CLARKSVILLE, TENN. – Lena Kindermann set a season-high of 24 kills in Jacksonville State's four-set road victory over Austin Peay (17-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-20) on Sunday. By taking down the Governors in the Volunteer State, JSU finishes the regular season with five consecutive wins and claims the three-seed setting into this week's ASUN Conference Tournament. 
 
Sunday's match at Winfield Dunn Center did not start out on the best note for the Gamecocks. JSU started a bit slow, allowing a vengeful Austin Peay squad to take the first set 25-17. The home team tallied 16 kills in the first set and hit a whopping .400.
 
After that rough start, Jax State appeared to settle in in the second. A 5-1 start gave Garvey's squad plenty of momentum, and they led for most of the frame by five or more points. A spread-out offensive attack down the stretch kept the Governor defense off balance as JSU garnered a 25-20 set victory. 
 
Jacksonville State came out of the intermission firing on all cylinders. A smothering defense attack forced Austin Peay into eight attack errors. Meanwhile, a 7-2 scoring run midway through the set and a 5-0 run to close it out highlighted a dominant interval in which the JSU offense hit .313 and downed the Governors 25-13. 
 
Though the home team fought until the very end, the Gamecocks were simply too much for them in the fourth set. 13 team kills followed for JSU and a mistake-filled day for Austin Peay became that much worse with six more attack errors. Two Kindermann kills, a Kylee Quigley ace, and an attack error ended the match on a 4-0 run as JSU pulled away for a 25-20 set win.
 
Kindermann's 24 kills and one block played big parts in Sunday's four-setter. The left-handed outside hitter hit .500in Clarksville, Tenn., capping off one of her most dominant outings of the year. 
 
Graduate transfer Sophie Riemersma added 15 kills on a .355 clip and Claire Ochs finished with 39 aces, seven digs, one kill, and one ace. Katie Montgomery ended up with nine kills, a .350 hitting percentage, three blocks, and two aces. Courtney Glotzbach and Zoe Gonzales tallied three blocks each and Quigley posted two aces in the victory.
 
With the win at Austin Peay, JSU clinched the three-seed for this week's ASUN Conference Tournament. The tourney, which will be hosted by Lipscomb in Nashville, Tenn., will run Thursday through Saturday. 
 
The Gamecocks will match up with the sixth-seeded Kennesaw State Owls on Thursday afternoon at Allen Arena. First-serve is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
Fans unable to attend the ASUN Conference Tournament can stream all the action on ESPN+. Links to watch or follow along with live stats will be provided at JSUGamecockSports.com. Additionally, score updates will be posted on JSU Volleyball's Twitter account (@JSUGamecockVB).
 
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