WICHITA, KAN. - Buoyed by a .324 attack mark, Wichita State snapped Drake's seven-match winning streak on Friday (Oct. 30) earning a 3-0 (25-9, 25-21, 25-12) victory over the Bulldogs in Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball action.

The loss dropped Drake to 18-8 overall, including 7-5 in league play, while the Shockers improved their ledger to 17-4 and 8-3 in the MVC.

"We came in and got intimidated by Wichita State and it showed in the way we played and attacked the ball," Bulldog head coach Phil McDaniel commented.  "The confidence we had displayed for the past couple of weeks we didn't have it tonight."

Wichita State was dominating in the initial stanza as the Shockers parlayed a .481 hitting percentage into a 25-9 victory.  Drake registered only six kills in the frame, while committing five errors.

The Bulldogs rebounded to attack ball at a respectable .125 clip in the second game, while holding Wichita State to a .182 attack mark, but came up short in a 25-21 decision.

In the deciding frame, Drake registered more errors and kills and fell, 25-12.

The Bulldogs finished the contest attacking the ball at a .060 clip and were led by six kills from junior Angela Bys (Marion, Iowa/Marion).  The Shockers garnered 13 and 11 kills, respectively, from Emily Stockman and Kate Niggemeyer.

Junior Alana Wittenburg (Readlyn, Iowa/Wapsie Valley) paced the Bulldogs with nine digs, while senior Chelsea Lauersdorf (Watertown, Wis./Watertown) just missed a double-double with an 18-assist, eight-dig effort.

Wichita State bettered Drake in kills (44-25), assists (43-24), service aces (6-0), digs (64-41) and blocks (6.0-4.0).

"Our defense has been the driving force in our recent success and we didn't play smart enough at the net tonight," McDaniel stated.  "Blocking-wise, we lost our defensive assignments at times and we made too many errors and we can't give Wichita State too many opportunities if we expect to net results."

The Bulldogs will look to start a new winning streak on Saturday (Oct. 31) as Drake faces a road test at Missouri State.  First serve is slated for 7:00 p.m.