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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama volleyball team defeated Troy in straight sets (28-26, 25-20, 25-14) Wednesday in a Sun Belt Conference East Division match at Trojan Arena.

Hannah Harris led the Jaguars with 15 kills, while Meaghan Jones finished with 14 kills. South Alabama posted a .316 team hitting percentage and recorded 11 total team blocks.

USA (12-14, 6-7 Sun Belt) will return to action Sat., Nov. 3, when it hosts Troy (10-16, 4-9 Sun Belt) at 6:30 p.m. in a Sun Belt East Division match at Jag Gym.

GAME FACTS
- Troy jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the opening set after a 4-0 scoring run. The Trojans later pushed their lead to seven points at 21-14, but the Jaguars answered with a 5-0 run, highlighted by four kills from Jones, to cut the Troy lead to 21-19. USA tied the game 23-23 after a kill by Harris and a block by Lauren Hartman, but the Trojans earned set point at 24-23 on a kill by Logan Page. The Jags answered with consecutive points on a kill by Harris and block by Kelley Hartman to earn set point at 25-24, but a kill by Troy's Cheyenne Hayes tied the score at 25. USA again earned set point at 26-25 on a kill by Kelley Hartman before Troy scored its final point of the set on a kill from Savannah Moore to tie the score at 26-26. An attack error by Moore gave the Jags set point at 27-26, and a kill by Jones on an assist from Rachael DeMarcus clinched the set 28-26.
- The Trojans tied the score at 14-14 in set two on a Jaguar service error, but three straight Trojan errors gave the Jags a 17-14 advantage. Troy cut its deficit to one point at 17-16, but a 4-1 Jag run pushed the USA lead to 21-17. The Jaguars earned set point at 24-19, and clinched the set at 25-20 on a kill by Harris for a 2-0 lead in the match.
- South Alabama held a one-point lead at 4-3 in set three before going on a 4-0 run that featured a block by Lauren Hartman, and kills from Harris and Kelley Hartman to take an 8-3 lead. A second 4-0 run by the Jags later in the set, highlighted by a block by Kaira Hunnicutt and kills from Harris and Jones, pushed the USA advantage to 15-8. South Alabama went on a 5-0 run later in the set to push its lead to 20-9 before earning set point at 24-14 on a kill by Jones, and clinching the match 25-14 on a Trojan attack error.

NOTES
- Jones recorded eight kills and a .615 hitting percentage in the opening set, and finished the match with 14 kills, which tied her career high, and .481 hitting percentage.
- Harris finished with a team-high 15 kills, along with a .379 hitting percentage and one dig.
- Kelley Hartman and Lauren Hartman shared the team lead in total blocks with five apiece.
- DeMarcus recorded a team-high 36 assists, in addition to one service ace, three assists and one block.
- Ashlyn Roberts finished with a team-best nine digs, and also added two assists and one service ace.
- USA recorded 11 total team blocks and a .316 team hitting percentage in the match.

QUOTES
Head Coach Amy Hendrichovsky
- On the team's execution in the win:
"Our passers had a poor weekend this past weekend, and they know that and took responsibility for it; they came very focused today and ready to play and help their team get the win. Because they were able to do their job, ultimately, we were able to find what was open and execute it."

- On the team's response to Troy's crowd:
"Troy had a great crowd tonight; I believe they had around 1,300 people. They did a great job of getting people in the stands. I thought our girls handled the atmosphere really well; they didn't let it get to them and I was proud of them for that."

-On hosting Troy Saturday evening:
"Moving forward to our match on Saturday, It is going to be the team that executes at a higher level. The ability to do that consistently requires us being consistent in practice, having consistent focus and doing it on a daily basis, and we're going to challenge our kids to do that. We have to execute at a higher level than them on Saturday.

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Sat., Nov. 3, when it hosts Troy at 6:30 p.m. in a Sun Belt Conference match at Jag Gym.

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