FULTON, Miss. – Sarah Allyn Thornell recorded her 41st ace of the season to break the program's single-season record as the Indians picked up a 3-0 win over MUW's JV team on Sophomore Night.
Thornell currently holds the single-season records in aces (43) and assists (720). She holds the career mark in assists (1,044) and is 10 aces away from breaking the career record currently held by Mary Leslie Cranford with 401.
The Indians set the tone early with a 25-15 win in the opening set. Despite winning the second set, 25-20, the home crowd saw the Owls grab momentum in later stages of the second set.
MUW grabbed its first lead of the night at 5-4 and eventually forced timeout when they pulled ahead 9-5 in the third set. The Indians fought back to make it a two-point deficit throughout the match before pulling even at 21 each.
Tied 22-22 in the third set, the Indians got a kill from Thornell followed by a block from Vakeria Jett and the match-clinching kill from Kate Nakagawa to pick up the 3-0 win.
Thornell led the Indians with 11 kills and 12 digs. Lydia Hitchcock added a team-high 13 digs in the win.
ICC will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Senatobia to take on Northwest at 2 p.m. and Henderson State at 4 p.m. Matches will be available on nwccrangers.com/watch.
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