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Kaylee Taff’s big night paces Austin Peay Govs to OVC Tourney opening winAPSU Sports Information
![]() Austin Peay senior Kaylee Taff has 11 kills and 4 blocks in three set sweep of Tennessee State Thursday night at the OVC Tournament. (APSU Sports Information) Austin Peay (26-4) advances to the tournament’s semifinal round where it will face No. 4 seed Jacksonville State in a 5:00pm, Friday contest. The Gamecocks dispatched No. 5 seed SIU Edwardsville in three sets earlier Thursday. Tennessee State (9-19) enjoyed the match’s early momentum, running off four straight points to build a 6-3 lead in the opening set. However, the Governors responded with 13 or the next 15 points to take control at 16-8 and eased to a 25-15 win. Taff set the tone for the match with a kill on each of her five attempts in the set.
Austin Peay then scored six of the next eight points to edge out to a 14-10 lead before scoring five straight later in the frame as it again eased to the win. Austin Peay did not give Tennessee State an opportunity to take a lead in the third, scoring seven of the first nine points and never looking back. A later 6-0 run would end any doubt as to the outcome as the Govs won wire-to-wire.
Brooke Moore added 10 kills in an errorless night on attack, posting a .370 attack percentage. Austin Peay needed just 40 kills in the win thanks to seven service aces and nine blocks. Julia Pierson led Tennessee State with 15 kills and a .316 attack percentage. However, she was the bulk of the TSU offense which mustered just 32 kills and a .080 team attack percentage in the loss.
APSU Governors, NotablyHome Win Streak Straight Chalk In addition, it is the first time all four of the opening day matches were won with sweeps. Previously Against the Gamecocks About APSU Sports Information
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