ASHLAND, Ohio - The Huskies opened up their Ohio road trip by dropping a 3-0 decision in Ashland this Friday (October 2). Tech fought hard against the host Eagles out of the gates, as they had to overcome four-point deficits twice in the opening set. Unfortunately, two Tech errors in the closing minutes of the game gave Ashland the 26-24 decision in game one.

In the second set, the Black and Gold kept it close in the early going until the hosts responded with a 12-7 run to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead in the match.

At the start of the third set, the Eagles came out swinging, and jumped out to an early 6-0 lead. The Huskies fought to within five, but attack errors on the part of the Huskies and service aces on the part of the Eagles would spell doom for Tech.

The Huskies were paced by sophomore Kristine Sexton, who tallied nine kills and three block assists on the evening. Senior Veronica Armstrong chipped in eight kills to go along with her 11 digs. Senior Kaari Nevanen led all players with 16 digs in the match.

Regrettably, Tech's evening was littered with errors - 27 in all. Coupled with an attack percentage of .103, that was enough to ruin Tech's first evening in Ohio.

The Eagles were paced by the dominating play of freshman Brittany Snider. Her 23 kills were not only a match high, but only nine off of Tech's kill total of 32. Snider also tallied 13 digs in the match - good enough for her third straight double-double.

Ashland came out on top in nearly every statistical category, save digs, in which Tech held a 62-55 advantage.

Tech fell to 6-10 overall and 4-4 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while the Eagles improved to 8-8 and 4-4 in the GLIAC.

The Huskies will look to get back on track as they travel to Tiffin to face the Dragons tomorrow (Saturday, October 3rd). The match is slated to begin at 2 p.m.