Volleyball Sweeps SIU, 3-0

On the night Drake senior Kylee Macke set the all-time digs record, the Drake University volleyball team swept Southern Illinois 3-0.

Macke set the all-time digs record with her fifth dig in the second set. It was Macke's 2,424th dig of her career, eclipsing the record previously held by Alana Wittenburg who competed for Drake from 2007-10. Macke finished with 12 digs in the match bringing her all-time Drake record to 2,432 and counting.

Drake (10-12, 5-9 MVC) and SIU (5-23, 0-15 MVC) traded back and forth scoring through the first half of the opening set, with the Bulldogs holding a 15-12 advantage at the first commercial break. Haley Bush led Drake with six kills and five digs in set one…