NEWBERRY, S.C. – Day two of the Newberry College Invitational saw the UNC Pembroke volleyball team drop a pair of matches, first to Coker and then North Greenville to wrap up the opening weekend of the 2017 season.

MATCH 1
Score: Coker 3, UNC Pembroke 0 (28-30, 9-25, 22-25)
Records: Coker (2-1); UNC Pembroke (0-3)
Location: Eleazer Arena

HOW IT HAPPENED
Box Score/Play-by-Play

FIRST SET
-Trailing 16-6, the Braves scored 17 of the next 21 points to grab hold of a 23-20 advantage.
-Coker erased a trio of UNCP match points at 24-23, 25-24 and 26-25 before taking advantage of its third match point at 29-28.
-The Black & Gold held a slim 16-15 advantage in kills in the opening set and hit .151 as a team, compared to Coker's .188.

SECOND SET
-Coker jumped out to a 16-5 lead and never looked back despite only eight kills in the entire set.

THIRD SET
-Knotted at 3-3, Coker went on a mini 4-0 run to take a 7-3 lead, but UNCP answered with four of the next five to pull within one at 8-7.
-The Braves were down one as late as 16-15 and scored three-straight down 24-19 to get within two, but the Cobras finished the job on a kill by Madison Bingle.

KEY STATS
-Amber Tyndall led the Braves in kills (11) for the second time in the first three matches, as the transfer hit .200 on 30 total attacks.
-Madelyn Ashwell added seven kills, while Makaylah Elliott and freshman Tyler Fitzpatrick each tacked on four kills. It was Fitzpatrick's first action in a Black & Gold uniform.
-Senior Cayce Bell held down the back row with a team-high 19 digs and junior Bailee Jones dished out a team-best 15 assists to go along with nine digs of her own.
-The Braves had more digs (63-58) and total attacks (132-199) than Coker and also held a 6-4 advantage in service aces.

MATCH 2
Score: North Greenville 3, UNC Pembroke 0 (16-25, 13-25, 21-25)
Records: North Greenville (1-3); UNC Pembroke (0-4)
Location: Eleazer Arena

HOW IT HAPPENED
Box Score/Play-by-Play

FIRST SET
-North Greenville used an 8-1 run to stake claim to a 13-6 lead before the Braves battled back and pulled within two at 15-13 on a kill from Tyndall.
-The Crusaders closed the set on a 10-3 run, including five kills in their final six points.

SECOND SET
-Back-to-back attack errors from North Greenville gave the Black & Gold a 4-3 advantage after a pair of kills from Elliott and Michelle Voyer to begin the set.
-A 5-0 run from the Crusaders built their lead to 12-6 and the Braves couldn't pull closer than five for the remainder of the set.

THIRD SET
-Trialing 22-10, UNCP put together an 8-1 run to claw its way back to within three at 23-20.
-Two kills from North Greenville's Katie McManaway in the next three points put a lock on the set and the match for the Crusaders.
-The Braves had a team-best nine kills in the final set, hitting .091 as a team.

KEY STATS
-UNCP improved its hitting percentage in each set and had nine blocks to North Greenville's four.
-Voyer led all Braves with seven kills and a .261 hitting percentage, while tacking on one block.
-The libero Bell had 11 digs and was followed closely by Jones (8) and Tyndall (7). Jones had a team-high 10 assists, while freshman Miranda Cada handed out six.

UP NEXT
The Braves open the home portion of their schedule with a tri-match at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court on Tuesday. UNCP will face Converse at 3 p.m. and Shaw at 7 p.m. Converse and Shaw will do battle at 5 p.m. in Pembroke. Live stats and video links can be found at uncpvball.com.