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AUBURN, Ala. – The University of South Alabama volleyball team fell to Auburn in straight sets (17-25, 22-25, 15-25) at the War Eagle Invitational Friday at Auburn Arena.

The loss snapped a three-game South Alabama win streak, while Auburn (6-1) extended its winning streak to five. South Alabama (3-4) will conclude play in the War Eagle Invitational with a noon match with Clemson on Saturday at Auburn Arena.


GAME FACTS
- Auburn scored four straight points to force set point at 24-15 in the opening set. The Jags scored back-to-back points following a timeout on kills by Kelley Hartman and Symone Stephenson, but the Tigers clinched the set at 25-17 on a kill from Anna Stevenson. 
- USA posted season lows in hitting percentage (.064) and kills (25) in the match.  
- The Tigers hit .516 in the final set after committing just one error in 31 total attacks.

NOTES
- Auburn extended its all-time series lead to 24-14, and has won seven straight in the series.
- Abby Baker recorded 21 kills in three sets for an average of seven digs per set.
- Iva Durdanovic led the Jaguars with five kills, while Stevenson led the Tigers with a game-high 12 kills. 
- Kelley Hartman led the Jags with six total blocks (1 solo, five block-assists).

QUOTES
Head Coach Amy Hendrichovsky
- On Auburn:
"They are a very disciplined first- and second-contact team. I think defensively and serve receive is definitely a strength for them. They have a very strong senior setter who ran a very good offense tonight. It came down to the serve and pass game; we were unable to execute on our serving and passing, which has been a strength for us. I was disappointed in the lack of focus and execution on that part of our game. That has been a strength for us."

- On improvement she hopes to see against Clemson:
"I told our team that we need to reflect on what we as individuals need to do tomorrow to better our team performance. But ultimately we need to go back to our strengths, and we need the people on our court to execute their role for their team. Then we'll be successful when we're able to run our offensive system. I feel that we played well defensively tonight; we played point-for-point with them defensively, we just weren't able to execute our offensive system. We need to go back to that part of our game tomorrow and we'll be successful."

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