{"id":424745,"date":"2026-10-11T09:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424745\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:14:20","slug":"wku-volleyball-wins-seventh-straight-sweeping-jacksonville-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424745\/","title":{"rendered":"WKU Volleyball wins seventh straight, sweeping Jacksonville State"},"content":{"rendered":"

WKU Volleyball remains undefeated in Conference USA following a back-to-back sweep against Jacksonville State.<\/p>\n

The Hilltoppers came alive offensively, hitting .359 over the weekend. Junior outside hitter Alivia Skidmore and sophomore right side hitter Kaira Knox led the way with 16 and 15 kills, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sophomore setter Kate Rush continued to successfully run the offense, finishing the weekend with 61 assists, 10 kills and four service aces.<\/p>\n

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The defense from WKU showed up, holding Jacksonville State to a .035 hitting percentage. Senior middle hitter Izzy Van De Wiele was a force at the net, finishing the weekend with 11 blocks.<\/p>\n

WKU took set one 25-21. The Hilltoppers jumped out to a quick 12-7 lead before the Gamecocks went on a 4-0 run. Jacksonville State couldn\u2019t capitalize on their momentum, as the offense from WKU was too much, finishing the set with 17 kills. A kill from Skidmore put the set away.<\/p>\n

WKU took set two 25-11. The Hilltoppers could not be stopped in the second set, taking a 10-2 lead and did not look back. Firmly in control, WKU went on an 8-0 run to take a 24-9 lead. A kill from sophomore outside hitter Aubrey Sears put the set away.<\/p>\n

WKU took set three and the match 25-13. Jacksonville State was able to recover after set two, as both teams traded points back-and-forth 9-9. The Hilltoppers were able to find momentum, going on a 9-1 run to take an 18-10 lead late. The offensive firepower from WKU was too much for the Gamecocks as a kill from freshman middle blocker Eliza McKnight put the set and match away.<\/p>\n

WKU took set one 25-20. The Hilltoppers started right where they left off in game one, jumping out to an 11-1 lead. The Gamecocks did not back down, finding momentum and closing the lead to 19-15. However, the early lead from WKU was too much to overcome. A kill from Rush put the set away.<\/p>\n

WKU took set two 25-21. Neither team wanted to give in to start the second set, knotted up at 9-9. The Gamecocks could not solve the block from the Hilltoppers as back-to-back blocks led the way for a 5-0 WKU run. The Hilltopper defense continued to stop any momentum from Jacksonville State as an attack error from the Gamecocks put the set away.<\/p>\n

WKU took set three and the match 25-14. Jacksonville State showed fight, taking a quick 4-0 lead to start the set. Multiple 3-0 runs from WKU put them in complete control, taking a 16-10 lead. The offense from the Hilltoppers could not be stopped, finding holes in the Gamecocks\u2019 defense. A kill from redshirt senior outside hitter Kendall Meller put the set and match away.<\/p>\n

The Hilltoppers will return to Diddle Arena next weekend to take on Middle Tennessee State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WKU Volleyball remains undefeated in Conference USA following a back-to-back sweep against Jacksonville State. The Hilltoppers came alive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-424745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}