Box Score Portsmouth, OH – Cumberlands pushed the win streak to eight as they took down the Bears 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17). This moves their record to 12-3 and marks the longest win streak in the Coach Kathryn Hart era.

Allyson Grava led the Pats offense today with a double-double, tallying a new career-high of 23 kills and 19 digs, while Anna Blumeier added 11 kills and Shelby Lackey added 10 kills. Savanah Schwarz led the passing attack with 35 assists and Juliet Banks led the team with 21 digs. Danielle Jackson and Lackey came away with three blocks a piece.

UC got off to a hot start in the early stages of set one, jumping out to a 5-1 lead. But, Shawnee State never went away as they kept it close the whole set. Late in the set with the Pats leading 15-14, Grava notched a kill. A few plays later, Kira Ervin came away with a block and Kendall Arnold followed with a kill to force a Bears timeout at 19-16. After the timeout, Ervin came away with a kill and a play later Jackson notched a kill of her own. Shawnee would score two straight points to get the score to 21-20. From there, Grava would notch a kill and three Bears errors would let UC take the first set 25-21.

Shawnee rallied to take set two despite a late comeback effort. Set three had a lot of back-and-forth action, with UC making a push late to take the set. With the score 14-14, Grava notched back-to-back kills. One play later Lackey and Blumeier notched a kill each to take a 18-15 lead and forcing SSU to take a timeout. Following the timeout, the Bears were able to tie the set at 21-21 and then take a 23-21 lead. UC was able to respond with kills from Grava and Ervin to tie the set at 23-23. Then a block from Grava gave UC set point and a setting error by the Bears gave the set to UC 25-23.

The fourth set opened with back-and-forth runs causing a close set through the opening stages of the set. Picking up on the action at 15-15, a Blumeier kill gave UC the 16-15 lead. After two SSU errors, the Bears would call a timeout. Following that timeout, UC would go on a 7-2 run to take the set. On that run, Blumeier notched three kills, while Ervin got an ace. Then a block by Schwarz and Jackson gave UC set and match point, and a Lackey kill gave the Pats the win.

Cumberlands will head back north on Tuesday, September 13^th to take on conference foe Georgetown at 6:30 pm.

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