OWENSBORO, Ky. – The Harding volleyball team pushed its winning streak to five matches Saturday after picking up two wins on the final day of the Kentucky Wesleyan Invitational. The Lady Bisons defeated St. Anselm 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-21) and Shorter 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-19)

Harding improves to 7-1 on the season.

St. Anselm falls to 7-1 overall and Shorter falls to 2-5.

ST ANSELM MATCH

FIRST SET

Trailing 16-13 in the first set, St. Anselm went on a 6-1 run on five kills to lead 19-17. Harding answered back and closed the set on an 8-2 run on five kills to win 25-21. The Lady Bisons had 13 kills and hit .250 in the set.

SECOND SET

With the second set tied at 14, Harding went on a 3-0 run to lead 17-14. St. Anselm battled back to pull within one 19-18 but Harding went on a 6-2 run to win the set 25-20. Harding had 16 kills in the set and hit .324. St. Anselm was forced to hitting .062 in the set.

THIRD SET

Harding jumped out to an 8-4 lead in third set until St. Anselm battled back to take a 12-10 lead. Trailing 18-14, Harding went on a 7-1 run on four kills to lead 21-19. Leading 22-19, Harding scored the next three points to win the set 25-21. The Lady Bisons had 14 kills and held St. Anselm to hitting .057 in the set.

STATS

Harding

-          Harding had 43 kills and hit .234 in the match.

-          Logan Smith led Harding with 12 kills. Jacey Lambert had a career-high 11 kills and hit .364 in the match.

-          Sarah Morehead captured a double-double with 35 kills and 10 digs.

-          Emma Winiger also had 10 digs for Harding.

-          The Lady Bisons had a season-high 11 team blocks in match. Kelli McKinnon led Harding with a season-high six blocks. Sarah Morehead and Libby Hinton each had three blocks.

St. Anselm

-          St. Anselm had 34 kills and hit .128 in the match.

-          Lauren Casey led the team with 14 kills.

-          Caroline Belmontez led the defense with 12 digs.

SHORTER MATCH

FIRST SET

Trailing 13-10, Harding went on a 6-0 run on three kills to lead 16-13. Shorter then battled back to tied the set at 21. Harding had set point 24-22 but Shorter had back-to-back kills to tie the set at 24. The Lady Bisons had a kill by Kelli McKinnon and a block to win the set 26-24. Harding had 16 kills in the set and Shorter had 15.

SECOND SET

Harding took a 14-9 lead in the second set until Shorter battled back to pull within one 17-16. The Lady Bisons closed the set on an 8-2 run on three kills to win the set 25-18. The Lady Bisons held Shorter to hitting .056 in the set.

THIRD SET

With the third set tied at six, Harding went on a 9-3 run on five kills to lead 15-9. Shorter again battled back to pull within two 15-13 but the Lady Bisons fended off the comeback to win the set 25-19. Harding had 10 kills and forced Shorter to hitting -.030 in the set.

STATS

Harding

-          Harding had 35 kills and hit .214 in the match.

-          Harding was led by Logan Smith who had eight kills.

-          Sarah Morehead captured another double-double with 25 assists and 11 digs.

-          Harding had seven service aces in the match with Libby Hinton, Grecia Soriano and Emma Winiger each having two.

Shorter

-          Shorter had 33 kills and hit .088 in the match.

-          Carrington Terrell led Shorter with 10 kills.

-          Annie Smith led the defense with eight digs.

UP NEXT

Harding will be back in action Tuesday when it opens Great American Conference play against Henderson State in Searcy. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m.