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Elly Ashley Blocks
3
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 6-2
0
Converse CONVERSE 0-8
Winner
UNC Pembroke UNCP
6-2
3
Final
0
Converse CONVERSE
0-8
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
UNC Pembroke UNCP 27 26 25 (3)
Converse CONVERSE 25 21 21 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Six Straight! Volleyball Shuts Out Converse

FLORENCE, S.C. – Senior Anna Heinz became the latest addition to the UNC Pembroke volleyball team's 1,000-Dig Club and the Braves matched the program's longest win streak in 25 years with a 3-0 blanking of Converse on Saturday afternoon at the FMU Invitational.
 
The victory marked the sixth-straight triumph for the Braves (6-2) who joined both the 2001 and 2013 clubs for the longest win streak in 25 years. The setback kept the Valkyries (0-8) off the board in the series, while also keeping Converse winless in the still-young season.
 
MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE UNC Pembroke 3, Converse 0 (27-25, 25-22, 25-21)
RECORDS UNC Pembroke (6-2); West Alabama (0-8)
ARENA Smith University Center (Florence, S.C. – FMU Invitational)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 27-25 Converse led by as many as four points, 12-8, after an attack error by the Braves, but UNCP eventually put together a 7-3 run to forge ahead, 18-17. An attack error by the Black & Gold allowed the Valkyries to serve for match point with a 25-24 advantage, but UNCP got consecutive kills from Brianna Warren and Shannon Skryd to grab a 26-25 advantage, and then used an attack error to close out the set.
SET 2 I 25-22 An 8-3 run by the Valkyries allowed them to grab an early 11-8 advantage, but the Braves eventually turned in an 11-3 run of their own to grab a 19-14 lead. Converse scored five-straight late points to go back on top, 22-21, but the Braves closed out the second set with four-straight points, including a pair of hitting errors by Converse that lit up point Nos. 24 and 25.
SET 3 I 25-21 UNCP scored seven of the third set's first nine points, but Converse scored six-straight points to storm ahead, 8-7, minutes later. The Valkyries pulled to within a point, 22-21, via an attack error by UNCP, but the Braves grabbed three of the final four points to register their sixth-straight win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS Brianna Warren (9), Shannon Skryd (8), April Tankersley (7)
ASSISTS Morgan Gibbs (17), Casey O'Quinn (15), Abby Farr (7)
DIGS Anna Heinz (23), Shannon Skryd (11), Casey O'Quinn (8)
BLOCKS Brianna Warren (6), Elly Hicks (4), Ashley Caesar (3)
SERVICE ACES Anna Heinz (1), Raven Oates (1), Shannon Skryd (1)
 
UP NEXT
The Braves will close out their stay at the 2019 FMU Invitational on Saturday evening when they take on Eckerd inside Francis Marion's Smith University Center. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.
 
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Fans can help support the UNC Pembroke Volleyball program by joining the Braves Club. To find out more information about the Braves Club, visit UNCPBraves.com/BravesClub or email braves.club@uncp.edu.
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