WALLICK’S CAREER DAY PROPELS UT MARTIN VOLLEYBALL TO FOUR-SET TRIUMPH AT TENNESSEE STATE

Saturday, October 26

Nashville, Tenn.

2 p.m.

UT Martin

9-16 (5-5OVC)

Tennessee State

9-14 (2-8OVC)

UT Martin

Tennessee State

WALLICK’S CAREER DAY PROPELS UT MARTIN VOLLEYBALL TO FOUR-SET TRIUMPH AT TENNESSEE STATE

10/26/2019 5:13:00 PM | Volleyball

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Redshirt sophomore Logan Wallick accumulated a career-high 24 kills today as the University of Tennessee at Martin's offense stayed hot in a 3-1 victory at Tennessee State (25-17, 25-15, 15-25, 25-22) in Ohio Valley Conference volleyball action.

Wallick easily eclipsed her previous career-high of 20 kills, set earlier this season against Little Rock. The outside hitter out of Waddell, Ariz. hit .391 on the day, only committing six attack errors while adding six digs and four blocks at the net.

Kenzie Hinshaw tied a career-high with 52 assists today, directing a Skyhawk offense that hit .353 as a team. She also registered eight digs and five kills. Gintare Mackeviciute (13 kills, .524 attack percentage) and Karen Scanlon (10 kills, .391 attack percentage) additionally reached double-digits in the kill column for UT Martin, who improved to 9-16 overall and 5-5 in OVC play.

Defensively, Lucy Kaufman scooped up a career-best with 19 digs at the libero spot while Justine Walker came away with a match-high seven blocks as the Skyhawks did not trail through the first two sets.

Wallick began the opening stanza with three kills in UT Martin's first four points. Scanlon tallied a pair of kills during a 7-1 Skyhawk run that made the score 16-8 in favor of UT Martin. Wallick and Scanlon each secured two more kills apiece down the stretch before Hinshaw was responsible for the set-clinching kill as the Skyhawks led by as many as nine points in the first set.

UT Martin scored three of the first four points in the second set while Mackeviciute accounted for two kills to up the Skyhawk lead to 8-5. Tennessee State tied the score at 8-all but UT Martin unreeled five straight points, highlighted by a Hinshaw service ace. Scanlon and Addison Conley also added service aces in the second set before Wallick closed out the Tigers with three kills in the Skyhawks' final six points.

Tennessee State grabbed its first lead of the match in the early stages of the third set, despite a pair of kills from Walker. Mackeviciute delivered three kills in a row for UT Martin at one point but the Skyhawks soon found themselves in a 14-8 deficit. Kills by Conley and Wallick willed UT Martin to within five points but the Tigers concluded the stanza with eight of the final 11 points.

The Skyhawks received five kills out of five different players (Wallick, Walker, Conley, Scanlon, Mackeviciute) to begin the fourth set. Tennessee State led by a 10-6 margin but UT Martin continued to chip away until breaking through to take a 17-16 advantage after the second straight block assist by Walker and Wallick. The score was knotted at 21-all but the Skyhawks recovered to end the match on a 4-1 run, which included two more Wallick kills as she put the finishing touches on the best match of her career.

UT Martin returns home for four straight matches at Skyhawk Fieldhouse – its final four home matches of the 2019 campaign. The Skyhawks begin the homestand on Tuesday, Oct. 29 when they battle OVC tri-leader Southeast Missouri at 6 p.m.