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ATLANTA – The University of South Alabama volleyball team dropped a pair of matches on Friday to close play at the Hyatt Regency Invitational.

USA (1-5) fell to Georgia Tech in five sets Friday morning before falling in four sets to Wofford Friday afternoon at O'Keefe Gym on the campus of Georgia Tech.

South Alabama will return to action next weekend when it hosts the Jaguar Invitational at Jag Gym. USA will open the tournament with a pair of matches on Friday. The Jags face Southeastern Louisiana at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, and will take on Mississippi State at 7 p.m. Friday evening. USA will close the Jaguar Invitational with a 2:30 p.m. match against Louisiana Tech on Saturday afternoon.

Georgia Tech 3, South Alabama 2 (22-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-19, 11-15)
GAME FACTS
- USA went on a 4-0 run early in the first set, highlighted by kills from Kelley Hartman and Meaghan Jones, for a 4-1 lead. Georgia Tech answered with a 3-0 run later in the set, aided by a pair of Jaguar attack errors, for a 16-14 advantage. The Yellow Jackets earned set point at 24-22 on a Jaguar attack error, and clinched the opening set 25-22 on a kill by Mariana Brambilla.
- The Jags jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the second set, but Georgia Tech rallied for four consecutive points soon after to take a 6-5 lead. South Alabama used a 6-1 scoring run, highlighted by a pair of kills by Iva Durdanovic and Lauren Hartman, and one kill apiece from Jones and Parker Harrell, for an 11-7 lead. The Jaguars pushed their lead to five points at 19-14 later in set two after consecutive kills from Jones and Durdanovic. Georgia Tech went on a 3-0 scoring run to cut the Jaguar lead to two points at 23-21. USA earned set point at 24-21 on a Yellow Jacket service error, and clinched the set 25-21 on a kill by Kelley Hartman to even the match at one set apiece.
- Georgia Tech went on a 6-0 run early in the third set, highlighted by two kills from Brambilla, one kill by Mikaila Dowd and two service aces from Maddie Tippett, to build a 12-6 lead. A 4-1 Yellow Jacket run later in the set pushed their lead to 18-11 before a 4-0 Jaguar scoring run, highlighted by kills from Jones and Kelley Hartman and a block-assist from Kelley Hartman and Hannah Johnson, cut the Georgia Tech lead to 23-20. But the Yellow Jackets earned set point at 24-20 on a Jaguar attack error, and won the set 25-21 on a kill from Dowd to take a 2-1 lead in the match. 
- The Yellow Jackets used a 4-0 scoring run early in the fourth set, highlighted by a pair of kills from Kayla Kaiser, to build a 4-1 advantage. USA answered with a 3-0 run after kills from Jones and Hartman and a service ace from Arissa Chappell, to cut the Georgia Tech lead to 7-6. The Jags went on a 7-0 scoring run late in the set following a kill and service ace by Kelley Hartman, kills by Harrell and Durdanovic, block from Lauren Hartman and Morgan Stalcup, and two Yellow Jacket attack errors to take a 23-17 lead. South Alabama earned set point at 24-18 on a kill by Durdanovic, and clinched the set 25-19 on another kill by Durdanovic to tie the match 2-2 and force a fifth and decisive set.
- Georgia Tech went on a 5-1 run early in the fifth set, aided by a pair of kills from Brambilla and two Jaguar service errors, to build an 8-3 advantage. The Yellow Jackets earned match point at 14-8 on a service ace by Kayla Kaiser, and clinched the match on a kill by Grace Rigsbee.

NOTES
- Kelley Hartman recorded a career-high 20 kills, while also adding a .487 hitting percentage, one assist, one service ace, six digs and two total blocks.
- Durdanovic posted a season-high 20 kills, along with six digs and one block. Jones finished with a career-high 13 kills, along with one dig and one total block.
- South Alabama recorded a .303 team hitting percentage, while Georgia Tech finished with a .278 hitting percentage.
- Harrell recorded her third double-double of the season, finishing with a game-high 34 assists and 12 digs while also adding three kills.
- Ashlyn Roberts led the Jags with 17 digs in addition to six assists and two service aces. 
- Rachael DeMarcus finished one dig shy of her first career double-double after posting 25 assists and nine digs in addition to one service ace.
- Brambilla led the Yellow Jackets with a double-double, finishing with 19 kills and 18 digs.
- Georgia Tech improved its all-time series lead over South Alabama to 3-1 with the win.

Wofford 3, South Alabama 1 (17-25, 25-19, 17-25, 22-25)
GAME FACTS
- Wofford went on a 9-0 scoring run midway through the opening set, highlighted by three kills from Colleen Reilly and a pair of service aces from Lorissa King, to take a 17-10 lead. A 3-0 Jaguar run via two kills from Kelley Hartman and a service ace from Arissa Chappell cut the Terrier lead to 20-15, but Wofford later earned set point at 24-17 on a service ace by Catie Cronister and clinched the set 25-17 on a kill from Bijonae Jones.
- A 5-0 Jaguar run in the second set that featured kills by Hannah Harris and Lauren Hartman, and a pair of service aces from Kelley Hartman, pushed the USA advantage to 10-6. The Jags went on a 3-0 scoring run later in the second set, aided by a kill from Meaghan Jones and service ace by Katelyn Lochner, to take a 19-15 lead. South Alabama closed the set with a 3-0 run, and earned set point at 24-19 on a kill from Morgan Stalcup and clinched the set 25-19 on a service ace by Harris to tie the match at one set apiece.
- Wofford went on a 4-0 run late in the third set on a pair of kills by Leah Holland, a service ace by Emily Durham and a Jaguar attack error to push its lead to 18-11. A 3-0 Terrier run later in the set pushed the Wofford lead to 21-13. Wofford earned set point at 24-17 on a service ace from Taylor Gill, and clinched the set 25-17 on a kill by Bijonae Jones to take a 2-1 lead.
- South Alabama went on a 3-0 run midway through the fourth set, highlighted by kills from Harris and Lauren Hartman, to tie the score at 15-15. Wofford later used a 4-0 run to take a 21-17 lead. The Terriers earned match point at 24-19 on a kill by Cronister before South Alabama rallied for three straight points on a pair of kills by Harris and a service ace by Ashlyn Roberts to cut the Wofford lead to 24-22. Wofford then clinched the match 25-22 on a kill by Cronister.

NOTES
- Harris led the Jaguars with nine kills, and hit .316 with one service ace and two digs.
- Kelley Hartman finished with six kills, three service aces, one dig and two total blocks, and Alexis Silver added six kills with a .333 hitting percentage, one dig and one block.
- DeMarcus led the Jags with 18 assists and also added eight digs. Harrell finished with 15 assists, two service aces and seven digs.
- Cronister recorded 15 kills, and a .333 hitting percentage, along with two assists, one service ace, eight digs and three blocks for Wofford, while Jones added 14 kills.
- Wofford finished with 12 total team blocks, while South Alabama recorded six.
- The Jags totaled 11 service aces in the match, led by Hartman's three. Chappell and Harrell added two apiece.
- Lauren Hartman led South Alabama with four total blocks, and also added five kills.
- Wofford evened the all-time series record with South Alabama at 1-1 with the win.

QUOTES
Head Coach Amy Hendrichovsky
- On the day's matches:
"I thought we responded really well today. I was disappointed in our performance yesterday, and I thought our leaders did a really good job of getting our team prepared for this morning. Ultimately, I know we're a good team. We have to work on some things over the course of the next few weeks, and that's why we have a preseason schedule. It's good for us to figure this stuff out now. We'll toughen up and get stronger and gain more chemistry as we go along, but I know we're a good team. We had really good moments today, we just have to get better this week."

- On returning home to host the Jaguar Invitational:
"Our team really enjoys playing at home. It would be awesome if we could get a really good crowd and the Mobile community to come out and support this team; I really believe people will enjoy watching them play. It will be nice to stay home and have our home crowd there to support us."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action next weekend when it hosts the Jaguar Invitational at Jag Gym. USA will open the tournament with a pair of matches on Friday. The Jags face Southeastern Louisiana at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, and will take on Mississippi State at 7 p.m. Friday evening. USA will close the Jaguar Invitational with a 2:30 p.m. match against Louisiana Tech on Saturday afternoon.

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