College of Charleston
Davidson
College of Charleston runs win streak to nine straight with 3-1 victory at Davidson and improves to 14-1 in SoCon
11/7/2008 5:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Boxscore - College of Charleston at Davidson
DAVIDSON, N.C. ? Sophomore setter Cole Dawley (Charleston, S.C.) dished out a match-high 42 assists and added 13 digs and junior outside hitter Emily Sawin (New Lenox, Ill.) drilled 14 kills as the College of Charleston (21-6, 14-1) defeated Davidson (11-16, 6-8) 3-1 Friday night in a Southern Conference match in Davidson, N.C. The Cougars picked up the victory by scores of 29-27, 21-25, 25-17 and 25-16.
The Wildcats came out of the gate strong as they jumped out a 4-1 lead before Charleston used a 4-2 run, all by kills, to close to within 6-5. Davidson quickly rebuilt its lead with a 9-2 run that featured six kills, including back-to-back by sophomore middle blocker Jorden Benedict, and extended the lead to 15-7. Trailing 17-9, the Cougars came to life as they went on a 9-4 run to narrow the margin to 21-18.
Following a kill by sophomore outside hitter Sarabeth Peele that made it 22-18, Charleston scored the next five points on a pair of kills and three attack errors to take their first lead at 23-22. The set was far from over as consecutive scores by the Wildcats gave them back the lead at 24-23. An exchange of points then made it 25-24 before the two teams swapped back-to-back scores to give Davidson a 27-26 advantage. Those would be the last points the Wildcats would get in the set as the Cougars notched the final three points on errors to take the set 29-27 and go up 1-0 in the match.
Davidson scored the first two points of Game 2 before CofC mounted a 5-0 run that consisted of a pair of kills and three errors and made the score 5-2. The Cougars would push their lead to 10-5 before seeing the Wildcats claw their way to a 12-12 tie. From there, the teams would exchange the next seven points to make the score 17-16, Charleston.
Following back-to-back points by Davidson that pulled them even at 17-17, the teams continued to alternate scores to reach 20-19. At that point, the Wildcats took over, scoring four straight and wrapping up the set with a 6-1 run for a 25-21 victory.
With the match tied 1-1, neither team would give ground at the beginning of the third set as they battled through 11 ties before a pair of Davidson errors gave the Cougars a 13-11 advantage. After extending that lead to 15-12 and forcing a Wildcat timeout, Charleston kept the pressure on as they used a 4-1 run, capped off by back-to-back service aces from junior outside hitter Emily Sawin (New Lenox, Ill.), to make it 19-13.
Following Davidson's final timeout of the set, the Cougars maintained their advantage and proceeded to put the game away at 25-17 and take a 2-1 match lead.
Facing a fourth straight loss, and sixth in their last eight matches, the Wildcats came out strong at the start of Game 4 as they scored the first three points and took a 5-2 advantage. It was short lived, however, as Charleston rallied behind a 6-2 run to take the lead at 8-6. Back-to-back kills by freshman middle blocker Madison Benedict and freshman outside hitter Christine Perzinski tied the set at 8-8 before three attack errors sandwiched between two Sawin kills keyed an 8-0 rally that thrust the Cougars out to a 16-8 advantage. From there, Charleston polished off the set, and the match 25-16.
Madison Benedict notched match-highs 15 kills and a .423 hitting percentage for Davidson while sophomore setter Hayley Lawson fueled the offense with 39 assists and chipped in on defense with seven digs. Christine Perzinski and Sarabeth Peele rounded out the Wildcats in double-figure kills with 11 and 10, respectively. Defensively, sophomore libero Jessica Chamblee led Davidson with 16 digs while senior middle blocker Kittery Neale added 13 digs.
For the College of Charleston, Cole Dawley delivered her eighth 40-plus assist night of the season with a match-high 44 to go along with 13 digs for her team-leading 11th double-double. She also added three blocks and three kills. Emily Sawin finished the night with her second consecutive 14-kill performance and added nine digs and a pair of back-to-back service aces.
Freshman middle blocker Elyse Chubb (Peachtree City, Ga.) registered her fifth straight strong defensive outing with six blocks, two solo, to go along with 12 kills and a .391 hitting percentage. Over her last five matches and 18 games, Chubb has notched 34 blocks for an average of 1.88 per set. Sophomore right side hitter Ginny Phillips (Raleigh, N.C.) finished the evening with seven kills and tied her career-high with six blocks. It is the fourth time she has reached that mark this year.
On defense, freshman libero Emily Shelton (Cincinnati, Ohio) continues to anchor the Cougars as she recorded 23 digs for a 5.75 average on the night. It is her second 20-plus dig performance in her last three matches. Freshman middle blocker Sarah Havel (Carmel, Ind.) added five blocks while sophomore outside hitter Whitney Russell (Decatur, Ga.) chipped in with nine kills.
Charleston wraps up the weekend on Sunday, November 9 when they travel to Georgia Southern for a 2:00 p.m. match with the Eagles.
NOTES
Sawin has registered 52 kills over her last three matches, a span of 12 games, for an average of 4.33 per set ... she is currently 33 kills away from moving into sixth place all-time in the Cougars record book ... Charleston has now won 18 straight matches against Davidson dating back to September 22, 2001 ... the Cougars have won 16 of their last 17 matches and are 21-1 this season when hitting at or above .200.
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