Match 1 - Box Score
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MOBILE, Ala. – Coastal Carolina swept the University of South Alabama volleyball team in a pair of Sun Belt Conference matches Thursday at Jag Gym.

CCU (5-0, 5-0 SBC) won both matches in straight sets to clinch the series, and snapped a four-match Jaguar win streak with a win in the opening match of the series. South Alabama (4-7, 4-3 SBC) will return to action Fri., Oct. 16, when it hosts Coastal Carolina in the series finale at noon at Jag Gym.

Match 1
CCU 3, USA 0 (22-25, 15-25, 24-26)
GAME FACTS
- South Alabama went on a 3-0 scoring run on a kill by Hannah Maddux and consecutive CCU attack errors to take a 4-2 lead, but the Chanticleers responded with a 3-0 run to take a 5-4 lead. CCU tied the score 6-6 on a kill by Ilse Sinnige, but a 3-0 Jag run that came via kills by Meaghan Jones and Maddie Soboleski, and a service ace from Maddux pushed the USA advantage to 9-6. A kill by Rebecca Walk gave the Jags a 12-9 lead, but a 4-0 CCU run gave the Chanticleers a 13-12 lead. CCU held a 16-14 lead before consecutive kills from Jones and Maddux tied the score at 16-16. USA took a 19-18 lead on a Chanticleer service error before CCU went on a 4-0 run for a 22-19 advantage. Coastal Carolina earned set point at 24-21 on a kill by Anett Nemeth, and clinched the set 25-22 on a kill by Jelena Prolic to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
- South Alabama doubled its lead to 6-3 early in set two after a kill by Carly Doros and a Chanticleer attack error. A 3-0 CCU run tied the score 6-6. USA took a 9-7 lead after a block-assist by Soboleski and Doros, and a Chanticleer attack error, but a 3-0 CCU run gave Coastal a 10-9 lead. The Jags tied the score 10-10 on a CCU ball-handling error, but the Chanticleers answered with a 4-0 run to build a 14-10 advantage. A 3-0 CCU run later pushed the Chanticleer lead to 18-13.  A kill by Doros and solo block by Soboleski cut the Coastal lead to 18-15, but the Chanticleers responded with a 5-0 run to take a 23-15 lead. CCU earned set point at 24-15 on a Jaguar bad set, and clinched the set 25-15 on a second Jag bad set to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
- CCU held a 6-2 lead early in set three, but a Chanticleer service error and solo block by Hannah Johnson cut the USA deficit to 6-4. A Coastal service error cut the Jag deficit to 10-8, but CCU used a 4-0 run to take a 14-8 lead. The Jags answered with a 4-0 run on a block-assist by Doros and Walk, kill by Maddux and consecutive service aces from Hannah Harris to cut the Coastal lead to 14-12. The Chanticleers responded with a 3-0 run to push their lead to 18-13. USA then went on a 4-0 run, highlighted by a solo block by Johnson and kill from Soboleski, to cut its deficit to 18-17. CCU held a 19-17 lead before back-to-back kills by Maddux and Johnson tied the score 19-19. South Alabama took a 21-20 lead after a kill by Harris and a Chanticleer bad set. CCU tied the score 21-21 on a Jaguar service error, but USA regained the lead at 22-21 on a Coastal service error. CCU tied the score 22-22 on a Jag service error, and took a 23-22 lead on a kill by Nemeth before a kill by Walk tied the score 23-23. CCU earned match point at 24-23 on a Jaguar ball-handling error, but a CCU service error tied the score 24-24. A Jag service error gave CCU match point at 25-24, and clinched the set 26-24 on a Jag attack error to clinch the match 3-0.
 
NOTES
- Maddux led the Jags with 10 kills, and also added one service ace and three digs.
- Soboleski recorded a team-high 20 assists, and added two kills, one service ace, six digs and two total blocks.
- Harris finished with a game-high three service aces, and also added two kills, one assist and eight digs.
- The Jags finished with a .086 team hitting percentage while CCU posted a .190 hitting percentage.
- The win marked CCU's ninth straight over South Alabama. 

Match 2 
CCU 3, USA 0 (23-25, 22-25, 21-25)
GAME FACTS
- USA broke a 3-3 tie in set one with a 4-0 run, highlighted by a solo block by Maddux and kill by Johnson, for a 7-3 lead. A 3-0 Jaguar run that featured a kill by Maddux and a pair of CCU attack errors doubled the Jaguar lead at 10-5. A kill by Harris and block-assist by Walk and Soboleski extended the USA lead to 12-6. A Chanticleer service error gave the Jags a 15-10 lead, but CCU responded with a 3-0 run to cut the USA lead to 15-13. A kill by Harris extended the USA lead to 21-18, but a kill by Nemeth, a Jaguar ball-handling error, service ace by Marija Borcic and USA attack error gave CCU a 22-21 advantage. A Jag service error gave CCU a 23-22 lead, but a kill by Maddux tied the score 23-23. CCU earned set point at 24-23 on a kill by Brigitta Petrenko, and clinched the set 25-23 on a service ace by Prolic to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
- USA tied the score 4-4 in set two on a kill by Doros, but a 3-0 CCU run pushed the Chanticleer lead to 7-4. Coastal later extended its lead to 13-5 with a 6-0 scoring run. The Chanticleers held a 14-6 lead before a 4-0 Jaguar run, highlighted by a service ace from Soboleski and block-assist by Doros and Walk cut the CCU lead to 14-10. South Alabama went on a 4-0 run on a pair of kills by Maddux, one kill from Walk, and a service ace by Hannah Kazee to cut the Chanticleer lead to 16-15, but CCU responded with a 4-0 run for a 20-15 advantage. CCU earned set point at 24-20 on a kill by Petrenko, and clinched the set 25-22 on a Jaguar attack error for a 2-0 lead in the match.
- The Chanticleers went on a 3-0 run to open set three to build a 3-0 advantage. A CCU service error and attack error cut the USA deficit to 7-6. A 3-0 Jag run that featured a kill by Soboleski tied the score 10-10. CCU held a 12-10 lead before consecutive kills by Walk tied the score at 12-12. A block-assist by Harris and Walk and a Chanticleer attack error gave the Jaguars a 14-13 advantage, but a kill by Nemeth and a Jaguar bad set gave CCU a 15-14 lead. USA tied the score 15-15 on a kill by Maddux, but a Jaguar bad set and attack error gave the Chanticleers a 17-15 lead. USA used a 3-0 run that featured a kill by Harris to cut the CCU lead to 22-21. Coastal Carolina later earned match point at 24-21 on a Jaguar attack error, and clinched the set 25-21 on a service ace to clinch the match. 
 

NOTES
- USA finished with a .258 team hitting percentage in the match, while CCU posted a .253 hitting percentage.
- Maddux led the Jags with 10 kills, and added four digs and one block-assist.
- Soboleski recorded a team-high 25 assists, along with three kills, two service aces, three digs and one block-assist.
- Walk added nine kills, .583 hitting percentage, one assist, one dig and four block-assists.
- USA posted a .400 team hitting percentage in set one with 12 kills and four errors on 20 total attempts.
- CCU extended its win streak to 10 matches over USA with the win.

QUOTES
Head Coach Alexis Meeks-Rydell
- On the matches:
"I feel like we played better this evening than we did this morning. They (Coastal Carolina) are a great program; we talked about that all week leading up to this. We wanted the team to have realistic expectations of what it was going to look like, and one of the biggest things we told them is how level-headed and controlled Coastal is as a program. In the times of crucial moments or strings of points, we couldn't afford to make dumb errors. There is a time and place to risk and take a big rip or go for the ace. I feel like all of our mistakes came tonight on points we either needed to turn the momentum or we had the momentum and then they kind of took it away from us from there. I think a little bit of it is inexperience. A lot of those came from our underclassmen and that's just going to take time, but I also think it's just learning and learning each other. We are jelling much better than we were at the beginning of the season, it's just something that is going to take time. Besides the second set this morning, we competed every single set. We definitely played better tonight than we did this morning, so hopefully that trend continues into tomorrow. We know what we have to work on. We just talked to the team in the locker room about understanding where this program has been in the past, years ago, and we're still building and working toward a certain expectation of what we want South Alabama volleyball to look like – we're right there. There are things we have to work on, and there is always things to improve on."

- On improvements tomorrow:
"We did a better job earlier today of controlling their hitters a little bit, whereas tonight their hitters got away with a little more than we wanted them to, so we need to fix that for tomorrow. We just need better execution on the game plan, and trust each other. We had a lot of little errors on defense that I don't think we necessarily should have had. But definitely tomorrow, we are looking for better execution and communication."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Fri., Oct. 16, when it hosts Coastal Carolina in the series finale at noon at Jag Gym. 

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