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Carlos Morales
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UNC Greensboro UNCG 19-6,8-4 SoCon
3
Winner Samford SU 6-17,5-7 SoCon
UNC Greensboro UNCG
19-6,8-4 SoCon
1
Final
3
Samford SU
6-17,5-7 SoCon
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UNC Greensboro UNCG 25 23 20 16 (1)
Samford SU 16 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Jesika Moore, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

UNCG Falls to Samford in Four

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team fell to Samford, 3-1 (16-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-16 on Saturday night.
 
  
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UNCG jumped out to a 11-6 lead over Samford behind Kayla White, Gabriela McHugh, Grey Breen, Hannah Knier, and Brittany Wood.
  • After extending their lead to six, the Spartans forced Samford to take the first timeout of the set.
  • Samford never got within five of UNCG. The Blue and Gold coasted their way to 25, taking the first set, 25-16.
  • The first timeout of the second set was the media timeout with Samford leading by two, 15-13. Breen and White led with two kills each.
  • The Spartans came out of the first called one going on a 4-0 run to take the one-point lead, 20-19. Jocelyn Carter and Breen scored for the Blue and Gold.
  • Samford would take set two, 25-23.
  • Samford jumped out to a 15-13 lead, forcing the media timeout in the third set. Four Spartans scored in the opening run.
  • The Spartans could not close the gap and fell in set three, 25-20.
  • The fourth set had eight ties before the media timeout, Samford leading 15-11. White scored three times with two kills and an assisted blocked by Knier.
  • Samford closed out the set and match, 25-16.
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Kayla White and Grey Breen led the Spartans with 12 and 11 kills, respectively.  White recorded her 17th double-double of the season with 18 digs to match.
  • Gabriela McHugh dished out 36 assists in the match, bringing her career total to 2,485. She is now ranked sixth in the record books for all-time career assists.
  • Jenna Wiggs followed White in digs for the match. Wiggs finished with 17 and Stephanie Meysembourg finished with 10, rounding out the double-digit digs.
  • White and McHugh were the lone Spartans to have a solo block on the match with one each.
  • Hannah Knier led the Blue and Gold with five block assists, followed by McHugh with three.
  • Grey Breen led with four service aces in the match.
UPCOMING
The Spartans come home for a three-game home stand with Furman, Wofford, and Western Carolina. UNCG will honor their four seniors prior to Saturday's match against Wofford.
 
 
 
 
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