PEMBROKE – The UNCP women's
volleyball squad overcame an ugly first set and used double-digit
kills from four players to defeat the Francis Marion Patriots in
Peach Belt Conference volleyball action Wednesday night at the
English E. Jones Center in Pembroke.
"We were down 19-23 in the third game, Caitlin (Haworth) comes in
a brings us back from the dead. That was one of those things, where
if we had lost that game we probably would have lost the next as
well. She's a senior and did what a senior is supposed to do. Eman
(Al-Aswadi) did a really nice job stepping in for Rachel. She's not
real flashy, but she gets the job done," said UNCP head coach
Jeff Billington. "If somebody can show
me another sport that has more momentum changes than volleyball,
I'd like to see that."
The Lady Braves (16-7, 5-4 PBC) lost the first set 22-25 before
rebounding to win the next three sets via scores of 30-28, 26-24
and 25-9, and have now won eight of their last 11 matches. The
Patriots (13-10, 3-7 PBC) lost their third-straight with the defeat
and have been topped in five of their last eight matches.
Leading the way for UNCP was junior Rebecca Morgan, who recorded 13 kills
and just one attack error on 40 attempts to pace the Lady Braves'
effort. Morgan added 13 digs on defense to snag her eighth
double-double of the year, a number that leads her team.
Heather
Bolwerk recorded a career-high 50 assists in the
victory while adding seven digs and two blocks on the defensive
side of the net and chipping in three kills on a .333 attack
percentage to go along with three service aces.
Junior Allie
Schneider knocked in 13 kills of her own off the bench
while adding six digs, and Rachel Young and Tiara
Anderson each recorded 10 kills of their own in the
victory.
Marissa
Baker recorded 31 digs - two off her career high for
the category – to give her three games this year with at
least 30 digs.
UNCP hits the road this weekend to take part in the Pacer
Volleyball Invitational in Aiken, S.C. with matchups against Coker
and Palm Beach Atlantic on Friday at 1:00 p.m. an d 7:00 p.m.,
respectively.
