11/07/05–
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JAGUAR VOLLEYBALL TO TAKE ON CROSS-TOWN RIVAL
SPRING HILL ON TUESDAY
CONTACT: Kevin Beasley
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MOBILE, Ala. - The
South Alabama women's volleyball team will take on cross-town rival
Spring Hill Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in its final non-conference
home match of the season at Jag Gym.
The contest
between the two clubs had originally been scheduled to be played
at Spring Hill on Nov. 9, but was changed due to facility issues.
"I'm excited
that we are going to have an opportunity to play at home again,"
said South Alabama volleyball head coach Nicole Keshock. "Although
we didn't win our last two matches, I have saw both individual and
team improvements in both matches. Playing Spring Hill is always
a competitive match and I expect it to be tomorrow night as well."
South Alabama
(7-17, 1-10 SBC) is coming off an 0-2 weekend in conference play,
falling 3-1 at Denver on Friday and 3-0 to North Texas on Sunday.
The Lady Jags continue to be led offensively by Via Filipe and Whitney
Sanders. Filipe is leading the club in total kills (292) and kills
per game (3.70), while Sanders is second on the club in both categories
but leads the team in hitting percentage (.267). Summer Pilgrim
is a force in the middle with a team best 90 total blocks and 1.02
per game, which ranks seventh in the Sun Belt.
Spring Hill
enters the match up with South Alabama with a 19-8 overall record
and for the third year in a row captured the Gulf Coast Athletic
Conference title with a 3-0 victory over the University of Mobile
on Nov. 1. The Badgers ended the season with a 5-0 conference mark
with the victory and are 13-0 in GCAC play the past two seasons.
South Alabama
and Spring Hill will meet for the 11th time on Tuesday. The Lady
Jags hold a dominant 8-2 lead in the all-time series. Last year,
the two clubs met for the first time since 1979 with the Jags winning
3-1 at Jag Gym. After winning a nail biter in game one, 32-30, USA
dropped the second game, 30-26, but rallied back to capture the
next two games, 30-28 and 30-22 respectively.
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