IU Southeast volleyball team defeated the St. Louis College of Pharmacy on Oct. 25 in the Activities Building.
The Grenadiers won 25-15, 25-15 and 25-21.
The win was the fifth in a row for IU Southeast and it moved their record to 19-9 overall and 6-0 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Lesley Drury-Prather, head coach of the Grenadiers, said the team did not have a lot of enthusiasm, but they did what it took to win the game.
She said she thought the team could have done better.
“We had no fire today,” Drury-Prather said.
Even though Drury-Prather said the team was unenthusiastic, they had a strength that helped them win.
She said the team passed the ball well.
Vanessa Stauble, senior middle blocker, led the Grenadiers with 16 kills. She also had one service ace.
Lindsey Rumph, sophomore libero and defensive specialist, chipped in with 10 kills and a service ace. Stacey Flatt, senior setter, had 33 of IU Southeast’s 40 assists.
Randy Tyler, head coach of St. Louis College of Pharmacy, said his team played well but had a lot of areas that could have been improved.
“We were a little shaky,” Tyler said.
Ashley McKinley, St. Louis College of Pharmacy outside hitter, was recently injured. Tyler said her absence has affected the team.
“We were playing around with some lineups that we really aren’t used to,” Tyler said. “It started a little rough, but by the end we started finding our groove.”
Tyler said the team did not have a chance to practice before the game.
“We had girls stand up and play positions that they haven’t been asked to play all year,” Tyler said.
The team has been trying to work around the recent injury.
“We’ve been working on serving stuff lately,” Tyler said. “We’ve been trying to serve specific people and hopefully pick teams and better options. I think we served pretty well today.”
Tyler said he found some weaknesses that the team needs to work on.
“We struggled a little on the serve receive in the beginning, which takes our middles out of our offense and they score a lot of points for us,” he said.
By KATHERINE PITTELKO
Staff Writer
kpittelk@ius.edu