September 6, 2014
Mountaineer Volleyball shocks #24 Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Appalachian State University volleyball defeated no. 24 ranked Louisville on Saturday morning, 3-1, featuring sets with scores of 25-19, 19-25, 25-21 and 25-21.
The Mountaineers (7-0) continue to be undefeated after shocking the Cardinals (3-2) by winning the match in four sets and taking the title in Louisville's Active Ankle Challenge.
Appalachian started the match with energy, immediately taking a 11-5 lead over the Cardinals. Louisville quickly regained composure though, scoring seven of the next ten points to come within two of the Mountaineers. The rest of the set would be a close one, but App State's hitters took control, finding kills from Lauren Gray, Emily Corrigan, Sloan Evans and Jess Keller to close out the first set, 25-19.
Louisville took the lead in the second set, making the score 6-3 and forcing the Mountaineers to take them seriously as they found several kills. After an Appalachian timeout while trailing 10-6, the Mountaineers scored three-straight points and eventually tied the score at 14.
The Cardinals continued to pull ahead by one or two points, but the Mountaineers did not go away, still only trailing by one point with the score 19-18. From there Louisville dominated, scoring six of the last seven points of the set to take the second, 25-19 and tie the match 1-1.
The Mountaineers came out for revenge in the third, scoring the first five points to lead 5-0. As App State began to pull away, Louisville found kills to come within just two points and make the score 10-8.
The Apps found kills from Corrigan, Gray and Hailey Kerr, while forcing multiple Louisville errors to lead 20-12, but Louisville was not done yet. The Cardinals went on a 5-2 run to make the score 22-17 and then scored four-straight points to trail 24-21. The Mountaineers were able to pull it out, finally scoring off a kill from Corrigan to take the third set, 25-21.
The Cardinals started the fourth set strong, going on a 6-1 run at the beginning of the set to lead 8-3. An Appalachian timeout turned the Apps around as the scored seven of the next eight points to lead, 10-9.
From there the score was tied nine different times. With the score 18-18, the Mountaineers began to pull ahead, finding a kill from Keller. App led 22-20, but Louisville once again pulled within one point to give the Mountaineers a scare. The Mountaineers reacted with control, recording another kill from Keller, a huge service ace from Olivia Loeffler and a kill from Corrigan to win the fourth 25-21 and take the match, 3-1.
Corrigan and Gray once again had impressive offensive performances for the Apps. Corrigan recorded 20 kills on the match, while Gray tallied a new career-high of 18, while also only making three errors for a .517 hitting percentage.
Keller was also big for the Mountaineers, notching 13 kills in the win. Paige Brown helped the Mountaineers by assisting a match-high of 54 kills. Meghan Mahoney and Loeffler led the team defensively with 13 and 10 digs, respectively.
Loeffler also tallied three service aces, while Keller and Kerr each notched four blocks.
Louisville was led by Maya McClendon's 21 kills and Roxanne McVey's 14 digs.
The Mountaineers posted a .303 hitting percentage, while holding the Cardinals to a .215 percentage. The Cardinals got the edge in team blocks, recording eight, as the Mountaineers had five.
Corrigan was named the tournament MVP for the second time this season. Brown and Gray were also named to the All-Tournament team.
The Mountaineers return to the High Country for a match against Presbyterian on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m.
Begic Becomes Career Kills Leader as UALR Wins TCU Nike Invitational Title
FORT WORTH, Texas – Senior Edina Begic came into Saturday needing 16 kills to become the all-time career kills leader at UALR, and by the end of the day, she was on top. With her fifth kill in Saturday night’s match against TCU, Begic broke the record with her 1,711th career kill. She wasn’t done there as she added 9 more kills to improve her record total to 1,720. Begic’s tournament efforts earned her the Most Valuable Player award of the TCU Nike Invitational. She also took home All-Tournament Team honors. To go along with her record-breaking performance, Begic contributed nine digs and three blocks. She also extended her streak of at least 10 kills in a match to six.
The other big story of the night came as UALR swept host TCU (26-24, 27-25, 25-15) to win the TCU Nike Invitational title in front of 1,100 fans. This was UALR’s third-ever win against an active Big 12 school. UALR also extended its winning streak to five matches.
The first set against TCU was a tight contest throughout, as both teams traded the lead several times. UALR squeaked by, winning in extra points. UALR was down by five midway through the set but came back to tie and eventually steal the set.
The second set was even tighter. UALR had a seven point lead until TCU came storming back to tie. Both teams were neck and neck until UALR took the set, again in extra points.
The third set saw UALR pull away. The Horned Frogs had the Trojans lead down to five, but it wasn’t enough as UALR countered with a flurry of kills to seal the match and win the tournament.
Juniors Carolee Dillard and Sonja Milanovic also took home All-Tournament Team honors. Both were fantastic on defense as Dillard contributed six blocks, and Milanovic hauled in 16 digs, in addition to nine kills and three blocks.
Sophomore Megan Mathis turned in 33 assists, which extends her streak of at least 30 assists in a match to five.
Junior Edina Selimovic added nine kills, six aces, four digs, and two blocks, while senior Capri Rino hauled in 14 digs.
UALR volleyball started Saturday afternoon by sweeping Grambling in a quick three-set match (25-10, 25-7, 25-8). The Trojans’ win meant they would be going into Saturday night’s contest against TCU with the TCU Nike Invitational title on the line.
UALR swept Grambling in just 56 minutes to improve its record to 4-2 on the year. The win also gave the Trojans a four-game winning streak, in which they would extend it to five games later in the evening.
In the first set, the Trojans got off to a fast start by scoring six straight points before the Tigers finally answered.
In the second set, UALR started the set off with a 10-1 lead and kept pulling away to eventually win the set in dominant fashion.
In the final set, UALR proved too much for Grambling. With a 10-6 lead, the Trojans rallied to provide 9 straight points before the Tigers replied back.
Coming off Friday afternoon’s triple-double performance against Prairie View, Begic led the way by racking up 11 kills and three blocks. At 1,706 kills, her performance left her only five shy of becoming UALR’s all-time career kills leader. It was also her fifth straight game with at least 10 kills.
Mathis tallied 31 assists, three digs and a block. This was her fourth consecutive game with at least 30 assists.
Selimovic provided six kills, four aces, four digs, and a block.
On defense, Dillard managed to rack up four blocks to go along with her eight kills. Rino and sophomore Kelsey Leech each provided five digs.
The Trojans return to action on Thursday and Friday (Sept. 11-12) as they travel to Norman, Okla., to take on Oklahoma, Cal State Northridge, and Lamar in the Oklahoma Nike Invitational.
Mavs claim pair of victories
LAKE CHARLES, La. – UT Arlington ran through its competition on the final day of The Big Daddy’s Invitational as they swept both Jackson State (25-14, 25-12, 25-20) and Louisiana Tech (25-20, 25-20, 25-18). With the four wins, the Mavericks recorded their first sweep of an away tournament since 2007 when they claimed three victories at the Marquette Kick-off Tournament.
“It’s a good confidence builder to be able to come down here and win four matches,” UT Arlington coach Diane Seymour said. “There are areas that we could have played better in, but our girls did a great job of weathering the storm.”
The pair of wins today pushes UTA’s record to 7-1 on the season.
UTA will return to action on Tuesday, September 9th when they play host to Baylor at College Park Center with the match set to begin at 6 p.m.
UT Arlington opened up the second day of The Big Daddy’s Invitational with a clean sweep over Jackson State 25-14, 25-12, 25-20.
After UTA led 8-6 in the first set, the Mavericks pulled away thanks to a 11-3 run that was capped off when Briana Sharratt and Taylor Gross teamed up for the block. Sharratt ended the set with two block assists as the Mavs ended the opening set on top 25-14.
Hannah Baptiste paced the Mavs in the first set as she recorded five kills and a hitting percentage of .500 while Cassidy Wheeler also chipped in with five assists in the set. Wheeler ended the match with 25 assists.
Stacey Koch heated up in the second set as she recorded four kills and a hitting percentage of .800. Koch ended the match with a team-high eight kills, a hitting percentage of .615 and was a part of four blocks for UTA.
The Mavericks stormed out to an early lead in the second set as they scored seven straight points which included two kills by Qiana Canete. After the Lady Tigers closed the gap and made it a it a five-point set, UTA responded with a 13-5 run to claim the second set 25-12.
Koch’s solid play carried over into the third and final set as she recorded kills in three of her six attacks and also was a part of two blocks for UTA.
UTA used a 12-4 run in the third set to take control of the match 24-15. The final point of the match came from a Canete kill off of a Wheeler set. Canete ended the match with seven kills and four digs.
The final match of the day was more of the same for UT Arlington as they took down Louisiana Tech in three sets 25-20, 25-20, 25-18.
The Mavs got out to a slow start in the first set as they trailed 7-3 after a UTA attack error. However, UT Arlington bounced back by using a 13-4 run which was capped off with a kill by Ashley Bennett off of an Amanda Welsh set. After Louisiana Tech came within one-point of UTA at 20-19, the Mavs ended the set with a Koch kill which capped off a 5-1 run.
Canete led UTA through the first set as she recorded four kills and five digs. Welsh and Wheeler also helped the Mavs on offense as the duo recorded six and five assists respectively.
The Mavericks ended the second set with an 8-3 run which gave them the set 25-20.
Gross stepped up her game in the second set as she recorded four kills on five attacks with a hitting percentage of .800. Gross finished the day with eight kills and three block assists in the match.
With both teams tied at 11 points in the third set, UTA scored five straight points to take control at 16-11. The Mavericks ended the match when a block by Bennett and Canete sealed the third set at 25-18.
Canete and Sharratt came to play in the final set as they recorded five and four kills respectively. Canete ended the match with a team-high ten kills and 11 digs while Sharratt came away with five kills and three block assists.
Cajuns Stay Undefeated In Claiming Tournament Title
LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns kept their season-opening win streak alive with two more wins over Nicholls and Northwestern State on Saturday, the final day of the Sawyer Camillo Classic to claim its second straight tournament crown of the year.
Andrea Hole was named the tournament MVP, while Chanelle Gardner and Stacey Reilly were also named to the all-tournament team.
The 7-0 start for the Ragin’ Cajuns is the third-longest streak to open a campaign in program history, trailing only a 13-match start by the 1990 team and an eight-match win streak by the 1986 squad.
Louisiana will try to keep their streak going next week when they travel to the University of Houston for three matches versus Sam Houston State, Oral Roberts and Houston at the Flo Hyman Classic beginning Friday.
UL Lafayette 3, Nicholls 0
Stacey Reilly had 13 kills and 15 digs, hitting .303 as the Ragin’ Cajuns swept by Nicholls, 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-23) in its first match of Saturday.
The Cajuns hit .265 for the match, and held the Colonels (3-2) to just .112 swinging, with Kaci Eaton’s 17 kills accounting for more than half of Nicholls’ 34 kills as a team.
Sara Mossakowski joined Reilly with a double-double, going for 10 kills and 12 digs. Meanwhile, Hole earned her fifth double-double in the first six matches of the season with 30 assists and 10 digs to go with two blocks and three kills from her setter spot.
Louisiana found itself tied at 9-9 in the first set before going on an 11-2 run that included three kills from Reilly. The Cajuns committed just two errors in the set, while forcing eight Colonel miscues, while three service errors contributed to the final five Louisiana points of the set.
The Cajuns steadily spaced out the lead in the second frame, leading by as much as six points at the 18-13 mark on a kill from Mossakowski. Louisiana put together its best offensive set of the match in the second frame, scoring 15 kills with just three missed swings to hit .414.
In the third, Louisiana found itself down for the first time in the match, 15-12 midway through the set before going on a 9-1 run behind the serves of Caitlyn Auxilien and freshman Keely Hayes to put the Cajuns up 21-16. Gardner and Mossakowski added kills just points after the run, before consecutive kills from Mossakowski and Reilly finished off the Colonels for the fifth time in their last six meetings.
UL Lafayette 3, Northwestern State 1
The Ragin’ Cajuns had five players with at least 10 digs, and Chanelle Gardner pumped in a season-high 14 kills, helping Louisiana pick up its first come-from-behind win of the season, 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-15) over Northwestern State in the tournament finale.
Gardner needed just 25 swings to notch her 14 scores, hitting .400 for the match. Abby Filce was not far behind with 11 kills and three blocks, while Andrea Hole had 46 assists, 11 digs and five kills.
In all, the Cajuns finished with 15 more kills than the Demons, and held Northwestern State to just .138 hitting for the night. The Cajuns were edged in blocks, 10-4, but picked up nine service aces and finished with 17 more digs.
Sara Mossakowski had nine kills and 15 digs, and Stacey Reilly had 16 digs to go with her seven kills. Kaylee Nemeth just missed double figures with nine kills, while Auxilien had 15 digs and Keely Hayes 10 of her own.
Louisiana found itself down a set for the first time this season when the Demons, who upset No. 15 Missouri last week, took the opening frame behind .306 hitting. Northwestern State took the lead on a Cajun service error that opened up a 7-0 Demon run, breaking a 16-16 tie.
But after that, it was all Cajuns. Louisiana held the Demons to just .082 hitting in the final three sets, including .031 in Set 2 and .000 in Set 4. Meanwhile, the Cajuns were at .253 in the final two sets after using a late 6-1 run to overcome a tough hitting set in the second frame.
Trio leads Jags to straight set win over Ball State
LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Jaguar trio of Mechell Daniel, Jessica Lewis and Mallory Moore helped lead the University of South Alabama volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-20) win over Ball State Saturday morning at the UniWyo Cowgirl Classic held at the UniWyo Sports Complex.
"That was a very good win for our program," South Alabama head coach Amy Hendrichovsky said. "Ball State is traditionally a very strong program and last year they were one of the top 70 teams in the country. From start to finish, I really thought our girls controlled the match. Coming into today's match, I felt that it would come down to the team that wanted it more and had the mindset to take it."
Lewis and Daniel led South Alabama with 10 kills apiece, while Moore finished just outside double figures with nine kills and a .519 hitting percentage. After recording a career-high 65 assists the previous night, Emily Hundt posted 32 assists versus the Cardinals.
"Emily Hundt really stepped up for us this weekend," Hendrichovsky added. "She really controlled our side of the net and allowed our hitter to be good."
For their play this weekend, both Lewis and Daniel were selected to the all-tournament team. Lewis led the Jaguars with 46 kills (4.18 kps), while Daniel had 41 (3.73 kps) in their three matches.
The Jaguars (2-4) will now head to Starkville, Miss., to compete in the Maroon Classic hosted by Mississippi State, Sept. 11-13. USA will open up play versus the host Bulldogs on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Hayley Benson – who was also selected to the all-tournament squad – led Ball State (3-3) with 17 kills in the match and posted a .519 hitting percentage.
SET ONE: SOUTH ALABAMA 25, BALL STATE 15
In the opening set, South Alabama came out and grabbed the lead from the start, rattling off the first four points of the match. BSU began the match with an attack error and after an ace from Hundt, Daniel and Moore followed with a kill each.
Holding a three-point lead (15-12) later in the set, the Jaguars put the set away as they reeled off a 7-1 run to extend their lead out to 22-13. Savannah Stewart began the scoring with one of her three kills in the set and Daniel capped off the run with one of her four kills in the frame to give USA the nine-point advantage.
From there, South Alabama went onto to take the 25-15 first-set victory. The Jags were extremely efficient in the first set posting 14 kills on 28 attacks and committing just two attack errors for a .429 hitting percentage.
The USA defense also caused the Cardinals to struggle as BSU hit -.038 (8-9-26) in the opening frame.
SET TWO: SOUTH ALABAMA 25, BALL STATE 19
Tied 3-3 early in the second set, South Alabama pushed across eight of the next 10 points to take the lead for good in the set. Lewis began the scoring for USA with back-to-back kills. Nikki Gittens also had a pair of kills during the run and gave the Jags an 11-5 lead with an ace.
Ball State answered back with four unanswered points of its own to trim the deficit to 11-9 on a kill from Benson – one of her seven in the frame – but that was as close as the Jaguars would let the Cardinals get the rest of the way.
USA later extended its lead and took a 2-0 lead in the match after Moore's fifth kill of the set gave the Jags a 25-19 victory.
SET THREE: SOUTH ALABAMA 25, BALL STATE 20
The Jaguars looked as if they were going to put the match away early, jumping out to a quick 6-1 lead that was capped off by an ace from Baker.
Ball State continued to battle and with USA leading 14-11, the Cardinals ran off a 6-0 run to take their first lead of the match at 16-14. After a pair of Jag attack errors, Sabrina Mangapora tied the set up at 14-14 with her second kill of the frame. Nikki Box later gave BSU the two-point lead with an ace.
South Alabama rallied back and tied up the contest on a couple of occasions and with the set all square at 20-20, the Jags closed strong, capturing the final five points of the match. Hundt began the scoring when the Jag setter dumped in a kill. The Cardinals then committed three consecutive attack errors and Daniel clinched the 25-20 win with her fourth kill of the frame.
NOTES: The meeting between the Jags and Ball State on Saturday was the first-ever between the two programs and just the second versus a current Mid-American Conference member. USA is now 1-1 versus the MAC. For their play this weekend, both Jessica Lewis and Michelle Daniel were selected to the all-tournament team. Lewis led the Jaguars with 46 kills (4.18 kps), while Daniel had 41 (3.73 kps) in their three matches. Daniel also had 20 digs for South Alabama.
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Bobcats Split Final Day of Delta Zeta Classic
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State split the final day of the Delta Zeta Classic, sweeping Abilene Christian (25-21, 26-24, 25-18) but falling to North Texas in three (25-23, 26-24, 26-24). The Bobcats come out of the weekend at .500 with a 4-4 record.
Against ACU, Texas State was dominant. Kelsey Weynand followed her 17-kill performance against UTSA with 15 more kills on a .379 hitting percentage against ACU to lead all players. Brooke Smith struck nine kills with a .500 percentage in offensive support while Jordan Moore gave out 35 assists.
Smith added a team-high five blocks to help Texas State outblock the Wildcats, 8-7. Libero Sierra Smith led the team with 13 digs while Shelby Vas Matt, Alexandra Simms and Weynand all tallied 10 digs each.
Both Weynand and Sierra Smith made the Delta Zeta Classic All-Tournament Team. Weynand showed why with 10 kills in the final match of the day against North Texas. Smith added 18 digs.
Lauren Kirch led the team against UNT with 14 kills, but Brooke Smith had another efficient match, hitting .500 with just one error for 10 kills. Vas Matt added 14 digs while Weynand notched a solo block with two assisted.
Ali Gonzales has been a sparkplug for the Bobcats in the early part of the season and was able to do it again at times against North Texas. She led Texas Statein assists with 26 and added six digs. Sophomore transfer Brenna Lyles also saw her first action in a Bobcat uniform.
The Bobcats will look to move above .500 with a match against Prairie View A&M at 6:30 p.m. in Strahan Coliseum Tuesday night. After that, Texas State heads to Lubbock to face Texas Tech, Incarnate Word and Gardner-Webb in the Texas Tech Invitational.
ULM Drops Decision to Boise State
CONWAY, Ark. -- The ULM Volleyball team concludes its stay at the Sugar Bears Classic after Boise State topped the Warhawks, 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-16) Saturday afternoon at the Prince Center in Conway, Ark.
“Overall, I feel we played better today,” head coach Patrick Hiltz said. “We were a little more focused on ourselves and the areas we know we need to be proficient. We got exactly what we needed out of this weekend. Now we need to get to work in practice and address the areas that were exposed as weaknesses.”
ULM falls to 2-5 on the young season with two of its scheduled three tournaments already under its belt.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Shearer displayed her efficiency, posting five kills on only eight attempts for a .500 swing percentage. Setter Bayleigh Hoffman tallied 20 assists, six digs, two aces and two kills as she continues to illustrate promising play in her freshman campaign.
Newcomers Kalena Caruthers and Taylor Zaeske chipped in with five kills apiece, while Hope Pawlik’s streak of three-straight double-digit kill performances came to a halt after adding another five kills to the cause.
Although the Warhawks registered the same amount of kills (11) as the Broncs in the first set, ULM wasn’t as efficient as their counterpart allowing Boise State to put the stanza away 25-14 due to a .400 offensive hitting percentage.
Despite being down, ULM showed resiliency all the way through the last set, forcing 11 tie scores and one lead change for the match.
For the first time this season, the Warhawks will play a midweek match when its travels to Nacogdoches, Texas for a 6:30 p.m. clash against Stephen F. Austin (2-4) on Wednesday.
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Zachary selected All-Tourney, Panthers Lose 3-2
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Georgia State’s volleyball team played its second five-set match in as many days on Saturday. This time, it was the Panthers (2-5) on the losing end, falling to Jacksonville (3-4) 18-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-23, and 12-15. Saturday’s match marked the end of the Jax Marriott Classic in which GSU went 1-2.
Junior Eliza Zachary claimed all-tournament honors after posting 39 kills on .391 hitting along with eight blocks in the three-match classic. Her 21 kills on Saturday matched her career-high.
“Eliza elevated her game to the next level this weekend and is quickly emerging as a go-to player for our team,” head coach Sally Polhamus said.
· Junior Kitan Ajanaku hit .364 on Saturday, amounting 11 kills as well as three blocks.
· Junior Natalia Nieto, celebrating a birthday, recorded 41 assists to lead Georgia State.
· Sophomore Molly Shonk’s 20 digs was most on the Panther squad. Nieto and sophomore Kristina Stinson each had 12 digs as well.
Georgia State hits the road again this weekend to compete in Appalachian State’s Black and Gold Challenge. The Panthers will face the hosts on Friday before taking on Maryland and Radford on Saturday.
Georgia Southern Drops Two at Omni Classic
BOULDER, Colo. – Kym Coley posted 23 kills for the day, but the Georgia Southern volleyball team dropped a pair of matches at the Omni Classic, falling 3-0 to host Colorado and 3-1 to Portland State Saturday in the Coors Events Center.
“We struggled all weekend and are trying to find our identity,” said Georgia Southern coach Dustin Wood. “We need to go back to practice working on the basic things and continue to improve each and every day to get better as a program, which I’m sure we will do. We will take what we saw these last two weekends and learn from it and continue to move forward into Sun Belt play.”
Portland State 3, Georgia Southern 1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-14, 25-19)
Coley notched 15 kills, one shy of her career high, and Jamie DeRatt finished with nine kills and seven digs for the Eagles (0-6). Leah Joseph collected a career-high nine blocks and five kills, and Kat Minnerly tallied 30 assists and nine digs.
Cheyne Corrado tallied 13 kills and nine digs, and Roni LaPierre posted 11 kills and eight digs for the Vikings (1-5).
Georgia Southern had 11 team blocks and forced Portland State into 25 hitting errors but had 26 hitting errors of its own and only hit .093 in the match.
The Eagles led 10-8 in the first set, but Portland State used an 11-2 spurt to take control. Georgia Southern battled back from a five-point deficit in the second set, tied the score 20-20 and pushed ahead 23-20 with the help of a kill by Megan Chevalier. A DeRatt kill made it set point and after Corrado got a kill for the Vikings, DeRatt ended the set with a kill.
Portland State bounced back by jumping out to a 7-1 advantage and led by as many as 10 points to take the third set. In the fourth set, the Vikings used a 6-1 run to push a one-point margin into a six point lead, and the Eagles were never able to work the margin under three points.
Colorado 3, Georgia Southern 0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-15)
Coley hit .375 and logged eight kills, but the Eagles were held to an .011 hitting percentage as a team. DeRatt recorded nine kills and Cathrine Murray posted six.
Taylor Simpson posted 12 kills and four blocks to lead Colorado (4-1), while Joslyn Hayes notched seven kills and Neira Ortiz Ruiz had six. The Buffs tallied eight team blocks and forced 29 Eagle hitting errors.
The Eagles led 9-8 in the first set, but Colorado used a 6-1 run to open a 14-10 cushion. Georgia Southern drew within three points at 19-16 on a DeRatt kill and 21-18 on a Colorado service error but could get no closer. A 5-1 run in the second set pushed a two-point Colorado lead to a 16-10 advantage, and the Buffs scored seven straight points early in the third set to take control.
The Eagles finish off the majority of their grueling non-conference schedule at the Carolina Classic next weekend. Georgia Southern will face VCU Friday and No. 20 North Carolina (AVCA Poll) and No. 16 Kentucky Saturday in Carmichael Arena.