College of Charleston
Georgia Southern
Charleston posts shutout over Georgia Southern
11/2/2007 4:00:00 AM | Volleyball
The College of Charleston volleyball team held Georgia Southern to just a .085 hitting percentage as the Cougars defeated the Eagles 3-0 (30-19, 30-13, 30-24) in action this evening in Statesboro, Ga..
With the win, the Cougars improve to 20-7 overall and 14-2 in Southern Conference play. Georgia Southern falls to 9-18 overall and 6-9 in the leauge.
“I am very happy with the way the team came out tonight," said Head Coach Jason Kepner. "We served extremely tough and played very aggressively on defense. Our passing kept us in system for most of the night which allowed Lindsey [Kane] to get our hitter one-on-one. Overall it was a very good three games of volleyball as we wind down to the end of the conference schedule.”
Charleston jumped out to an early 11-4 lead after scoring seven consecutive points. Georgia Southern narrowed the Cougars' lead to three points after scoring three unanswered points to being the game to 15-13. After a Georgia Southern timeout, Charleston scored seven of the final 11 points to take game one 30-19.
The Cougars scored 11 of the first 14 points in game two to force the Eagles to call an early timeout. An attack error by GSU's Christy Dowd capped off a 10-point Charleston run that put the game out of reach. The Cougars scored their final point off a kill by Annie Uthe to take the game 30-13.
The teams battled in game three before Charleston clinched the game 30-24. Charleston jumped out to an early 12-5 lead before GSU scored five consecutive points to narrow the lead to three at 13-10. Four consecutive Cougar points forced an Eagle timeout. Charleston scored six of the final 11 points to clinch the game and the match.
Tiffany Blum led the team with 13 kills for a .478 attack percentage while recording seven blocks to lead the defense. Emily Sawin and Uthe earned nine kills each. Cole Dawley and Deanna Patrick notched eight kills a piece, with Kane and Ginny Phillips combined for six kills. Dawley earned five blocks, while three Cougars combined for four blocks.
Gorana Bacic led the Eagles with 15 kills, while Sarah Gildersleeve had six. Bailey Coleman and Dowd earned five a piece. Defensively, Gildersleeve led the team with three blocks. Four Eagles recorded at least one block.
Charleston returns to action Friday, Nov. 9 when it faces Wofford in a 6 p.m. match. The team will close out the regular season Saturday, Nov. 10 at Furman for a 2 p.m. start time
