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\n \u00a0Austin Peay
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<\/p>\n Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013<\/p>\n EKU remained unbeaten in the United Athletic Conference with a 3-0 victory at Texas-Arlington on Saturday. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nEastern Kentucky (14-2, 4-0 UAC) won by scores of 25-18, 25-22 and 25-18.
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\nEKU had a 14-6 advantage in blocks and held the Mavericks (7-9, 0-3 UAC) to a .115 attack percentage.
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\nThe Colonels scored the first two points of the match and five of the first six.\u00a0 Audrey Hudson’s<\/a> kill made it 10-5.\u00a0 Four unanswered stretched the margin to nine, 15-6, after an ace from Emilee Hill<\/a> and a UTA attack error.\u00a0 EKU led by nine, 19-10, after a kill from Hill.\u00a0 A service error from the Mavericks gave the visitors the set 25-18.
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\nEastern was down 13-12 in the second set before scoring three straight leading to the media timeout.\u00a0 A block from Hill and Caitlyn Flees<\/a>, followed by an attack error, pushed the Colonels ahead 15-13.\u00a0 A block from Alexis Bull<\/a> and Hudson extended it to 19-15.\u00a0 UTA closed to within one, 23-22, on an attack error.\u00a0 However, kills from Hill and Bull ended the threat.
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\nEKU jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third set.\u00a0 An ace from Hill and a block by Emma Closurdo<\/a> capped the fast start.\u00a0 A kill from Closurdo and an ace off the serve of Hudson pushed it to a 9-point lead, 10-1.\u00a0 Texas-Arlington closed to within two, 13-11, on a kill from Emilee Sikora and an attack error.\u00a0 The Mavericks never got any closer.\u00a0 A run of four straight allowed the Colonels to open up a 6-point margin, going in front 20-14 on a block by Closurdo and Bull.\u00a0 EKU finished off the set, 25-18, on a kill from Hill.
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\nClosurdo had a match best 15 kills with a .344 attack percentage and seven blocks.\u00a0 Bull had four kills and nine blocks.\u00a0 Addison Burke<\/a> contributed 10 kills and nine digs.
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\nSikora led UTA with 13 kills.
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\nEKU will host a pair of matches at home next week, starting Thursday when Austin Peay comes to Richmond for a 6 p.m. start.<\/p>\n