Box Score

MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama volleyball defeated Coastal Carolina in straight sets in Sun Belt Conference action Friday at Jag Gym.

South Alabama (15-10, 9-4 SBC) took a 1-0 lead with a 25-17 win in the opening set. Maddie Soboleski recorded three service aces in the first set, which aided an 8-0 Jaguar run in the first set. The Jaguars then took a 2-0 lead with a 25-22 win in set two, and clinched the match with a 25-20 win in set three.

Soboleski finished with 13 kills, three service aces and seven digs, and Niki Capizzi recorded 13 kills, a .619 hitting percentage, one service ace, four digs and six blocks. Setter Kailey Keeble recorded her 17th double-double of the season, finishing with 37 assists and 12 digs in addition to two kills and one block. Lillie Simons added six blocks, five digs and one kill, and Hannah Maddux and Morgan Stalcup finished with eight kills, one dig and one block apiece.

The Jaguars recorded five of their six service aces in the match in the opening set, and finished with 55 digs and nine blocks in three sets. The win marked South Alabama's second straight against Coastal Carolina, dating back to last season, marking the first time in program history the Jags have defeated the Chanticleers in consecutive matches. The victory also marked the first time in program history USA has swept CCU.

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it hosts Coastal Carolina at noon at Jag Gym to close its 2022 home schedule.

QUOTES
Head Coach Jesse Ortiz
- On keys to the win:
"We wanted to make sure we were low error. Coastal Carolina is a very physical team. They get after it on the serve. We had to make sure we answered in serve receive, give ourselves opportunities to take attacks at them in serve receive and just work a rhythm of attack more than anything else."

- On tomorrow's match:
"You get comfortable and feel like you did something (with tonight's win), and you just have to go back to zero-zero and get ready to scrap it out. That's a very good team. I have a lot of respect for that group, and (CCU head coach) Jozsef (Forman) does a great job. It's going to be a dogfight tomorrow too, and we're ready for it."

- On the success at home this season:
"We have great fans in Jag Gym who take care of us. We have a raucous crowd every single time. Our cheer group is great and our fandom is great. They come and get ready for it as well, and we just love that. They really help us."

Setter Kailey Keeble
- On the win:
"It's a huge win, especially coming off of last weekend. We needed this as a team. We worked really hard in practice this week. We didn't really feel like we got after it in those two games last week, so everybody was pretty motivated and ready to grind today."

- On keys to the win:
"Definitely a shout out to the passing game. I thought it was really fantastic. They really dialed it in for me; I didn't have to do much, they made my job pretty easy. And when you have hitters like Morgan (Stalcup), Niki (Capizzi), Hannah (Maddux) and (Maddie) Soboleski, you can pretty much throw up anything and they're going to hit it. So it was just a combination of passing and awesome hitting that we had tonight."

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