COOKEVILLE, TENN. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team took down Tennessee Tech in straight sets (25-19, 25-20, 25-19) on Friday night in The Southern Conference (SoCon) action inside the Hooper Eblen Center.
The 3-0 sweep marks the fourth straight-set victory for UNCG this season and third in SoCon play. The Spartans improve to 12-7 overall and 5-3 in SoCon play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1 – The teams traded points early before UNCG used a 5-0 run, highlighted by a
Mia Nicklas service ace and two Tennessee Tech attack errors to open a 10-5 lead. The Spartans stretched the margin to 17-8 behind four kills from
Allie Sweet. Tennessee Tech answered with six of the next seven points to pull within four, 18-14. However, UNCG steadied with kills from Sweet and
Hailey Clifton and an ace from
Siena Smiejek to close out the set, 25-19.
Set 2 – Tennessee Tech scored the first two points and later built a 6-3 advantage. UNCG worked back to tie the set at eight, then took the lead at 9-8 on a
Kendall Lanclos kill. After Tennessee Tech tied it at 10, Sweet and
Izora Gragg recorded back-to-back kills to put the Spartans ahead. A
Connore' Siler-Nixon kill helped the Spartans build a 20-15 lead. Tennessee Tech cut the margin to four points late, but Sweet finished the set with a kill for a 25-20 UNCG win.
Set 3 – UNCG opened with a 4-1 lead, but Tennessee Tech fought back to tie the set at six. The Spartans responded with a 4-1 stretch, including kills from Siler-Nixon, Sweet and Gragg, to go ahead 10-7. UNCG kept its advantage and used another run to move in front 14-10. After the Golden Eagles pulled within two at 15-13, the Spartans scored six of the next seven points to take control at 21-14. Sweet's kill made it 24-18 and Clifton delivered the match-winning point for the 25-19 set victory.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Sweet led the match with 18 kills and hit .412. Siler-Nixon added eight kills, while Lanclos had seven.
- Gragg paced the contest with 35 assists, while Nussbaum led UNCG with seven digs.
- Chloe Nussbaum and Nicklas each served two aces.
- Siler-Nixon led the match with four blocks.
- UNCG hit .382 as a team, compared to Tennessee Tech's .230. The Spartans finished with 12 blocks to the Golden Eagles' four.
RECORDS
UNCG: 12-7, 5-3 SoCon
TTU: 9-11, 5-3 SoCon
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UP NEXT
The Spartans are back in the Hooper Eblen Center tomorrow for their second match against Tennessee Tech starting at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT.
