Score: Kennesaw State 1, Stephen F. Austin 3 (23-25, 22-25, 25-15, 17-25)
Records: Kennesaw State (1-6), Stephen F. Austin (3-3)
Key Players: Katarina Morton (30 digs), Anaiah Boyer (20 kills, 12 digs and five blocks), Kristi Piedimonte (48 assists)
 
Box Score (PDF) | Box Score (XML)
 
THE STORYLINE: 
· Kennesaw State fought back against Stephen F. Austin after falling down 2-0, but couldn't overcome the deficit falling in four sets to the Ladyjacks. Katarina Morton had 30 digs for the third time in her career and Anaiah Boyer had her first double-double of the season with 20 kills and 12 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED: 
First Set: Stephen F. Austin took a four-point lead at 17-13 and the Owls responded behind Anaiah Boyer and Kelly Marcinek to take a lead at 22-21. The Ladyjacks then closed out the set on a 4-1 run to take a 1-0 lead. Morton continued her great defensive play as she had 11 digs in the opening set.
 
Second Set: Trailing in the match, the Owls got to 20 first with a four-point lead, but Stephen F. Austin stormed back with a 9-2 run to steal the set away from Kennesaw State and put the Owls in a hole trailing two sets to none.
 
Third Set: After falling down 2-0 in the match, Kennesaw State came out on fire in the third and wouldn't be denied. The team hit .464 in the set and won the set 25-15. With it close early, KSU used a 9-2 run to get a comfortable lead and closed the set out quickly.
 
Fourth Set: With the decisive fourth set, Stephen F. Austin used an 8-2 run to go up 18-12. The Owls tried to claw back into the match, but couldn't overcome the deficit.

SCHUNZEL QUOTE:
"Obviously a tough weekend for us. While we had good moments in all three matches, we have a long way to go to being where we want to be. Most of all, we need to make some big strides on the offensive side of the ball before we play again next weekend. We are not killing the ball nearly efficiently enough from enough different attackers. That starts with our passers and setter and then to our hitters to find ways to terminate the ball.

Our team has plenty of talent necessary to play at a consistently high level, but everyone at this level has talent and everyone has good athletes.Only elite teams have the mental toughness required to consistently play one point at a time, set after set, match after match. We can be an elite team, but are certainly not there yet and have to keep making improvements."
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
· Katarina Morton finished with 30 digs in the match against Stephen F. Austin. That is the third time in her career she has posted 30-plus digs. In the first set against the Ladyjacks, Morton had 11 digs alone.
· Anaiah Boyer posted her first double-double of the season with 20 kills and 12 digs. She also had five blocks. The 20 digs was a match high and is a season high for the Owls through seven matches.
· Kristi Piedimonte finished the match with 48 assists in the four sets. That's a season high for assists and in assists per set with 12.0.
 
 
UP NEXT
Kennesaw State will stay local next weekend taking part in the Georgia Challenge playing Georgia, Georgia Tech and Georgia State starting on Thursday, September 8.

To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State volleyball news follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlNation and @KSUOwlsVB or by liking Kennesaw State University on Facebook.
 
All tickets to all 2016 home volleyball contests are free throughout the year.