SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word volleyball team dropped a five-set decision to Central Arkansas on Thursday night at the McDermott Center.
 
NOTABLES

• Julia Monday registered a team-best 16 kills for the Cardinals. She chipped in a .355 attack percentage as well.
• Bethany Clapp tallied 12 kills, while Mckayla Landreth led the team with a .412 attack percentage and had nine kills.
• Presley Blaylock recorded 44 assists, and Alyssa Carlin had 16 digs.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 (25-22) | UIW took an early, 6-0 advantage and never looked back, leading throughout the set. Central Arkansas pulled within one at 23-22, but Clapp came in clutch with a kill to give UIW a 24-22 lead. An attack error on UCA clinched the 25-22 set win for UIW.
 
SET 2 (25-21) | The Cardinals again took an early lead, but Central Arkansas refused to go quietly, drawing even six times. Finally, with the set tied at 17-17, UIW took advantage of a UCA error to grab its final lead of the game, which they rode to a 25-21 set win.
 
SETS 3 AND 4 (21-25 AND 13-25) | The Sugar Bears took an early lead and maintained it for the majority of the third set. The Cardinals knotted the score at 12-12, but UCA pushed its advantage out again, eventually securing a 25-21 win. UCA carried that momentum into the fourth set, jumping ahead quickly and never trailing on its way to a 25-13 set win to force a fifth set.
 
SET 5 (13-15) | The fifth set was back-and-forth and saw six ties and two lead changes. Ultimately, with the score even at 12-12, the Sugar Bears pulled ahead and secured the 3-2 match victory.
 
RECORDS UPDATE

• UIW: 4-13, 0-3
• UCA: 7-9, 1-2

 
UP NEXT
The Cardinals host Northwestern State on Saturday at 12 p.m. (CT) at the McDermott Center.
 
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