11/08/05–
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JAGUARS DISMANTLE CROSS-TOWN RIVALS SPRING
HILL, 3-0
CONTACT: Kevin Beasley
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Score
MOBILE, Ala. - The
South Alabama women's volleyball team snapped a three-match losing
skid Tuesday night with a 3-0 (30-23, 30-19, 30-22) victory over
cross-town rival Spring Hill at Jag Gym.
"The thing
that we focused most on tonight was trying to be a more consistent,"
said South Alabama volleyball head coach Nicole Keshock. "We
have had a tendency to be an up and down team during both games
and matches this season. I think we did better in that area tonight,
but we still have room for improvement. Overall though it was great
to get the win."
South Alabama
(8-17, 1-10 SBC), like it did in all three games on the night, came
out and captured the opening point of the game on a Jade Nuss service
ace. Spring Hill (19-9) kept battling and pushed its second lead
of the game out to 16-14 after a pair of Jaguar errors. USA came
out of a time out and quickly grabbed the momentum, outscoring the
visiting Badgers 7-1 over the next eight points to take a 21-17
lead. SHC was only able to get as close as three the rest of the
way, as the Lady Jags went on to take the opener 30-23.
In game two,
South Alabama completely dominated the Badgers, taking 12 of the
first 15 points. Whitney Sanders gave USA the nine-point lead on
one of her nine kills on the night. Spring Hill could only get as
close as eight the rest of the way and the Jags led by as many as
12 (28-16) after Via Filipe slammed home one of her match-high 12
kills. USA went on to take the 30-19 victory.
The Jags looked
as if they were going to put the third contest away early, jumping
out to a quick 11-7 advantage. The Badgers, however, reeled off
four unanswered points to knot the contest back up at 11-all. Spring
Hill, however, could not retake the lead, as USA pushed the deficit
back out to four at 17-13, this time courtesy of a Shannon VanAntwerp
kill. The Jags went on to take the finale 30-22 and the match, 3-0.
South Alabama
out-hit Spring Hill .191 to .010 and recorded 10 service aces, four
of which that came from Filipe.
Filipe led all
Jags in kills, while Sanders was second on the squad with nine kills
of her own. The Badgers were paced by Kristen Phillips eight on
the evening.
South Alabama
will close out the regular season schedule with road contest at
Troy (Nov. 11 - 7 p.m.) and at Middle Tennessee (Nov. 13 - 1 p.m.)
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