OMAHA, Neb. -- Wichita State dropped a pair of closely contested sets and could not recover from the deficit, falling to Omaha 22-25, 24-26, 25-18, 19-25 on Thursday night at Baxter Arena.
The opening set was largely controlled by Omaha (3-1), though the Shockers battled back from an early deficit to grab a 16-15 lead on a Brylee Kelly kill. Another Kelly kill later in the set evened the score at 21-all, but the Mavericks got three big kills from Shayla McCormick down the stretch to grab a 25-22 win. Kelly hit .417 in the set with six kills to pace the Shocker attack.