11/13/05–
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LADY JAGS END SEASON WITH 3-0 LOSS
TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE
CONTACT: Kevin Beasley
Box
Score
MURFREESBORO,
Tenn. - The
South Alabama women's volleyball team dropped its final match of
the season with a 3-0 loss to Middle Tennessee Sunday afternoon
at Alumni Memorial Gym.
The host Blue Raiders
(26-3, 10-2 SBC) came out in the opener and quickly jumped out to
a 10-1 lead in the match. The MT scoring run was capped off by block
assists from Quanshell Scott and Andressa Lyra. The Lady Jags (9-18,
2-11 SBC) were able to get as close as eight on block assists from
Whitney Sanders and Jade Nuss before the Lady Raiders stretched
the lead back out to their largest of game one at 27-12. Middle
Tennessee went on to take the opener 30-17 and a 1-0 match lead.
The Blue Raiders out hitting USA .379 to .000 in the opener.
USA came out in the second
game and took an early 3-1 lead. Middle Tennessee however responded
to the Jaguar spurt with six unanswered points of its own to take
the lead at 7-3 on another pair of block assists by Scott and Megan
Sumrell. South Alabama kept fighting and eventually cut the deficit
to one at 21-20 on a Jenna Swilley kill. After exchanging the next
few points, the Lady Raiders pushed the margin back out to four
(26-22) on a Sumrell service ace. The Jags would not rollover and
continued to claw their way back and tied the game at 27-27 on a
Summer Pilgrim kill. One point later, South Alabama retook the lead
courtesy of a MTSU miscue. The two clubs exchanged the next couple
of points before Middle Tennessee pushed the final three points
of the game to take it 31-29 and a 2-0 match advantage.
In the finale,
Middle Tennessee broke an early 9-9 tie with another big run, this
time a 9-1 spurt that was capped off by a Megan Carter ace. The
Jags kept fighting again and cut the margin to three on another
Swilley kill. The Lady Raiders stretched the lead back out to eight
(25-17) and went on to take game three 30-22.
South Alabama was paced
by Sanders' 14 kills. The Jag sophomore also recorded a team-high
seven digs on the afternoon. Via Filipe also recorded double figures
in kills, finishing with 11. Middle Tennessee received a match-high
15 kills from Scott, while two others also recorded double digits
in that category; Ashley Adams (11) and Lyra (10).
The nine wins by the
Lady Jags this season triple their win total from a season ago and
are the most since the 2001 season.
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