Friday, October 7
Davidson, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
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vs
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Western Carolina
Junior setter Ariel Ley
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
Western Carolina Downs Davidson in Five-Setter
10/7/2011 9:50:00 PM | Volleyball
Box Score
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Western Carolina Catamounts defeated the Davidson Wildcats, 3-2 (24-26, 25-14, 21-25, 25-16, 9-15), Friday night in SoCon volleyball action at Belk Arena.
Davidson (12-6, 2-3 SoCon) outscored Western Carolina (8-13, 3-2), 71-61, and won nearly every statistical category, but ended up on the losing end. The Wildcats outhit the Catamounts (.192-.154), and bested Western in kills (60-48), assists (57-45) and digs (90-77).
Individually, the Wildcats placed four hitters in double figures, led by sophomore middle hitter Tindall Sewell, who continued her steady offensive play with 12 kills on 22 swings to hit .500 in the match. Sophomore outside hitter Caroline Brown (13), senior outside hitter Christine Perzinski (12) and senior middle hitter Madison Benedict (10) also tallied double-digits for the Wildcats. With four players in double figures in digs, led by 32 for junior libero Molly Crenshaw, Brown (with a career-high 22) and Perzinski (13) finished with double-doubles. Sophomore defensive specialist Jenna Ptaschinski had 11 digs, and junior setter Ariel Ley finished with 49 assists.
Carrie Minogue led Western with 13 kills and a .367 hitting clip, while Caitlin Piechota finished with 10. Brittany Lysik finished with 41 assists and 14 digs, one of four Catamounts in double figures. Morgan Cochran paced the defense with 19 digs.
After a back-and-forth contest, Western rattled off five straight points to turn a 19-17 deficit into a 22-19 lead in the opening set. The Wildcats responded with a 3-0 run, begun by a kill from Sewell, to tie the set at 22, but Jordan Timmerman gave Western a one-point edge. A Catamount service error knotted the set again, and Western had a set point after Minogue's kill. Brown put away a pass from Ley to tie the set and force extra possessions, but the Catamounts won two straight on a Timmerman kill and a Wildcat error to win the first set, 26-24.
Davidson was in complete control of the second set, turning an early 7-2 lead into an overwhelming 23-10 advantage. Perzinski and Sewell each added four kills in the set, as the Wildcats outhit the Catamounts .406 to .094. Western closed out the frame with a 4-2 run but the lead was too great, and Davidson evened the match with a 25-14 victory.
The Wildcats continued their dominance in the third set, rolling to a 4-0 early lead. But Western wouldn't go quietly, using an 8-1 run to jump ahead, 8-5. The Catamounts pushed that lead to 17-8, but despite the large deficit, the Wildcats nearly pulled off the comeback. Trailing 21-14, Davidson won six straight points, including three kills by Brown and one each by Sewell and Perzinski, to get within a score, 21-20. The Catamounts, though, won the next point on a Wildcat hitting error and took a critical 22-20 lead on a kill by Minogue. Brown won the point and the possession for Davidson, but Western finished off the set on back-to-back kills from Minogue and Piechota for the 25-21 win.
But Davidson bounced back in the fourth set, turning a quick 13-4 lead into a crushing 19-8 margin. Kills by Benedict and sophomore middle hitter Taylor Pisel gave Davidson a set-point chance at 24-12, but the Catamounts fought off four set points before a service error by Timmerman finally lifted Davidson to a 25-16 win to force the fifth and decisive set.
The teams traded points in the abbreviated set before, with the score tied at 4-4, Western used a 5-1 run to open an important 8-5 lead. The Catamounts pushed that lead to 13-7 behind a 7-2 spurt, and Davidson could not pull off the comeback, falling 15-9 in the final set.
Having played its only match of the weekend, Davidson will begin a three-game road swing with a 6 p.m. match at Georgia Southern Tuesday.
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Western Carolina Catamounts defeated the Davidson Wildcats, 3-2 (24-26, 25-14, 21-25, 25-16, 9-15), Friday night in SoCon volleyball action at Belk Arena.
Davidson (12-6, 2-3 SoCon) outscored Western Carolina (8-13, 3-2), 71-61, and won nearly every statistical category, but ended up on the losing end. The Wildcats outhit the Catamounts (.192-.154), and bested Western in kills (60-48), assists (57-45) and digs (90-77).
Individually, the Wildcats placed four hitters in double figures, led by sophomore middle hitter Tindall Sewell, who continued her steady offensive play with 12 kills on 22 swings to hit .500 in the match. Sophomore outside hitter Caroline Brown (13), senior outside hitter Christine Perzinski (12) and senior middle hitter Madison Benedict (10) also tallied double-digits for the Wildcats. With four players in double figures in digs, led by 32 for junior libero Molly Crenshaw, Brown (with a career-high 22) and Perzinski (13) finished with double-doubles. Sophomore defensive specialist Jenna Ptaschinski had 11 digs, and junior setter Ariel Ley finished with 49 assists.
Carrie Minogue led Western with 13 kills and a .367 hitting clip, while Caitlin Piechota finished with 10. Brittany Lysik finished with 41 assists and 14 digs, one of four Catamounts in double figures. Morgan Cochran paced the defense with 19 digs.
After a back-and-forth contest, Western rattled off five straight points to turn a 19-17 deficit into a 22-19 lead in the opening set. The Wildcats responded with a 3-0 run, begun by a kill from Sewell, to tie the set at 22, but Jordan Timmerman gave Western a one-point edge. A Catamount service error knotted the set again, and Western had a set point after Minogue's kill. Brown put away a pass from Ley to tie the set and force extra possessions, but the Catamounts won two straight on a Timmerman kill and a Wildcat error to win the first set, 26-24.
Davidson was in complete control of the second set, turning an early 7-2 lead into an overwhelming 23-10 advantage. Perzinski and Sewell each added four kills in the set, as the Wildcats outhit the Catamounts .406 to .094. Western closed out the frame with a 4-2 run but the lead was too great, and Davidson evened the match with a 25-14 victory.
The Wildcats continued their dominance in the third set, rolling to a 4-0 early lead. But Western wouldn't go quietly, using an 8-1 run to jump ahead, 8-5. The Catamounts pushed that lead to 17-8, but despite the large deficit, the Wildcats nearly pulled off the comeback. Trailing 21-14, Davidson won six straight points, including three kills by Brown and one each by Sewell and Perzinski, to get within a score, 21-20. The Catamounts, though, won the next point on a Wildcat hitting error and took a critical 22-20 lead on a kill by Minogue. Brown won the point and the possession for Davidson, but Western finished off the set on back-to-back kills from Minogue and Piechota for the 25-21 win.
But Davidson bounced back in the fourth set, turning a quick 13-4 lead into a crushing 19-8 margin. Kills by Benedict and sophomore middle hitter Taylor Pisel gave Davidson a set-point chance at 24-12, but the Catamounts fought off four set points before a service error by Timmerman finally lifted Davidson to a 25-16 win to force the fifth and decisive set.
The teams traded points in the abbreviated set before, with the score tied at 4-4, Western used a 5-1 run to open an important 8-5 lead. The Catamounts pushed that lead to 13-7 behind a 7-2 spurt, and Davidson could not pull off the comeback, falling 15-9 in the final set.
Having played its only match of the weekend, Davidson will begin a three-game road swing with a 6 p.m. match at Georgia Southern Tuesday.
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