Denver Falls 3-0 to Fort Wayne

Box Score

DENVER – The University of Denver volleyball team fell 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 26-24) to conference opponent Fort Wayne on the road on Friday evening at the Gate Sports Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. The loss drops the Pioneers to 12-9 on the season, 6-2 in The Summit League and in a tie for second place with IUPUI.

“It was a tough road loss tonight against a very solid team in Fort Wayne, who has yet to lose at home this season,” said head coach Jesse Mahoney. “We attacked at a high rate in the side-out game but were unable to get a rhythm defensively until the third set. By then it was too late.”

Senior Colleen King (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) led the Pioneers with 15 kills and a .556 hitting percentage to go along with 12 assists, five digs and a block.

Freshman Moni Corrujedo (El Paso, Texas) finished with eight kills and two blocks, while sophomore transfer Sarah Schmid (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and senior Brea Muhle (Columbus, Neb.) both chipped in with six kills and two blocks each.

Sophomore setter Tori Moons (Visalia, Calif.) led the way with 22 assists, while freshman Nola Basey (Lyons, Colo.) finished with 13 digs.

Emily Spencer led Fort Wayne with 19 kills, while Sarah Heckman chipped in with 10. Setter Madison Spence finished with 41 assists on the night.

Denver remains on the road, traveling to Indianapolis, Ind., to take on IUPUI on Saturday at 3 p.m. MT.

“IUPUI will be a tough match tomorrow on a short turnaround and we will look to regroup and play better,” Mahoney said.

SUMMIT LEAGUE UPDATE

Denver sits at 12-9 on the season, 6-2 in league play. South Dakota leads the league with a 16-7 overall mark and a 7-1 record in league play. The Pioneers and IUPUI are tied for second, following the Coyotes.

The Pioneers’ 6-2 mark in league play is their best conference start since the 2008 season in which the Pioneers finished 14-4 in the Sun Belt Conference and 25-7 overall.

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS

The Jaguars sit alone in third place in The Summit League at 5-2. IUPUI is coming off a 2-1 week last week, which included a pair of road sweeps at South Dakota State and North Dakota State. Defensively, Beth Howard led the way averaging 5.45 dps. Howard's 5.45 dps average bettered her season average of 4.88 dps, which leads The Summit League.

Moriah Fair and Kaitlyn Hickey lead the IUPUI offense ranking fifth and sixth in kills, respectively, in league-only action at 3.96 kps and 3.38 kps.

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