Box Score

MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama volleyball team fell to Coastal Carolina in five sets Friday in a Sun Belt Conference East Division match at Jag Gym.

The loss snapped the Jaguars' program-record home win streak at 14 matches, and also snapped their overall win streak at three matches. USA (18-8, 9-3 Sun Belt) will return to action Sat., Nov. 2, when it hosts Appalachian State at 6:30 p.m. at Jag Gym. Four Jaguar seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony as part of Senior Day.

 GAME FACTS
- CCU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening set before a kill by Lauren Hartman gave the Jags their first point of the set. The Jags took a 6-5 lead following a CCU bad set, a Chanticleer attack error and kill by Hannah Johnson. The Chanticleers took an 8-7 lead after a kill by Anett Nemeth, but USA answered with a 5-0 scoring run, highlighted by a service ace by Hannah Harris and kills from Lauren Hartman and Meaghan Jones, for a 12-8 advantage. CCU later used a 4-0 run to tie the score at 17-17. The Chanticleers held a one-point lead at 19-18, but the Jags took a 20-19 lead after a CCU attack error and service ace by Hannah Harris. A kill by CCU's Kayla Manning tied the score at 21-21, but a Kelley Hartman answered with a kill for a 22-21 Jag advantage, and a block-assist by Rachael DeMarcus and Kelley Hartman extended the USA lead to 23-21. South Alabama earned set point at 24-21 on a solo block by Kelley Hartman, and clinched the set 25-21 on a kill by Jones for a 1-0 lead in the match. 
- CCU took a 3-1 lead to open set two, but a 4-0 Jaguar run, aided by three Chanticleer errors, gave USA a 5-3 lead. A 4-0 Jaguar run that featured a pair of kills from Harris and service ace by DeMarcus, later doubled the USA lead at 10-5. USA used a 4-0 run later in the set, highlighted by a service ace from DeMarcus and block-assist by Lauren Hartman and Hannah Johnson for a 21-12 lead. The Chanticleers responded with a 4-0 run to cut the USA advantage to 21-16. South Alabama later earned set point at 24-17 on a kill by Lauren Hartman, and clinched the set 25-17 on a CCU attack error to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
- A kill by Lauren Hartman in set three cut the CCU lead to 10-8, but the Chanticleers went on a 4-0 run to take a 14-8 lead. A 4-0 Jaguar run that featured a pair of kills by Kelley Hartman and service ace from Iva Durdanovic cut the CCU lead to 14-12. A CCU service error cut the USA deficit to two points at 15-13, but the Chanticleers went on a 3-0 run to take an 18-13 lead. Coastal Carolina later earned set point at 24-18 on a kill by Anett Nemeth, and clinched the set 25-20 on a Jaguar service error to cut the USA lead to 2-1 in the match.
- A kill by Lauren Hartman in set four cut the CCU lead to 8-6, but the Chanticleers went on a 3-0 run to take an 11-6 lead. Coastal Carolina later earned set point at 24-14 on a kill by Nemeth, and clinched the set 25-17 on a kill by Mariia Levanova to tie the match at two sets apiece.
- USA took a 1-0 lead in set five on a kill by Kelley Hartman, but the Chanticleers went on a 6-1 run to build a 6-2 advantage. Coastal Carolina later earned match point at 14-7 on a kill by Ani Bozdeva, and clinched the match 15-9 on a kill by Bozdeva.

NOTES
- Kelley Hartman eclipsed 1,000 career kills in the match, making her the eighth Jaguar in program history to record 1,000 or more kills. Hartman currently ranks eighth in career kills at USA with 1,003. She led the Jags with 15 kills in the match, in addition to a .323 hitting percentage, one dig and five total blocks.
- Lauren Hartman recorded her first career double-double, finishing with 10 kills and 12 digs, along with a .400 hitting percentage, one assist and two total blocks.
- Paige Lynn led the team with 13 digs, and also added two assists.
- DeMarcus finished with a team-high 36 assists, along with two kills, two service aces, seven digs and two total blocks.
- CCU finished with a .301 hitting percentage, while the Jaguars recorded a .177 hitting percentage.

QUOTES
Head Coach Alexis Meeks-Rydell
- On the loss:
"We were in control the first two sets; I told the team not only did they win them, but were in control. It wasn't even a back-and-forth. Even when they (Coastal Carolina) went on a couple of runs, I still felt like we were following the game plan super well and we had them frazzled a little bit, and that was the position we wanted to be in. I thought Coastal did a really good job in set three of making adjustments, which is fine and that's going to happen; that's why you get five sets. We tried to make a couple more adjustments in set four, and they were just on a high, and they thrive off the service line too. I thought at the end we just couldn't keep up with their momentum a little bit. It's a learning experience, that's all you can chalk it up to. Our kids have to believe they're good enough to beat teams like that, because we are. That's a great program, but we're also a great program and we proved that in sets one and two, we just have to figure out how to get it done in set three, and if not then in set four or five. I hope we respond well tomorrow, and they (team) take it as a learning experience."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Sat., Nov. 2, when it hosts Appalachian State at 6:30 p.m. at Jag Gym. Four Jaguar seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony as part of Senior Day.

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