Monday, October 24
Eagles Defeat Savannah State 3-1
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Katie Bange posted 10 kills, 17 assists, eight digs and four aces to lead Georgia Southern to a 3-1 (25-18, 25-9, 14-25, 25-13) volleyball victory over Savannah State in the Eagles' last non-conference contest of the season Monday night.
Megan Chevalier and Anna Wenger each recorded seven kills for Georgia Southern (12-12). Reilly Bosworth collected six kills and two blocks, and Alex Beecher finished with 19 digs.
Caitlyn Masoe tallied seven kills, 11 assists and six digs for Savannah State (1-23), and Justice Dilworth had seven kills.
The story
The Eagles hit .307 for the match while notching 48 digs to hold the Tigers to .089 hitting, including .000 in the second and fourth sets.
The Eagles hit .522 with 14 kills and just two errors to win the second set but were held to .077 in the third set as Savannah State trimmed the lead in the match to 2-1.
Georgia Southern won the first three points of the fourth set on Kendra Koetter's serve and jumped out to a 10-3 lead on an ace by Bange. The Tigers fought back and cut the margin to 13-10 on a Dilworth kill, but Georgia Southern closed the match with a 15-3 run.
Quotable from coach Dustin Wood
"I'm very happy with some of our individual performances tonight. We had the opportunity to see some possible lineup changes to help us down the stretch run in conference play."
"Our setters did a much better job tonight with their location and running our offense. It was good to see what Anna (Wenger) could do tonight getting more playing time coming off an injury a few weeks ago. We are seeing her getting more and more comfortable with the offense and system, which is helping her to produce."
"Katie (Bange) and Chev (Chevalier) got back in the groove tonight on the oppo. Joscelin (Morrow) did a great job of being steady tonight in the back with her serving, passing and defense."
"We are looking for a good week of practice this week, and we look forward to bringing in some very good teams to Hanner this weekend."
@stAteVolleyball Defeats LR 3-0 for Sixth Straight Sweep
JONESBORO, Ark. (10/24/16) – The Arkansas State volleyball team topped Little Rock 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-20) Monday night at the Convocation Center for its sixth straight sweep, which is the most since a seven-match streak of sweeps in 1996.
The six consecutive sweeps of conference opponents also ties for the longest streak since 1994 as the Red Wolves (18-7, 10-1 SBC) registered their second highest hitting percentage of the year at .398. Carlisa May led the team with 15 kills on a .333 hitting percentage, while Kenzie Fields added 11 on a career-high .375 attacking mark. Jessica Uke tallied 10 kills on a .692 hitting percentage, which is the highest by an A-State player this season.
Mallory Warrington handed out 42 assists and fell just one dig shy of a double-double with nine that tied for the match high with teammates Markie Schaedig and Fields. Kelsey Reis added seven kills on a .600 attacking percentage and led the team with two aces. Reis, Uke, and Warrington each had a block apiece.
“I loved the team effort and thought we came out ready to go because you don’t have to talk much to get ready for Little Rock,” A-State head volleyball coach David Rehr said. “There’s no love lost between us, but we also respect each other. We got a sweep and that’s what you want, but it got a little uglier at the end than we wanted it to.”
The Red Wolves jumped ahead of Little Rock (9-15, 5-6 SBC) 10-5 in set one and led 16-11 after a kill by the Trojans. However, A-State dominated the rest of the set with a 9-0 run, capped by a kill from Uke, to claim a 25-11 victory.
A-State raced out to a 9-3 advantage in set two after a kill by Warrington to force a Little Rock timeout. The timeout did little to slow down the home team as the lead was stretched to 20-10 before a 7-4 run by the Trojans put the tally at 24-17. The visitors won two straight points after a timeout to get within 24-19, but a kill by May gave A-State a 25-19 set win.
The third set began with the Trojans claiming an early 6-3 edge, but a 4-0 run by A-State, capped by a Uke kill, put the home team on top 7-6 and forced a Little Rock timeout. The set remained competitive until Shelby Holmes gave A-State a 20-16 lead on a kill. Little Rock got within three points once at 21-18, but never got any closer as Arkansas State was able to earn a 25-20 win for the sweep.
Arkansas State hits the road to play Georgia Southern in its next contest on Friday, Oct. 28. First serve from Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro is set for 5:30 p.m. (CT) and the match is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN3.