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Volleyball Manages Five Wins on Saturday

Published: September 1, 2012 11:57 PM Updated: September 2, 2012 12:13 AM by: Big South

LIBERTY DEFEATS CENTRAL FLORIDA, 15-25, 25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 16-14 | BOX SCORE

The Liberty volleyball team defeated host UCF, 3-2 (15-25, 25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 16-14) during the championship match of the Holiday Inn Select/UCF Classic, Saturday night.
The Lady Flames (6-1) won their second five-set match of the weekend to post their sixth victory in a row. The host Knights are now 2-4 on the season, after going 2-1 to place second at the invitational.

Loren Thomas was named tournament MVP, and was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Caroline Douglas and Ansley Gebben.

Liberty registered 12 team blocks during the match, including six each from Thomas, Jade Craycraft and Kendle Rollins. Overall, UCF led the Lady Flames, 68-53 in kills, .191 to .155 in attack percentage, and 85-71 in digs.

Douglas sent down a match-high 16 kills for the Lady Flames, hitting .308. Thomas tallied 10 kills, while Gabrielle Shipe led the Lady Flames with 17 digs. Three Liberty players finished with 15 digs each, in Gebben, Lillie Happel and Becca Haraf. Jade Craycraft dished out 41 assists to go with her six blocks, while Gebben had nine kills.

Angelica Crump posted 15 kills to lead UCF, followed by Evija Vilde with 14. Meredith Murphy collected a match-high 23 digs, while Marie Reiterova had 38 assists.

Set one was tightly contested at the outset, as Craycraft had a kill and combo block with Rollins to tie the set at 7-7. The Knights then went on a 6-0 rally to gain control of the momentum. All told, UCF ended the initial session with an 18-8 rally, good for a 25-15 set-one victory. The hosts hit .297 during the opening set, and were led by four kills from Vilde. Liberty had three blocks, with Rollins assisting on all three.

The Lady Flames built a 16-10 lead in the second set, scoring on UCF's first nine serves while hitting .571 in the early going. UCF staged an 8-1 run to turn a 19-14 deficit into a 22-20 advantage. Following a Douglas kill, Rollins tied the set, 22-22, and Liberty earned the victory, 25-23, with back-to-back blocks to end the set.

Liberty's Douglas and UCF's Vilde both connected for five kills in the second set. UCF hit .233, compared to .216 for the Lady Flames, while Liberty registered three aces.

UCF used an 8-3 run to take a 16-11 edge in set three. Trailing 18-13, Liberty scored a 9-1 run in gaining the lead, 22-19, with Thomas totaling two kills and a solo block. The Knights tied it at 22-all on a solo block by Crump. Liberty received consecutive kills from Thomas and Rollins to end set three, 25-23 and give Liberty a 2-1 lead in the match.
Both teams posted a third-set attack percentage below .100, with the Lady Flames leading in kills, 13-11.

The Knights went on a 9-0 rally to gain a 17-9 advantage during the fourth stanza, getting three kills from Crump in the process. Liberty faced a 23-16 deficit before scoring the next four points, capped by an ace from Gebben. Crump then sent the match into a fifth set with the winning kill, 25-21.

UCF notched 16 kills in set four, compared to 11 for the Lady Flames. Liberty had four blocks during the frame, with Craycraft and Rollins assisting on three rejections each.

The Lady Flames raced to a 6-2 lead in set five, connecting on five out of six attack attempts during that span. Haraf served up an ace for an 8-3 lead at the changeover. UCF rallied with a 10-4 spurt, taking the lead at 13-12 on a block by Tory McCutcheon and Vilde. The Knights failed on their match-point try, 14-13, and the Lady Flames clinched the victory, 16-14, after scoring on the final two rallies.

Following a return to campus, the Lady Flames will travel to Kent, Ohio to compete in the Kent State Mizuno Classic, Friday and Saturday.

GARDNER-WEBB DEFEATS N.C. CENTRAL, 25-17, 25-27, 27-25, 25-16 | BOX SCORE

The Gardner-Webb volleyball team split a pair of matches on day two of the Elon Phoenix Classic Saturday, as the Runnin’ Bulldogs fell in straight sets to Alabama, 3-0, in the morning contest and then bounced back to defeat North Carolina Central, 3-1, in the afternoon match in Burlington, N.C.

The split puts GWU at 1-6 overall on the season, as all seven matches have come on the road for the Runnin’ Bulldogs.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs had a trio of student-athletes record double digit kills, as GWU picked up its first win of the season, 3-1 (25-17, 25-27, 27-25, 25-16), over the Lady Eagles of N.C. Central.

Cockrell recorded a match-high 18 kills, while Anderson added a career-high 15 kills and Solano added 10 kills for the Runnin’ Bulldogs. Feldman dished out a season-high 54 assists, while Pashkova tied her career-high with 18 digs.

The Lady Eagles were led by a trio of student-athletes in Christine Anthony, D. Rondon Arrufat and Denni Johnson, who all had double-digit kills for the match.

Gardner-Webb got off to a quick start in the opening set of its second match of the day, as five different players recorded at least one kill to guide the Runnin’ Bulldogs on a 5-0 run and take an 11-6 lead over the Lady Eagles.

After an N.C. Central timeout, the Runnin’ Bulldogs scored back-to-back points to run out to a 13-6 lead on a kill by Anderson.

Kills by Cockrell, Anderson and junior middle blocker Amanda Murphy pushed the Runnin’ Bulldogs in front by a score of 18-9 and forced another timeout by the Lady Eagles.

The two teams then traded points back-and-forth with neither team stringing together a series of points, as N.C. Central cut the Gardner-Webb lead to six at 22-16.

Refusing to relinquish the lead, the Runnin’ Bulldogs picked up kills from Anderson and Feldman en route to a 25-17 set win and a 1-0 match lead.

After falling behind 2-0 in the second set on back-to-back errors, the Runnin’ Bulldogs got kills from Anderson and Solano to tie the score up at 4-4, only to have N.C. Central respond with two straight points to take a 6-4 lead and force a GWU timeout.

N.C. Central had an answer for every Gardner-Webb score over the next several rallies, until a 4-0 run highlighted by kills from Anderson, Solano and Murphy tied the set up once more, this time at 11-11.

The back-and-forth scoring continued over the next several plays, until a kill by Arrufat spearheaded a 5-1 run by the Lady Eagles to soar out to a 21-17 lead.

Gardner-Webb battled back to tie the score up at 22-22 and then earned a set point at 24-23 on an N.C. Central service error, but failed to put the set away as the Lady Eagles got back-to-back kills from Anthony to put the Lady Eagles back in front at 25-24.

After a Cockrell kill tied the score up at 25-25, the Lady Eagles picked up back-to-back kills to take the set at 27-25 and tie the match up at one set apiece.

N.C. Central carried over the momentum from the second set win into the third set, as the Lady Eagles used two GWU errors to take a 3-0 lead, and stormed out to a 9-3 lead over the Runnin’ Bulldogs.

With the help of two N.C. Central service errors and another kill by Anderson, the Runnin’ Bulldogs battled back to cut the Lady Eagles lead to three at 11-8. However, N.C. Central used a 6-4 run over the next 10 rallies to pull back out in front by five at 17-12 on another kill by Anthony.

A kill by Feldman got the GWU offense on track, as Cockrell posted three straight kills to cap off a 6-0 run to put the Runnin’ Bulldogs in front by one at 18-17.

The two teams then traded points and the lead over the next several possessions, with each team spoiling two match points for the other team to tie the score up at 25-25, before back-to-back errors by the Lady Eagles gave the set to the Runnin’ Bulldogs at 27-25.

Looking to put the match away, the Runnin’ Bulldogs jumped out to a 5-2 lead on a block by Feldman and Montour, only to have a service error end the GWU offensive run and spark a 7-4 run by the Lady Eagles who took their first lead of the set at 9-8.

After a GWU timeout, Gardner-Webb came out clicking on all cylinders, roaring to a 7-0 run to pull out to a 15-9 lead on three straight N.C. Central errors.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs refused to look back, but rather put the gas pedal down, as Hildebrand recorded three straight kills to run out to an 18-10 lead over the Lady Eagles.

Gardner-Webb pushed its lead out to as much as nine down the stretch, as Hildebrand but the set away with a kill to give the Runnin’ Bulldogs the 25-16 set win and the 3-1 match victory.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs posted a .400 attack percentage in the fourth set and totaled 10 team blocks in the win.

Gardner-Webb (1-6) will return home for its season opener on Wednesday night, September 5th, versus Wofford at 7 p.m. in Paul Porter Arena.

CAMPBELL DEFEATS MANHATTAN, 15-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-20 | BOX SCORE

Freshman outside Katelyn Layden posted her first career double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs, while classmate middle blocker Sam Zuber tallied season-highs of 11 kills and five aces as Campbell defeated Manhattan, 3-1 (15-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-20) on Saturday afternoon. The Camels began the day with a 3-1 (25-22, 24-26, 22-25, 20-25) loss to host William & Mary at the Tribe Invitational.

With three-straight double-doubles, junior Heather Wilson eared recognition on the Tribe Invitational All-Tournament Team. She registered identical 41 assists and 13 digs performances against William & Mary (3-3) and Manhattan (1-5).

The back row for the Camels received a boost over the weekend as sophomore libero Mallorie Cubillos was inserted into the lineup and tallied a career-best of 21 digs in each contest. The Camels achieved a season-best 72 digs against the Tribe.

Pacing the offense against the Tribe was sophomore outside Jessica Groen, who tied a career best by generating 15 kills. Nine kills were added by sophomore right side Brooke Kelley, and seven kills and digs were contributed by junior middle blocker Lorin Thomas.

Junior middle blocker Lindsey Coats totaled a team-best 14 kills against the Jaspers, while hitting at a .488 rate. Wilson continued to be an offensive threat as a setter by recording seven kills.

The Camels were led by Zuber with five kills at William & Mary and four vs. Manhattan helping Campbell out-block its opponent. Kelley blocked seven attacks during the day.

Campbell played to 15 ties and eight lead changes against the Tribe, while Manhattan forced 20 ties and eight lead changes.

Next on the docket for the Camels is a mid-week match against N.C. Central on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Campbell is off to Raleigh, N.C., this weekend to compete in the NC State Tournament.

The start of the second match on Saturday saw each team battle point-for-point during the first 30 rallies as a block from Kelley and Zuber put the Camels up 13-12. Manhattan would go on a run that would close out the set 25-15.

After regrouping, Campbell headed into the second set and jumped out to a 10-6 lead on a kill by Zuber. The advantage stretched to 19-10 after Zuber went to the service line seven times and notched three service aces. Kills by Layden and Wilson helped to keep the long rally alive.

The Camels would go on to tie the contest at one with a 25-15 victory.

Manhattan continued to fight as the Jaspers opened the third frame with a 12-9 advantage. The momentum changed with Layden delivering a tough service over five points. She registered a service ace, while Groen and Coats tallied kills to put the Camels up 17-16.

A kill by Layden closed out the set, 25-20, as Campbell earned a 2-1 lead in the match.

The Camels would rally to a 14-8 lead to begin the fourth set after a service ace was registered by Zuber. Thomas' kill put Campbell up 20-16 and eventually help close out the frame and match, 25-20.

COASTAL CAROLINA DEFEATS HOWARD, 26-24, 25-11, 25-8 | BOX SCORE

The Coastal Carolina volleyball team split a pair of matches in the final day of the Panther Invitational hosted by the University of Pittsburgh. The Chants opened the day with a 3-2 loss to Butler before picking up their first win of the season over Howard, 3-0. The win marked the first for head coach Jozsef Forman at CCU.

CCU fell to Butler 22-25, 25-8, 25-17, 23-25 and 15-12. The Chants then swept Howard 26-24, 25-11 and 25-8.

Junior Lauren Alejo was named to the All-Tournament team after lead the team in assists in all three matches. She had 37 assists, nine digs and a pair of blocks in the match against Butler and then had 16 assists and seven digs in just three sets against Howard.

Freshman Gabriella Horvath continued her strong play in the tournament against Butler while leading the team with 13 kills and 14 digs. Junior Meghan Laffin added 11 kills and five digs. Senior Jamie DiMaggio led the team in digs with 21 while sophomore Jenna Orner added 12.

In the Howard match sophomore Lian Bernett led the team with eight kills and eight digs which were both team-highs. Junior Kindra Bailey and freshman Gabriella Horvath each added seven kills. Bailey had a tremendous match getting seven kills on just 11 attacks good for a .636 attack percentage. The only Chant to hit at a higher percentage was freshman Melissa McGwin who had five kills on seven attacks for a .714 attack percentage.

The Chanticleers will return to action Friday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. as they travel to the East Carolina Invitational to battle Marshall, UMBC and East Carolina.

RADFORD DEFEATS THE CITADEL, 19-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-23, 15-11 | BOX SCORE

Playing in its first five-set match since last year's Big South semifinal win over Winthrop, the Radford volleyball team defeated The Citadel 3-2 (19-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-23, 15-11) on Saturday morning as part of the La Quinta Inn and Suites Highlander Invitational.

Sophomore Rachel Wiechecki once again led the Highlanders (4-2) with 15 kills and 11 digs for her 11th career double-double. Fellow sophomore Emma Deininger continued her fine tournament play with 10 kills, while Savannah Cantrell tallied a career-high 10 kills on 16 attempts for a .562 hitting percentage.

Jena Braden dished out 33 assists (two shy of her career best) to go along with 12 digs, while Christine Beckham charted 21 helpers. Seeing her first action in 2012, Katelyn Meeks notched 13 digs and a match-high three aces. Emily Carlin and Cheyanne James round out the five-player lineup that registered double-figure digs.

Lauren Hurt's 16 kills were a match-high, while three other Bulldogs finished with 10 or more kills - Ise d'Angelo and Bailey Kernodle had double-doubles. Emily Dalton recorded a match-high 20 digs, while Mikaela Tracy was credited with 33 assists.

The Citadel (0-5) hit at a .333 clip to win game one, 25-19. With the game tied at 13, the Bulldogs used a 6-2 run to jump ahead, 19-15. The Citadel kept any Highlander comeback at bay over the final points of the set to take a 1-0 lead in the match.

In a marathon second game, Radford hit a match-high .349 to even the contest at a game apiece. The Highlanders grabbed an early 8-4 advantage and extended that lead to 23-17 later on. The Bulldogs mounted a late charge, winning six straight points to tie the game at 23-23. Wiechecki found the floor on the next play to give Radford its first game point.

After an RU attack error, an attack error by d'Angelo coupled with a Cantrell kill gave the Highlanders a 26-24 victory in the second set.

In another game that went extras, The Citadel would take the third set, 27-25. Tied at 7, Radford put together a 5-0 spurt to take a 12-7 lead. The advantage would grow to six, 16-10, before the Bulldogs went on a 10-4 surge to tie the set at 20. The Highlanders reclaimed the lead at 23-22 thanks to a kill from freshman Savanna Burton.

However, it was the visitors who would get the first match point opportunity, but a Cantrell kill denied The Citadel and tied the set at 24. On the next play, Burton found the floor once more to give RU its first opportunity to win the third game. The Bulldogs had other plans – winning the final three points to claim a 2-1 edge in the match.

In the fourth set, the Highlanders opened a 5-1 lead early on. The Citadel tied the game at 9-9 before the hosts went on a 6-3 run to claim a 15-12 edge. Once again the visitors had an answer, tying the game for the seventh time at 20. This time the Highlanders come out on top, winning five of the final eight points to force a decisive fifth set.

It was all Bulldogs early on in the deciding game, as the visitors took an 8-3 lead. After head coach Marci Jenkins called a timeout, her squad rallied with a 9-1 run to take its first lead of the set at 12-9.

A kill and ace by d'Angelo on the next two exchanges cut The Citadel's deficit to one. However, Radford stood tall and won the final three points via a Carlin kill, a Bulldog attack error and a Meeks ace.

GARDNER-WEBB FALLS TO ALABAMA, 17-25, 15-25, 24-26 | BOX SCORE

The split puts GWU at 1-6 overall on the season, as all seven matches have come on the road for the Runnin’ Bulldogs.

Gardner-Webb had four student-athletes post four kills or more, yet could not overcome the offense of the Alabama Crimson Tide, as the Runnin’ Bulldogs fell in straight sets (25-17, 25-15, 26-24) on Saturday morning at the Elon Phoenix Classic in Burlington, N.C.

The Tide posted 47 kills over the three set match, 19 kills more than the Runnin’ Bulldogs, and also totaled a seven team blocks at the net against the Gardner-Webb offense.

Junior middle blocker Tyler Cockrell posted seven kills and three total blocks, while fellow classmate Erin Anderson had six kills on nine attempts for the match. Sophomore setter Heather Feldman dished out 24 set assists, while freshman libero Anna Pashkova recorded a team-high 10 digs in the loss.

Alabama had two players with double digit kills in Pricilla Duke-Ezeji with 13 and Laura Steiner with 12, while setter Sierra Wilson just missed out on a double-double with 39 assists and nine digs for the match.

GWU started off on the right foot in the opening set, jumping out to a 2-0 lead on a Tyra Montour kill and an Alabama attack error. However, Alabama would then use a 7-3 run, capped off by a kill from Steiner, to take the lead from Gardner-Webb at 7-5.

Gardner-Webb answered with a 3-0 run of its own led by freshmen Callie Hildebrand and Montour to retake the lead at 8-7, only to have the Crimson Tide counter with an 11-4 run over the Runnin’ Bulldogs to pull out to its largest lead of the set at 18-11.

GWU would cut the Alabama lead to as low as four at 18-14 on a service ace from Pashkova, yet would not get any closer as the Crimson Tide held on for the 25-17 set victory.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs got off to a slow start in the second set, as a kill by senior Carolina Solano was the lone point for GWU early, as Alabama ran out to a 5-1 lead on back-to-back kills from Duke-Ezeji and Andrea McQuaid.

A 3-1 run by GWU, which included kills by Hildebrand and Solano, cut the Alabama lead to two at 6-4. However, the Crimson Tide had an answer for every Gardner-Webb point over the next several rallies and slowly increased its lead to 15-9 on two consecutive kills.

Gardner-Webb would take advantage of two Alabama errors over the next several possessions, yet the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ offense struggled to put any points on the board as Alabama used a 5-2 run to increase its lead to eight at 19-11.

Out of a GWU timeout, the Runnin’ Bulldogs posted three straight points to cut the Alabama lead to five at 19-14 and looked poised to make a late run at the Tide. However, Alabama had different plans, as the Crimson Tide finished the set out on a 6-1 run highlighted by three kills to earn the 25-15 set two win.

A Montour kill led off the third set, while three straight Alabama errors pushed the Runnin’ Bulldogs in front by three at 5-1 and forced the Tide to call an early timeout.

After a kill by Alabama’s Steiner halted the GWU scoring run, two more errors by the Crimson Tide and a kill by GWU’s Cockrell extended the Runnin’ Bulldogs lead to six at 8-2.

Yet the Runnin’ Bulldogs couldn’t pull away, as GWU posted four straight errors to allow Alabama back into the set at 8-6.

An Alabama service ace cut the GWU lead to one at 8-7 and forced a Runnin’ Bulldog timeout, as head coach Leo Sayles and his group tried to regroup.

Kills from Emily Holte, Hildebrand, Cockrell and Anderson over the next several rallies pushed the Runnin’ Bulldogs in front by three at 12-9, yet the set of runs continued, as Alabama responded with a 10-4 run to take a 19-16 set lead and force GWU to use its final timeout of the period.

After an attack error by Gardner-Webb out of the break pushed Alabama’s lead to four at 20-16, a kill by Anderson jump started a 6-2 run, putting the Runnin’ Bulldogs back in a tie with the Tide at 22-22.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs again tied the set up at 23-23, on a Crimson Tide service error, and then again at 24-24 on a Holte kill, yet couldn’t fend off the next two match points as Alabama escaped with the 26-25 set win and a 3-0 match victory.

PRESBYTERIAN DEFEATED BY OREGON STATE, 13-25, 21-25, 22-25 | BOX SCORE

The Presbyterian College volleyball team dropped a doubleheader this afternoon at the Redbird Classic held Friday and Saturday in Bloomington, Ill. The Blue Hose fell to Oregon State, 3-0 (13-25, 21-25, 22-25) in match one and to Miami, 3-0 (15-25, 18-25, 21-25) in match two.

The Blue Hose fall to 1-7 overall while Oregon State improves to 3-2 and Miami to 6-1.

Presley Mabrey and Allison Brown led the offensive attacks for the Blue Hose against Oregon State with seven apiece, with Rachel Hall and Kelly Berryman following with five each. Mary Trimpe posted 14 digs at the libero spot, while Ashtin Frank came away with 23 assists. Berryman led the team’s eight total blocks with one block solo and five block assists.

The Blue Hose totaled 27 kills and 15 errors for a .128 hitting percentage. Despite the 13-25 loss, PC hit a game-high .233 in the first game with 10 kills and just three errors.

Camille Saxton led Oregon State with 16 kills and just three errors for a .382 hitting percentage. The team came away with 47 kills and just 17 errors for a .268 hitting percentage.

Against Miami, it was Andrea Barman leading the team offensively with her eight kills and just one error for a .318 hitting percentage. She was followed closely by Hall, Mabrey and Brown with six each. Frank had 24 assists as the setter, while two players recorded double-digit kills. Mabrey had 11, while Trimpe had 15.

PC posted 15 kills and only three errors to record a game-high .261 in the closest game of the match, the 21-25 game three loss.

The Blue Hose posted 34 total kills, and 16 errors to end the match against Miami with a .148 hitting percentage. The Hurricanes had 51 kills, with Alexis Mourning leading the way with 13, and 12 errors to hit .361.

PC takes a week off before traveling to Jacksonville, Fla., for the UNF Classic Sept. 7-8. The Blue Hose take on Davidson Friday at 4:30 p.m. before facing host UNF Saturday at 12 p.m., and Florida A&M at 5 p.m.

PRESBYTERIAN FALLS TO MIAMI, 15-25, 18-25, 21-25 | BOX SCORE

The Blue Hose fall to 1-7 overall while Oregon State improves to 3-2 and Miami to 6-1.

The Blue Hose totaled 27 kills and 15 errors for a .128 hitting percentage. Despite the 13-25 loss, PC hit a game-high .233 in the first game with 10 kills and just three errors.

Camille Saxton led Oregon State with 16 kills and just three errors for a .382 hitting percentage. The team came away with 47 kills and just 17 errors for a .268 hitting percentage.

PC posted 15 kills and only three errors to record a game-high .261 in the closest game of the match, the 21-25 game three loss.

CAMPBELL DOWNED BY WILLIAM & MARY, 25-22, 24-26, 22-25, 20-25 | BOX SCORE

The Camels were led by Zuber with five kills at William & Mary and four vs. Manhattan helping Campbell out-block its opponent. Kelley blocked seven attacks during the day.

Campbell played to 15 ties and eight lead changes against the Tribe, while Manhattan forced 20 ties and eight lead changes.

Next on the docket for the Camels is a mid-week match against N.C. Central on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Campbell is off to Raleigh, N.C., this weekend to compete in the NC State Tournament.

The Camels held the lead throughout the first set against the Tribe, but a four-point rally with junior outside Chelsey Pachoud on the service line. A kill by Zuber put Campbell up by six, 24-18, and Kelley would put away the set five points later, 25-22.

Campbell would start with the lead in the second frame following a Coats' kill at 10-6. William & Mary battled back to take its own advantage of 13-11 after a four-point run before Groen's kill resulted in a sideout.

Neither team opened a lead larger than two the rest of the way. Campbell would earn a set point at 24-23 following an opponent's out-of-bounds service. The Tribe would respond with three-straight kills to knot the match at one, 26-24.

The third stanza saw the teams trade the first 20 points before William & Mary scored on five consecutive rallies. A Zuber kill ended that run and a block from Kelley and Zuber enabled for the Camels to eventually cut the lead to two, 16-14.

Another kill from Coats put Campbell within two late in the frame, 21-19, but the Tribe would go on to secure a 25-22 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

William & Mary took the first point and did not look back in clinching the match with a 25-20 victory in the fourth set.

WINTHROP FALLS TO UNC WILMINGTON, 20-25, 17-25, 25-27 | BOX SCORE

The WInthrop volleyball team fell 3-0 (20-25, 17-25, 25-27) to the UNC Wilmington Seahawks in its morning contest at the Wake Forest Invitational.

The Eagles were led by freshman Brittany Rampersad who finsihed with eight kills. Jennica Mullins added seven kills while Amy Zimmer and Rachel Lenz each tallied six. Stephanie Palmer led the Eagles with 23 assists while Catherine Brusie tallied 14 digs.

HIGH POINT DEFEATED BY GEORGIA SOUTHERN, 19-25, 20-25, 25-21, 20-25 | BOX SCORE

The High Point University volleyball team finished competition in the War Eagle Classic hosted by Auburn on Saturday with a loss to Georgia Southern. Sophomore Kristin Heldt finished the match with 12 kills and was named to the All-Tournament team.

Senior Courtney Johnk hit .500 and led the team with 15 kills in the 3-1 (19-25, 20-25, 25-21, 20-25) loss to the Eagles. Sophomore Chelsea Davis posted a double-double with 10 kills and 13 digs and senior Molly Barlow had a match-high 21 digs.

High Point held off the sweep with a win in the third set. The fourth set was a battle with 12 ties before Georgia Southern took the final lead 17-16 on a kill by Enjoli Johnson. The Eagles went on to win the set 25-18.

Davis erased an early Georgia Southern lead with a kill to tie the first set 13-13. The Eagles fought back, scoring the next four points. GSU maintained the four-point lead for the rest of the frame and won 25-19. Heldt had five kills in the frame.

Jamie McDonald put down a kill to give HPU a 12-11 lead they would not give up. High Point led the frame by as many as six points, 20-14 on a kill by Davis. The Panthers won the set 25-20 and forced Georgia Southern to hit -.024 for the frame with 12 attack errors.

The Panthers used an 8-2 run to cut Georgia Southern's third-set lead from 18-10 to 20-18. The Eagles held off HPU's run and won the set 25-21. Johnk had five kills on eight swings in the set.

High Point returns to the Millis Center on Tuesday to face local-rival UNC Greensboro. The match will being at 7 p.m.

UNC ASHEVILLE FALLS TO MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, 25-27, 15-25, 21-25 | BOX SCORE

The UNC Asheville volleyball team dropped a pair of matches on the final day of the 2012 Tiger Invitational hosted by Savannah State, falling to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Southern Utah on Saturday.

The Bulldogs fell to UMES 3-0 (27-25, 25-15, 25-21) before falling to SUU 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-13) to fall to 1-7 on the young season.

UMES improved to 5-1 while Southern Utah improved to 3-4 with the victories.

Christine Lakatos led the Bulldogs offensively against the Hawks in the first match of the day, tallying eight kills while hitting for a .412 clip in the three sets. Rachel Wells led the team in digs with 11 against UMES.

The Hawks' were led offensively by Saitaua Iosia and Maline Vaitai, with each posting a match-high 11 kills against the Bulldogs. Jessica Vicic posted 31 assists in directing the Hawks' attack.

Meredith Foster led the Bulldogs in kills against the Thunderbirds in the second match of the day, posting eight for the Blue & White. Foster also recorded four blocks on defense.

SUU got a match-high 14 kills from Ana Mailoto, while setter Gabi Mirand recorded 36 assists for the Thunderbirds. Cashaana Renfro and Annie Strradling each tallied four blocks on defense.

The Bulldogs will be back in action on Tuesday evening when they host mountain rival Western Carolina at the Justice Center. The match is set to begin at 7 p.m.

UNC ASHEVILLE DEFEATED BY SOUTHERN UTAH, 20-25, 2-25, 13-25 | BOX SCORE

The Bulldogs fell to UMES 3-0 (27-25, 25-15, 25-21) before falling to SUU 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-13) to fall to 1-7 on the young season.

UMES improved to 5-1 while Southern Utah improved to 3-4 with the victories.

The Hawks' were led offensively by Saitaua Iosia and Maline Vaitai, with each posting a match-high 11 kills against the Bulldogs. Jessica Vicic posted 31 assists in directing the Hawks' attack.

Meredith Foster led the Bulldogs in kills against the Thunderbirds in the second match of the day, posting eight for the Blue & White. Foster also recorded four blocks on defense.

SUU got a match-high 14 kills from Ana Mailoto, while setter Gabi Mirand recorded 36 assists for the Thunderbirds. Cashaana Renfro and Annie Strradling each tallied four blocks on defense.

The Bulldogs will be back in action on Tuesday evening when they host mountain rival Western Carolina at the Justice Center. The match is set to begin at 7 p.m.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN DEFEATED BY MERCER, 19-25, 29-31, 19-25 | BOX SCORE

Charleston Southern closed out the final day of the 2012 Willie Jewell’s Volleyball Invitational falling to both Mercer and Furman in straight sets as the Buccaneers fall to 2-5 overall on the season.

Charleston Southern returns to the road on Tuesday, September 4th as the Buccaneers travel to Savannah, Ga. for a non-conference match against Savannah State University. First serve between the two opponents in Tiger Arena is set for 5 p.m.

Sydney Tracy continued to have the hot hand on the weekend for the Buccaneers, leading Charleston Southern with nine kills in the first match on the final day of the Willie Jewell’s Volleyball Invitational and Ashley Higgenbothem added 12 digs, but Molly Locke led a Mercer offensive attack with 14 kills as the Bears topped the Buccaneers in the Buccaneer Fieldhouse, 25-19, 31-29, 25-19.

Katrina Houston added six kills as Charleston Southern hit .102 from the floor as a team in the match. Erin LaVenice added five kills and three blocks, while Tracy and Higgenbothem had two service aces apiece as the Buccaneers fell for the first time at home in the 2012 season.

CSU opened the scoring in the match as Tracy connected on two kills early to put the Bucs up 4-1. Mercer rallied back as the teams swapped the lead four times and were tied 10 times in a tightly contested frame. Mercer came back from a 15-13 deficit to take a 20-17 lead following a Charlayna Braxton kill off the assist from Monica Sanchez and Jamie Duffy closed out the set with a service ace as the Bears went up 1-0 after the 25-19 victory.

The second set featured six lead changes and 15 ties in the frame as neither team was able to build the two-point edge needed to record the win. Charleston Southern held the first advantage following a Tracy kill, but Duffy and Madison Petsos answered with a block to even the frame at 25 apiece. CSU held set point three times before Mercer rallied behind a pair of kills by Caroline Carlton to take the 31-29 victory and 2-0 lead.

In the final set Mercer built a five point lead at 18-13 following a CSU attack error and though the Buccaneers rallied to cut the lead back to within four following a solo block by LaVenice, the Bears held on to complete the sweep with the 25-19 win.

Cassidy Greer and Kirsten Struksnes combined for 23 set assists in the match, while Tracy added seven digs on the backline as the Buccaneers suffered their first home loss in the friendly confines of the Buccaneer Fieldhouse in 2012.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN DEFEATED BY FURMAN, 16-25, 15-25, 13-25 | BOX SCORE

Katrina Houston led CSU with eight kills in the final match of the Willie Jewell’s Volleyball Invitational as Charleston Southern closed out the two-day, nine match event against Furman University. However, backed by double-digit kill efforts by Chandler Ambrester and Christina Dorismond, the Paladins hit .452 from the floor in recording the three set sweep, 25-16, 25-15, 25-13.

Wynter Davis added four blocks in the match, while Tracy contributed four kills and six digs as the Buccaneers hit .107 from the floor against Furman. Kirsten Struksnes added 11 set assists, while Ashley Higgenbothem had eight digs to pace the Buccaneers’ efforts.

A 12-4 run on the back of three Dorismond kills gave the Paladins a 20-12 lead in the first set as Furman held off the Buccaneers late in going up 1-0 with the 25-16 victory.

The Paladins opened the second set with an 8-2 run to take control of the frame early. The Buccaneers battled back, staving off the set point twice on kills by LaVenice and Tracy off assists from Laura Grace Swindler, but Ambrester put the Paladins up 2-0 with the final kill of the 25-15 set win.

Natalie Braun served the Paladins to a 9-0 run in the third set as Furman went up by as many as 12 in the final frame. Houston added a pair of late kills in the match, but Christina Curry ended the contest with a kill for the final point of the 25-13 Furman victory.

COASTAL CAROLINA FALLS TO BUTLER, 25-22, 8-25, 17-25, 25-23, 12-15 | BOX SCORE

CCU fell to Butler 22-25, 25-8, 25-17, 23-25 and 15-12. The Chants then swept Howard 26-24, 25-11 and 25-8.

The Chanticleers will return to action Friday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. as they travel to the East Carolina Invitational to battle Marshall, UMBC and East Carolina.

WINTHROP DEFEATED BY WAKE FOREST, 17-25, 15-25, 14-25 | BOX SCORE

RADFORD DEFEATED BY MURRAY STATE, 21-25, 23-25, 16-25 | BOX SCORE