Miami Takes Down EMU in Four Sets

Thursday, October 15

Ypsilanti, Mich.

6 p.m.

Miami University

13-5,5-2MAC

Eastern Michigan

8-11,2-5MAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Miami (OH)	17	25	29	26	3
Eastern Mich.	25	23	27	24	1

10/15/2026 9:13:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

YPSILANTI, Mich. — The Miami University volleyball team (13-5, 5-2 MAC) took down Eastern Michigan (8-11, 2-5 MAC) in a four-set match (17-25, 25-23, 29-27, 26-24) on Thursday evening to extend its win streak to five wins in a row.

Offensively, Lauren Coyne and Grace Kreutz led Miami with 13 kills each, and Molly Creech added a match-high five service aces. Kamryn Utley recorded 26 assists to lead all players, and Holland Van Deusen produced 24 assists for the RedHawks. Creech had 23 digs, while Coyne put down five blocks to lead the RedHawks defensively.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Miami kept it close at six apiece in the first set, thanks to a pair of kills from Coyne and Chelsea Williams. The Eagles pulled away to 12-8 before the RedHawks forced an EMU timeout after scoring three straight points. Two kills from Kreutz, as well as a block and two kills from Coyne, helped Miami stay in the fight, but the effort fell just short as the RedHawks fell 25-17 in the first set.
Eastern Michigan opened the second set with an 8-0 advantage. Miami used a 5-0 run behind a flurry of kills and a Creech service ace to trail 8-5. Behind 18-11, multiple attack errors, two kills and two more service aces from Creech evened the score at 18-18. The Red and White did not look back, as Miami went on to score the final three points of the set to secure a 25-23 victory.
The Eagles claimed a 7-3 lead at the beginning of the third set. The RedHawks fought to get back in the set at 8-7 when EMU responded by stretching its lead to 14-8. Creech served back-to-back service aces to give the RedHawks momentum, as they eventually tied the set at 18-18. A service ace from Utley and an attack error from the Eagles gave Miami its first lead of the third set at 22-21. After some back-and-forth action, a block from Coyne and Raegan Lantz and a kill from Williams handed Miami a 29-27 third-set win.
Eastern Michigan got off to another hot start in the fourth set when Miami answered with four kills in a row to jump ahead 7-6. Lantz added four kills of her own to keep the Red and White within striking distance at 14-12. A kill from Kreutz and two kills from Lydia Michelin knotted the score at 15-15. Down 23-20, the RedHawks outscored the Eagles 6-1 to take the fourth set 26-24.

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