The APSU Lady Govs volleyball team began their four-match road trip with a sweep of Tennessee State Tigers 3-0 (26-24, 25-13, 25-22) Friday, Oct. 9, in Ohio Valley Conference action.

The Lady Govs improve to 13-5 overall and 7-1 in OVC action, while Tennessee State drops to 2-16 overall and 1-6 in the conference slate.

APSU trailed early in the first two sets, no more than one point jumping out to a six point lead before Tennessee State would rally back to tie the set 24-24.

Stephanie Champine would break the tie with one of her kills, and Paige Economos would serve an ace to finish the set.

The second set was all APSU, which was capped off on an 11-3 run to end it 25-13.

APSU and Tennessee State battled a tough third set. While APSU would not lead by any point more than three points, the match finished on a kill by Kristin Distler to win, 25-22.

Champine had match-high 14 kills on 42 attacks and a .214 attack percentage, while Distler chipped in 10 kills on 21 attempts and a .381 attack percentage. APSU finished with 46 kills as a team and committed only 11 errors for a .271 attack percentage.

The Lady Tigers did not have one player reach double digit kills and recorded only 35 kills with 18 errors and a .130 attack percentage.

APSU will take a seven-day break before going on the road to Murray State on Friday, Oct. 16, with a 7p.m. tip-off.

Then Saturday, Oct. 17, APSU will go on the road to play Tennessee Martin in conference action with a 2 p.m. tip-off.