STATESBORO, Ga. --- Four players recorded at least five kills and freshman Caroline Bower put down a match-high four services as the College of Charleston volleyball team defeated Georgia Southern in a preseason exhibition, 3-2.
 
QUICK SETS
Final Score: Charleston 3, Georgia Southern 2
Location: Statesboro, Ga.
Records: CofC (0-0), Georgia Southern (0-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cougars won the opening three sets by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-21; Georgia Southern claimed the final two sets of the preseason exhibition by scores of 25-13 and 15-8. Charleston's servers combined for 16 aces through the first three sets, including nine from a trio of freshmen, as sophomore Molly Russell accounted for five kills on seven swings (.714) without an error. The Cougars combined for 37 kills and a .242 hitting percentage while holding Georgia Southern to a .071 clip on the attack.
 
COUGAR OF THE MATCH
Freshman Emma Falk enjoyed a superb collegiate debut with three skills on six swings (.500) to go along with a service ace and a match-high four blocks.
 
NOTABLES

• Charleston's servers lit up the scoreboard with 16 aces through the first three sets, including nine from a trio of freshmen.
• Senior Lauren Freed led the Cougars with six kills while adding eight digs and two service aces.
• Freshman setter Tori Carpenter accumulated 20 assists, four digs and two aces as the primary floor general in sets one and three.
• Bower marked her collegiate debut with six kills, four aces, three digs and two blocks.
• Junior libero Logan Manusky collected a match-high 13 digs.
• Redshirt junior Meghan Murphy finished with two kills and equaled Falk's match-high four blocks over two sets.

NEXT UP
The Cougars will open the 2019 season on Friday, August 30 against defending national champion and preseason No. 1 Stanford. First serve is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at TD Arena.