BIRMINGHAM, AL – The Kentucky State University volleyball team wasn't ready to yield their crown without a fight. (Post Game Presser) (Facebook Live Replay)

The Thorobreds came out blazing and accomplished a feat no other Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) team has this season, but it wasn't enough as Kentucky State lost to Spring Hill in four sets (23-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-12) in the 2018 SIAC Volleyball Championships finals Wednesday at the Birmingham Crossplex.

In winning the first set, KSU became the only conference school to do so against Spring Hill this season.

For the play over the last three days, senior Arlandria Greathouse (Crowley, TX), sophomore Robin Poole (Katy, TX) and freshman Alliyah Williams (Sugar Land, TX) were named to the 2018 SIAC All-Tournament team.

The loss ends a string of three straight SIAC volleyball championships. Kentucky State wraps up the season with a record of 23-22. Three seniors – Greathouse, Cierra Couch (Indianapolis, IN) and Brooke Moore (Bloomfield, MI) – concluded their careers.

Kentucky State had a stretch in which they tallied six of seven points, leading to a pair of SHC timeouts, in taking control of the first set. Three different players contributed to the game-changing offensive spurt.

Spring Hill scored seven of the first nine points of the second set and evened the match. The Badgers claimed control of the third set with a 14-2 run in the middle of the set. A pair of runs, 7-0 and 8-0, enabled SHC to claim the fourth set, and the championship.

Greathouse concluded her stellar two-year career with a team-high 13 kills on 31 attempts, a team-high eight blocks and five digs. Freshman Mariah Peachey (Liverpool, OH) finished with 10 kills and Poole added nine kills.

Sophomores Gabriella Gracia (Trullia Alto, Puerto Rico) and Amanda Moore (Caddo Mills, TX) combined for 43 of the team's 46 assists with 22 and 21, respectively.

Three players registered double-digit digs, led by Williams' 20. Poole finished with 17 and sophomore Aisha Cruz added 13 for the Thorobreds.