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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama volleyball team fell in four sets (10-25, 15-25, 25-14, 14-25) to Coastal Carolina in Sun Belt Conference action Friday at Jag Gym.

CCU (6-0, 6-0 SBC) swept the three-match series with the win, and remained perfect in Sun Belt play while USA (4-8, 4-4 SBC) fell to an even 4-4 in league play. South Alabama will return to action Thu., Oct. 22, when it opens a three-match Sun Belt Conference series with Georgia Southern at 11 a.m. at Jag Gym.

GAME FACTS
- South Alabama took a 4-3 lead in set one after a kill by Hannah Harris, but CCU answered with a 5-0 run to double its lead at 8-4. A Chanticleer attack error cut the Jag deficit to 9-6, but Coastal went on a 6-0 run to build a 15-6 advantage. CCU closed the opening set with a 4-0 run, earning set point at 24-10 on a kill by Jelena Prolic, and clinched the set 25-10 on a kill by Ani Bozdeva for a 1-0 lead in the match.
- A Jaguar service error cut the CCU deficit to 12-10 in set two, but South Alabama used an 8-0 run, highlighted by a service ace from Hannah Kazee, to double its lead at 20-10. The Jags later earned set point at 24-12 on a kill by Meaghan Jones, and clinched the set 25-15 on a Chanticleer service error to even the match at one set apiece.
- South Alabama went on a 3-0 run early in set three to take a 5-2 lead. CCU used a 3-0 run to tie the score 7-7. A Chanticleer service error gave the Jags an 8-7 lead before Coastal went on a 4-0 run to build an 11-8 advantage. USA cut its deficit to 17-14 on a CCU service error, but CCU used an 8-0 run to close the set, earning set point at 24-14 on a Jaguar ball-handling error, and clinched the set 25-14 on a Jaguar attack error to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
- Coastal Carolina went on a 4-0 run to open set four after four consecutive blocks. A Chanticleer attack error cut the Jaguar deficit to 4-1, but CCU went on another 4-0 run for an 8-1 advantage. USA went on a 4-0 run, highlighted by a service ace from Kazee and kill by Hannah Johnson to cut the Coastal lead to 9-6. CCU doubled its lead at 14-7 with a 4-0 run later in the set. The Chanticleers extended their lead to 18-10 with a 3-0 scoring run. CCU later earned match point at 24-14 on a kill by Ilse Sinnige, and clinched the set 25-14 on a kill by Brigitta Petrenko for a 3-1 victory. 
 
NOTES
- Maddux led the Jags with 10 kills, marking her third straight match with 10 or more kills, along with one service ace, five digs, one solo block and one block assist.
- Harris finished with nine kills and eight digs, while Johnson added five kills, a .308 hitting percentage, one dig, one solo block and one block assist.
- Soboleski recorded a team-high 23 assists, and added seven digs. 
- Kazee led the Jags with two service aces, and also had one dig.
- CCU extended its win streak over USA to 11 matches with the win.

QUOTES
Head Coach Alexis Meeks-Rydell
- On the loss:
"Set two we obviously won; Coastal beat themselves a little bit, but our team did what we've been asking them to do as far as playing the right defense, being aggressive and communicating with each other. There wasn't any hesitation during that set, and you could just tell we were working around and playing together. I told them before the match that anything we did today, we were going to do together. I saw a lot times yesterday when we were struggling was because individuals weren't doing their job, and because of that we were individually trying to make up for each other. That was my goal going into today, but we did that super well in set two and did it horribly in the other three sets. If there is one thing about this team that I love is that it's not for a lack of working hard. We never have points, sets or matches where we just don't try. Regardless of what the score says, I never feel that way. But it is understanding that working hard isn't enough; we have to be smarter and know when and when not to be aggressive or follow the game plan better. We have to do little things like that better if we want to have a chance at being successful against these better teams in our conference."

- On next week:
"I am just looking for the bounce back. We just won three matches and lost three matches, we have to get out of that pendulum swing toward the end of the season here. I think any coach would say you want to be peaking at the end of the season, so I want to see us moving forward for these next couple of weeks, but especially our last weekend at home, and get back on track. If we lose a set, but competed, followed the game plan, the trust was there and you did everything right, then it is what it is. We can fix that. This pendulum swing we are on right now is frustrating from a coaching standpoint on how to fix that. And I know the team is frustrated too, because they want to identify it as well. I just want to see the bounce back of what we could have done better this weekend with a lot of the controllables to fix that and make sure that doesn't happen this next week."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Thu., Oct. 22, when it opens a three-match Sun Belt Conference series with Georgia Southern at 11 a.m. at Jag Gym. 

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