MOREHEAD, Ky. – The University of Toledo women's volleyball team fell to Morehead State on Friday evening in three sets. The loss drops the Rockets' record to 8-3.
 
Sophomore Taylor Alt and junior Sina Uluave led Toledo with 11 kills apiece, while sophomore Rachel Pierce hit .429 while adding eight terminations. Freshman Elaine Redman saw the bulk of the time at setter, registering 21 assists and nine digs.
 
Toledo will face Marshall on Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m., its final non-conference match of the regular season.
 
Set 1 (Morehead State, 25-20)
Toledo led early, but was on the wrong end of a 6-0 scoring run from Morehead State that put the Eagles ahead 10-6. The Rockets trimmed the deficit to one, 11-10, but five straight points from Morehead put the Midnight Blue and Gold down by six, 16-10. Toledo was never able to grab the reins in the first set, falling to the Eagles 25-20. Alt did her part to keep her team in contention, tallying seven kills and hitting .700 in the first frame.
 
Set 2 (Morehead State, 25-16)
With the score tied at 5-5, Morehead State accounted for the next five points to make it 10-5 and didn't look back. The Eagles doubled up the Rockets again at 14-7 and led by as many as 12, 24-12. Toledo scored four straight to cut into the deficit a bit, but the Eagles' Abby Hulsman recorded the 25^th point for the second straight set to put her team ahead 2-0.
 
Set 3 (Morehead State, 25-23)
The third set followed a similar script, with both teams battling early before Morehead State pulled away. Rachel Pierce notched a kill followed by an ace to put the Rockets within one, 12-11, but the Eagles went off on a 7-1 run to take a commanding 19-13 lead. The Rockets made things interesting, pulling within a point at 24-23 after an ace by Alt, the MAC's leader in that category. The Eagles would notch a kill on the very next play though to end the match in three sets. Toledo hit .407 in the final set, but that figure was no match for Morehead State's staggering .571 attack percentage.