The UTM volleyball team came out with a 3-1 victory at home on Oct. 13 against Eastern Illinois.

The team hit .321 and had 13 blocks against EIU, who hit .136 with one block.

Led by Kathryn Sprague who hit .667 and had 12 kills, the Skyhawks had four players to hit .400 or better.

The Skyhawks took command to pull out a 30-22 win in the first game and followed that up with a 30-21 win in the second game.

The Skyhawks struggled in the third game, allowing EIU to avoid the sweep with a 30-27 win.

UTM took control of the final game by taking a dominating lead and never letting up, ending the night with a 30-16 win.

The win boosted the Skyhawks’ record to 15-6 overall and 4-3 in the OVC.

The Skyhawk volleyball team fell victim to the injury bug losing a road contest to Tennessee Tech 3-1. The loss drops their overall record to 16-8 and 5-5 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Tennessee Tech’s record improves to 7-16 overall and 4-5 in the OVC.

With key players Dimphy Sasse and Breanne Carey sidelined with injuries and Tammy Konitzer playing with a cast on her hand, the Skyhawks began the match wounded. The Golden Eagles were able to take advantage and win the match by scores of 30-21, 32-30, 27-30, 30-28.

UTM came out with aggressive play in the first game that gave them an early lead. Midway through the Golden Eagles were able to find their rhythm, hitting .306 percent and fight back to win 30-21.

In the second game the Golden Eagles relied on timely kills and capitalized on Skyhawk errors in a back and forth game. At a critical point of the match Anna Gautreau served back-to-back aces to tie the match at 28-28. Tech eventually took an advantage and came up with a key block to secure a victory 32-30.

In the third game UTM came out of the locker room refocused it showed as they were able to hit .378 as a team and cruise 30-27.

The Skyhawks seemed to be in control of game four, continuing the momentum they built up in game three until a controversial call that went against them late in the game. The call gave Tennessee Tech a match point situation they were able to take advantage of and win the final game 30-28.

The Skyhawks will look to their next match as they step out of conference play for a date with Lipscomb University, tonight at 7 p.m.

Staff writer Thomas Fulcher and UTM Sports Information contributed to this report.