and-forth with the Cardinals throughout the second set. After a three-point run by the RedHawks, they were able to tie the game at 10-10. A Brooke Jackson kill off a BSU block attempt evened the score at 20 apiece. Ball State finally pulled out a 25-23 win in the set despite never leading by more than three points.
In a set featuring 11 ties, Gentry Warrick teamed up with Jackson for a big-time block to knot the score at 12-12. A Warrick kill and a Hanson ace pulled Miami even again at 14-14, and the RedHawks tied the match again at 17-all on a BSU attack error and two service points from Margo Lawson. Ball State pulled ahead and closed the set 25-19.
Hicks gave out three assists to start the fourth set 5-5 after Miami took an early two-point lead. Later, an emphatic kill from Lantz allowed Miami to close the gap within three points. Kills by McCrary and a kill by Chelsea Williams kept Miami in the match, but the Cardinals gained momentum and pulled away late. Ball State finished the set on a 12-1 run to end the match, 25-11.

NOTES:

Miami snapped Ball State's string of 17 consecutive sets won in MAC regular-season play by taking the first set.
Hicks led the RedHawks with 24 assists.
Cermack made her first start of the 2023 season.
Hanson tied her season high in kills with 19.
With 21 digs, Lawson posted her second-highest total of the year.

UP NEXT:
The Red and White travel to Kent State to take on the Golden Flashes Friday, October 13 at 6 p.m.