College of Charleston
Wofford
Darcy Dorton Leads Cougars To Sweep Of Wofford, 3-0
10/6/2012 8:28:00 PM | Volleyball
A native of Muncie, Ind., Dorton made 17 kills for a .394 attack percentage, marking a new career high in kills for a three-set match. That total is also the most for any player in the SoCon in a three-setter.
College of Charleston (13-5, 5-0) won its seventh straight match and fifth straight sweep in SoCon play, staying in first place in the South Division. The Cougars have now won 21 straight conferences matches at home, a streak that ranks seventh in the nation. Wofford fell to 1-5 in SoCon play and 10-8 overall.
"We emphasized the small details of the game," head coach Jason Kepner. "We were passing and siding out at a high percentage and we didn't let any junk fall, making Wofford beat us with swings. Overall, the team did a great job and came out with a lot of energy. I'm very happy with how they performed.
The Cougars hit .293 as a team and held the Terriers to a -.021 hitting percentage. College of Charleston was hitting .455 through the first two sets. The Cougars reached a side-out percentage of 72% in the first set and 85% in the second set, keeping Wofford from making any extended runs.
Kerstin Koehler hit a perfect 1.000 from her middle blocker position as she tallied six kills and made a block. Sloane White made five kills and perfectly placed three serves for aces. The Cougars finished with eight service aces which marks a new season high.
Senior Emily Shelton continued her strong play at libero with 16 digs while Dorton contributed nine digs and Melissa Morello made eight.
No Terrier player made more than five kills as Wofford finished with more errors (20) than kills (18).
College of Charleston went on a 7-0 run in the first set to open up a 14-4 lead on a kill from Dorton. After three Cougar errors, CofC reeled off another six points to get to 20-7. Several Terrier errors set the Cougars up for match point which Dorton killed for a 25-10 Cougar victory.
The second set continued as the first set ended with the Cougars quickly out to a 7-1 lead after a block from Koehler and White. A Dorton attack error let the Terriers cut the lead to 8-4, but College of Charleston put the set away with an 8-0 run to lead 16-4 on the serve of White, who tallied two aces in the rally. CofC ended the match on a 5-0 run capped by an ace from Taeler Davis.
Wofford played better in the third set, staying within six points early in the set and pulling to within 17-15 after a block from Taylor Baird and Wendy Burnett. A number of Terrier service and setting errors helped keep the Cougars ahead despite CofC hitting just .054 in the final set. Grace Rebarchak notched a kill and a block to end the third set, 25-20, for CofC.
The Cougars will face SoCon South rival Furman tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. at TD Arena.
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