MOBILE, Ala. | Arkansas State got off to a hot start in the opening set and went on to capture a 3-0 (25-10, 25-21, 25-14) win over South Alabama Saturday afternoon in the Jags' home finale at Jag Gym.

South Alabama (14-11, 9-5 SBC) was paced by Cambria Gaier's nine kills. Maradith O'Gorman posted four total blocks – one solo and three assists – while Alexa Strandberg finished with three block assists.

Addison Collum led all players with 10 kills as she also posted a .438 hitting percentage. Daedrianna Cail also finished with six kills and seven total blocks – one solo and six assists. 

Arkansas State (17-8, 10-4 SBC) posted a .347 hitting percentage, while holding the Jaguars to a .012 percentage.

Quotable – head coach Jesse Ortiz
- On the match: "Arkansas State came out with a lot of energy and really came at us. I didn't feel like we responded as well as we could have. I thought our team played hard, but against a team like Arkansas State, you have to be efficient as well. Kudos to them. They're a great team on the west side of the Sun Belt. I'm really proud of my plyers, especially our seniors, for playing as hard as they could and trying to get after it. There are better days ahead for us. We're looking forward to our final series at Coastal Carolina and of course the Sun Belt Conference tournament."

How It Happened 
Set 1 – Arkansas State 25, South Alabama 10
•    KEY MOMENT: The Red Wolves opened up the match on an 8-1 run and never looked back in the set
•    ASU used an 8-1 run to open the match and grabbed the seven-point lead on a kill by Cail
•    Cail (two kills and two blocks) and Collum (three kills and two blocks) combined to record six of ASU's first nine points
•    The Red Wolves later used a 5-0 run to extend their lead out to double figures, as Cail and Devyn Lewis capped off the run with a block to give the visitors a 21-8 lead
•    Arkansas State went on to take the opening set 25-10 on a block by Collum and Haley Glunz
•    ASU posted a .440 hitting percentage in the opening set, while holding South to a -.037 percentage
•    Lewis led the Red Wolves with five kills and a .714 percentage in the set
•    The 10 points scored by the Jaguars in the first set were the fewest in a single set this season

Set 2 – Arkansas State 25, South Alabama 21
•    KEY MOMENT: After South had pulled within one late, the Jags committed a serving error, which extended the ASU lead to two and ignited a 3-0 run to end the set
•    South got off the quick start in the second set, grabbing four of the first five points
•    Gaier had a pair of kills and O'Gorman registered a solo block during the early run
•    Holding an 8-5 advantage, the Jags pushed across three-straight points to double its lead, capped off by an ace from Anna Loberg
•    Arkansas State kept chipping away at the Jaguars advantage and took its first lead of the set at 18-17 after a block by Kaitlin Whitlock and Cail
•    Five points later, Whitlock dropped in her third ace of the match to give the Red Wolves a 21-19 lead
•    South Alabama pulled within one (22-21) later in the set after a kill by Dalayla Blackwell, but the Red Wolves closed out the frame with the final three points
•    Lewis sealed the 25-21 set win for ASU with her seventh kill of the match

Set 3 – Arkansas State 25, South Alabama 14
•    KEY MOMENT: Tied at 4-4, Arkansas State reeled off a 7-1 run to take the lead for good
•    Whitlock broke a 4-4 tie with a kill and gave the Red Wolves the lead for good as the visitors pushed across seven of the next eight points
•    Lewis posted the next two points for ASU and Glunz later put the Red Wolves up 11-5 with a kill of her own
•    Still holding a five-point lead, Arkansas State broke the set open and used a 5-0 run to extend its lead out to double figures
•    Libby Gee-Weiler capped off the scoring and gave the Red Wolves the 18-8 lead with an ace, one of seven on the afternoon for Arkansas State
•    Collum later clinched the match victory with her 10th kill of the afternoon
•    Like the opening set, ASU was outstanding on the offensive side of the net, recording a .360 hitting percentage
•    Defensively, the Red Wolves forced South Alabama into 10 attack errors and a -.161 hitting percentage

Post-Match Notes
•    Following the match, South Alabama honored its senior class: Emily Ready, Rachel Rossman, O'Gorman, Loberg and Wilson
•    The .347 hitting percentage by Arkansas State marked the highest by an opponent this season
•    The .012 hitting percentage by South Alabama was a season low
•    The Red Wolves have now held opponents to fewer than 20 points – in 25-point rally scoring – 31 times, including 20 in league play 
•    With her five kills in the second set, Gaier now leads the club with 45 sets of four or more kills, including 10 with six or more, and has done so in 31 of her 50 Sun Belt Conference sets played
•    Loberg eclipsed the 1,900-assists mark for her career as she now has 1,907

Up Next
•    South Alabama will close out the regular season next weekend when it travels to Coastal Carolina for a two-match series. First serve of the series opener with the Chanticleers is set for 5 p.m. (CT), while the finale will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT).

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