Cougars Drop Five-Set Nail-Biter to Bears

Friday, September 6

Laramie, Wyo.

12:00 PM

College of Charleston

0-3

Northern Colorado

3-1

COFC

UNC

Photo by: Michael Wiser

9/6/2019 2:50:00 PM | Volleyball

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LARAMIE, Wyo. --- Sylvia Duggan and Tori Carpenter both narrowly missed a double-double, and Mandy Napierala and Logan Manusky each established a new career-high as the College of Charleston volleyball team fell to Northern Colorado in a five-set nail-biter on Friday afternoon at the UniWyo Invite.

QUICK SETS
Final Score: Northern Colorado 3, College of Charleston 2
Location: Laramie, Wyo.
Records: Northern Colorado (3-1), Charleston (0-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The teams traded set victories throughout the match with Northern Colorado winning the first, third and fifth frames to outlast the Cougars. Northern Colorado won the match by scores of 25-15, 23-25, 25-16, 19-25 and 16-14. The Bears accumulated 59 kills and held Charleston to a hitting percentage of .092. The Cougars won the battle at the net with 14 blocks to the Bears' five.

COUGAR OF THE MATCH
Napierala paced the Cougars with a match- and career-high 15 kills – including six in the fourth set – to go along with five blocks, one ace and a .263 hitting percentage.

NOTABLES

Duggan finished one kill shy of a double-double with nine kills, 14 digs and three blocks.
The Cougars played their best set of the night in the fourth stanza with 14 kills and three blocks.
Manusky set a career-high with 26 digs including eight in set one.
Napierala put down 11 of her 15 kills in the second and fourth sets.
Senior Peyton Eisnaugle finished the match with seven kills and a match-high seven blocks.
Carpenter turned in a near double-double with career-highs of 26 assists, nine digs and three blocks.
Freshman Emma Falk contributed season-highs of five kills and five blocks.
Senior Lauren Freed collected seven kills and 11 digs.

NEXT UP
The Cougars will take on host Wyoming in the final match of the day at 9:00 p.m. ET. Fans can watch the action via the Mountain West Digital Network.