Fifth-year senior
Hannah Zuege had six kills Tuesday in a 3-set loss to No. 15 IU Kokomo to move into second place on the SMWC all-time leaderboard with 1,120 for her three-year SMWC career.
The all-time leader is McKenzi Kumpf with 1,331 over four seasons from 2015 to 2018. Zuege holds the single-season kills record with 446 set in 2021.
The Cougars, who have won 20 straight matches to improve to 25-3 overall and 15-0 in the River States Conference, won 25-13, 25-16, 25-22.
The Pomeroys, who took the opening set in a 3-1 loss at home to the Cougars earlier this season, struggled in the opening set this time around, posting a .000 attack percentage. SMWC had just three errors in the second set to post a .216 hitting percentage, but it wasn't enough against IUK.
SMWC fell behind 11-3 in the third before rallying to get within 13-11. SMWC got within 20-19 and 23-22 before the Cougars closed out the match.
Sophomore middle hitter
Raymiah Allen led the team with seven kills followed by Zuege (6) and
Masa Pesic (4).
Alondra Garcia Alicea led the defense with 13 digs to go with one of three service aces for the Pomeroys.
Jocelyn Chavez added 12 digs.
Morgan Krause had two solo blocks and four block assists.