The Tigers dropped their second second match of the day against the Miami University Redhawks by a score of 3-2.
Auburn came out strong in the first set winning 25-17 but seemed to let up and lose energy en route to losing 3 of the next 4 sets.
“I thought we came out and had really good energy,” said head coach Rick Nold. “I liked the mentality we played with. In games 2 and 4 we had big leads in both and took our foot off the gas a little bit and they were a good team and they stuck in there and made some plays to get back in the match. In the end we backed off on a few things and didn't stay aggressive.”
There were some positives from this match as four Tigers recorded double digit kills lead by Brenna McIlroy with 17. Behind McIlroy, freshman standout Gwyn Jones and senior Emily Klitzke each had 14 kills and Breanna Barksdale contributed another 11.
“We came out with an aggressive mentality,” McIlroy said. “We were making sure that we play our game which is bring the hammer, swing hard, be aggressive,”
Defensively Jesse Earl lead the team with 28 digs followed closely by Alexa Filley who had 24 digs herself. McIlroy also contributed 12 digs for the Tigers.
The Tigers came into this match confident after sweeping Memphis earlier in the day and have one more match on Saturday against Jacksonville University at 1:30 pm CST in the Auburn Arena.
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