The volleyball team hits the road to Murray State to play their last road match of the regular season.

As the Panthers split the weekend matches, the Panthers move to 9-18 overall and 6-10 in conference play.

Earlier this season, the Panthers lost to Murray State 3-1, even though three players had double-digit kills.

Juniors Emily Franklin and Alison Berens recorded 14 kills and 12 kills, respectively, while they both added seven digs and four digs.

Sophomore Reynae Hutchinson came close to scoring double-digit kills with nine and five digs while freshman Katie Kirby had 10 kills and six digs.

Murray State now has a record of 7-19 overall and 7-8 in the Ohio Valley Conference record after coming off a win against Tennessee-Martin.

For the first time in almost a year, Murray State came back from a 0-2 deficit to earn a 3-2 (24-26, 19-25, 25-19, 25-22, 15-11) win.

Murray State was led by senior Teresa Krog, who earned her first career double-double with 15 kills and a career-best 13 digs. 

Adding to the offensive power, freshman Beth Mahurin added a career-best 20 kills while senior Kayleah Sauer nailed a staggering season-high 33 digs.

The Panthers are coming off a weekend that resulted in a win over Morehead State and a loss to rival Eastern Kentucky.

The Panthers showed a spark on both offense and defense to dethrone the 18-6 Morehead State, giving them their first conference loss.

Berens hit seven blocks and seven kills while the dynamic duo of Franklin and Hutchinson scored 10 kills a piece and seven and six digs, respectively.

Senior Brittany Wallace recorded 15 digs as the Panther offense and defense in the first weekend match was stunning.

That momentum did not last very long, however, as the next night Eastern Kentucky beat the Panthers 3-2.

The Panthers had everything going right with four players nailing double-digits kills including Franklin with a career-high 24 and Hutchinson with her 14th career double-double with 18 kills and 12 digs, but they could not pull out the victory to complete the weekend sweep.

The Panthers will have one final road match Tuesday, traveling to Murray State for a 7 p.m. OVC contest.