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UNC Greensboro

Kayla White
Carlos Morales
3
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 5-1,0-0 SoCon
1
N.C. A&T NCAT 3-3,0-0 Big South
Winner
UNC Greensboro UNCG
5-1,0-0 SoCon
3
Final
1
N.C. A&T NCAT
3-3,0-0 Big South
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UNC Greensboro UNCG 25 25 22 26 (3)
N.C. A&T NCAT 11 20 25 24 (1)

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

Spartans Best Aggies in Battle of the Boro

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Four years and three days after scoring her first collegiate ace, Kayla White scored her 100th career ace in UNC Greensboro volleyball team's 3-1 (25-11, 25-20, 22-25, 26-24) win over town-foe North Carolina A&T on Friday night.

  
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Spartans opened the match with a 6-3 run against the NC A&T Aggies. Four Spartans were a part of the scoring. Jocelyn Carter, Amanda Garvens, Stephanie Meysembourg, and Kayla White scored.
  • Jocelyn Carter, Hannah Knier, Grey Breen, and Gabriela McHugh were brick walls on the front row, stopping six balls from getting over the net.
  • The Spartans would take the set 25-11, the second largest margin of victory this season behind their 25-9 set two win over EKU.
  •  In the second set, with the score at 8-3, Kayla White went back to serve. At 8:02 p.m., she entered the century milestone with her 100th career ace and gave the Spartans a 9-3 lead.
  • The Aggies went on a late 6-1 run to make it a close set.
  • Back-to-back kills from Taylor Robertson and Hannah Knier put the Spartans within two-points of taking the 2-0 lead in the match. White would end the set on a kill from McHugh.
  • UNCG and NC A&T were all tied up at eight each. Jocelyn Carter and an Aggie error gave the Spartans the two-point lead.
  • The Aggies went on a 7-4 run to take a 19-16 lead.
  • UNCG battled their way back to a one-point deficit, 23-22, but the Aggies would take the set 25-22.
  • The Blue and Gold opened the fourth set with a 15-11 lead. Kayla White, Grey Breen, Jocelyn Carter, and Hannah Knier blocked four balls.
  • A late 3-0 run by UNCG gave the Spartans a 20-14 lead. NC A&T would find momentum and comeback and take a 24-23 lead.
  • Three straight points from the Spartans would end the match. UNCG would sweep the Spartan-Aggie tournament.
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Kayla White scored her 100th career ace in the 3-1 win over the Aggies. Her season total is 13.
  • Gabriela McHugh was named the MVP of the tournament. She finished the three-game series with 131 assists. She averaged 11.91 per set.
  • Jenna Wiggs and Hannah Knier earned spots on the tournament team. Wiggs finished with 43 digs and five service aces Knier had 25 kills and 15 total blocks.
  • Freshman Jocelyn Carter averaged 1.09 blocks per set. She totaled 12 blocks this weekend along with Grey Breen.
  • Stephanie Meysembourg led the Blue and Gold with six service aces in eight sets played.
  • The 5-1 start for the Spartans is the best since 2010, when they started the season with a 6-0 record.
COREY'S COURSE OF THOUGHT
Carlin on the weekend
"Woohoo! I'm proud of the team. We persevered through some tough times this weekend. Now we have our eyes on NC Central."
 
UPCOMING
The Spartans will stay home and welcome North Carolina Central on Tuesday, September 7. The match will take place at 7 p.m.
 

 
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