Bradley BRAD 10-11, 6-4 MVC

Illinois State ILS 13-9, 6-4 MVC

Bradley BRAD

10-11, 6-4 MVC

Final

Nov. 01, 2019

Illinois State ILS

13-9, 6-4 MVC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Bradley BRAD	25	25	18	17	15	(3)
Illinois State ILS	22	22	25	25	10	(2)

Box Score

Braves Take Over Third With Five-Set Win At Illinois St.

Box Score

Game Recap: Volleyball | 11/1/2019 8:46:00 PM

NORMAL, Ill. – Hannah Thompson celebrated her birthday in a big way with the sophomore collecting a season-high 19 kills to go with 23 digs as she helped power Bradley Volleyball to a 25-22, 25-22, 18-25, 17-25, 15-10 victory at I-74 rival Illinois State Friday.

The victory gave Bradley (11-11 overall, 7-4 MVC) sole possession of third place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings at 7-4. In addition, the Braves swept the regular-season series from the Redbirds (13-9 overall, 6-5 MVC) for the first time since 2001 with the team's first road win in the series dating back to the 2002 campaign.

Thompson was one of three Bradley players with double-doubles, collecting her 18^th of the year to join Bradley Hall of Fame members Jenny Pavlas and Sam Hardwick as the only players in program history to have two seasons with 18 or more double-doubles.

Fellow sophomore Rachel Pranger added 13 kills and 11 digs, while Carlee Camlin had 28 assists and 11 digs.

In the first set, Bradley jumped out to a 5-1 lead thanks in part to a pair of kills by Sara Maddox. The BU lead was 9-5 when Illinois State was forced to use its first timeout of the frame. Back-to-back blocks by Lida Kastanou and Raeann Bergman later highlighted a 3-0 BU spurt which gave the Braves a 20-16 edge. The Redbirds answered with three straight points, however, to pull within one again at 20-19.

Kastanou had a kill out of the timeout and the combo of Bergman and Maddox teamed for a block to push the advantage back to three (22-19). With the Braves holding a 23-22 edge, Thompson came up with a big kill to give BU set point and the third kill of the set from Maddox capped a 25-22 win for the Braves.

Bradley had a 7-0 run early in the second set to take a lead and had a 15-8 advantage midway through the stanza. Illinois State chipped away at the BU advantage and trimmed what was once a 21-14 lead for the Braves to one (22-21) with a 7-1 run. Freshman Karagan Coggin ended a 5-0 ISU spurt with a kill to push the lead back to two (23-21). Illinois State answered with a kill of its own, only to have Kastanou give Bradley set point at 24-22 with a kill. Thompson, who had six kills and eight digs in the second, gave the Braves a 25-22 win with her eighth kill of the night. Bradley hit .372 in the second set victory.

Illinois State managed to use a late push in the third set to avoid the sweep. Bradley led 17-16 following a Kastanou kill, but the Redbirds answered with six consecutive points to go in front 22-17. Pranger stopped the run with a kill only to have the Redbirds rattle off three more points to take the set 25-18.

Bradley found itself in an early hole in the fourth after Illinois State used a 7-1 run to take an 8-2 lead. The Braves cut the deficit to two (8-6) thanks to kills by Maddox and Coggin, an Angeli ace and block by Coggin and Kastanou. Another 4-0 ISU spurt quickly pushed the Redbird lead to 12-6 and the Braves got no closer than five points down the stretch as ISU took the set 25-17 to force a deciding fifth set.

Thompson helped key a 5-0 Bradley run in the fifth with a kill and block. Angeli capped the spurt with her fourth ace of the night to give the Braves an 8-5 lead. Illinois State managed to cut the advantage to one at 9-8 before Pranger had a kill. With Bradley holding a 12-10 lead, Coggin buried an overpass to give the Braves a 13-10 edge and BU held match point following an ISU error. Thompson's third kill of the fifth was the final point of the night as Bradley took the fifth 15-10 to claim its first road win in the series since 2002.

Bradley closes out a four-match road swing Monday with a 6 p.m. match at Evansville.

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