Score: Kennesaw State 0, Louisville 3 (21-25, 14-25, 20-25)
Records: Kennesaw State (6-3), Louisville (6-4)
Key Players: Anaiah Boyer (10 kills and eight digs), Kristi Piedimonte (30 assists)
  
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THE STORYLINE: 
· Kennesaw State ended non-conference play with a quick turnaround after a physical match last night with a battle at Louisville on Sunday, September 17. The Owls fell to the Cardinals 3-0 in Cardinal Arena.
 
Anaiah Boyer led KSU with 10 kills and Kristi Piedimonte totaled 30 assists in the match.

HOW IT HAPPENED: 
The first set was hotly contested with 18 ties and nine lead changes. Kennesaw State was the first to 20, but Louisville used a 6-1 run on their home court to take the opening set. The Owls hit .444, but the Cardinals answered with six service aces to keep pace.
 
After taking the first set, Louisville carried that momentum into the second set and built a big lead early. The Owls couldn't recover from the early deficit and fell behind 2-0 in the match.
 
KSU came out with energy in the third set led by Boyer. After the Owls fell down 13-9, she sparked the Owls with two blocks in a row to tie the score back up at 14. To tie the score at 14, she chased a ball down while sitting on the scorers table before hustling back into play to get her second block in a row.
 
With a small edge at 20-19, Louisville went on a 4-0 run late to seal the third set and the match 25-20.
 
SCHUNZEL QUOTE
"We took two big steps forward this weekend. A lot of people are going to look at this and see two losses for Kennesaw State. All I see is a big-time volleyball team with heart, determination and resiliency unlike any team I've been associated with. We played two extremely high-level sets today in sets one and three. Louisville served the ball very well all day and at times broke our passing, particularly in set two.
 
The quick turnaround for us was going to make this match pretty difficult to win and certainly we had chances to win two of the sets. Today, Louisville played very well and out served and out passed us for much of the match, which dictated so much of the result.
 
Now, we will rest, recover and train well this week, and we can't wait to get going in ASUN play. We've never been remotely as ready to begin conference play as we are this fall.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
· The Owls finished non-conference play with a 6-3 record.
· Kennesaw State came out hot against Louisville hitting .444 in the first set. Out of the team's 14 kills, Boyer had five of them.
· Boyer finished with 10 kills in the match to lead the team. Liesl Engelbrecht and Sydni Shelton were right behind her with eight kills each.
 
UP NEXT
The Owls will begin ASUN play by hosting two-time defending champion Lipsomb Bisons in the KSU Convocation Center on Friday, September 22 at 7 p.m. The match will be broadcasted on ESPN3.

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