The No. 18 Master's University women's volleyball team won the first set but fell 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 17-25, 24-26) to Indiana Wesleyan on Monday in Marion, Ind., ending the Lady Mustangs' nine-match winning streak.
TMU drops to 13-6 overall with the non-conference loss and remains 9-1 in GSAC play.
The Mustangs had more kills (55-49) and digs (76-67), and the two teams hit almost the same, .189 for TMU and .190 for the Wildcats. The difference came at the service line and the net. Indiana Wesleyan had more aces (8-3) and blocks (8-2), and TMU had eight reception errors to the Wildcats' three.
Krista Brady led TMU with 16 kills on .278 hitting and added 12 digs, an ace and a block assist for a team-high 17.5 points. Kinsley Kollmann had a double-double with 14 kills and a match-high 19 digs, and Isabella Amet had one too with 12 kills and 15 digs.
TMU controlled the first set. After the teams were tied 4-4, the Mustangs took the lead on a Kollmann kill and never gave it back. Chloe Grever served five straight points, including an ace, to stretch a 7-5 lead to 12-5 and force a Wildcats timeout. Later, Sierra Hale served three straight points to make it 20-11. Indiana Wesleyan answered with four in a row, but Krista Brady had back-to-back kills and Kollmann ended the set with a kill. Kollmann had six kills in the set, and TMU hit .286 while holding the Wildcats to .095.
The second set had 14 ties. The Mustangs opened with a 3-0 run that included a Hale ace and a Krista Brady–Grever block. Indiana Wesleyan answered with blocks and two Shae Williams kills to lead 6-4. Neither team led by more than two points from there. McKenna Brady had a solo block to tie it 19-19, but the Wildcats then scored three straight, including an Aubree Deshetsky ace. Kollmann kept TMU alive with two kills late in the set, and a Marin Sanchez kill ended it 25-21.
Indiana Wesleyan's serving decided the third set. With the set tied 3-3, Williams served back-to-back aces. Blair Gardiner later added two straight aces to make it 15-6. The Wildcats hit .343 in the set. TMU scored three straight points to get within 21-16, but Indiana Wesleyan closed out the set 25-17.
The Mustangs trailed 3-0 to start the fourth set and came back to tie it 5-5 on a McKenna Brady kill and a Wildcats attack error. TMU stayed close and forced extra points, but Indiana Wesleyan won the set 26-24 to take the match.
Kate Wagner had 47 assists and 11 digs for a double-double. Hale added 15 digs, three assists and an ace. McKenna Brady had six kills on .313 hitting and a solo block. Grever had five kills, an ace and a block assist, and Macy Gebhards had two kills on three swings.
Williams led Indiana Wesleyan with 19 kills on .359 hitting and four block assists. Deshetsky had 14 kills and 18 digs. Gardiner had 36 assists and four aces, and Alivia Morgan had four blocks.
The Lady Mustangs finish their Indiana trip on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Indiana University Kokomo at 3 p.m. TMU returns to GSAC play on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Hope International in Fullerton.
