Senior Erin Lupfer
Wildcats Open Home Season with 3-0 Sweep of Coastal Carolina
9/16/2011 9:05:00 PM | Volleyball
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Sophomore outside hitter Caroline Brown and senior outside hitter Christine Perzinski touched double figures in kills to lead the Davidson Wildcat volleyball team to a 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-17) sweep of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the home opener Friday night at Belk Arena.
Brown led Davidson (8-3) with a match-high 12 kills and 13 digs, and Perzinski added 10 kills and six digs as the 'Cats took down Coastal Carolina (4-8) in the second match of the Wildcat Classic. Norfolk State swept N.C. A&T in the opening match.
Lian Bernett finished with seven kills and seven digs to pace the Chanticleers, and Meghan Laffin tallied seven kills as well. Sam Skryd had 25 assists, and Lindsay Gill led the defense with 12 digs.
"It was a quality win against a physical opponent," head coach Chris Willis said. "We did a good job of keeping the ball off the floor defensively, and getting the ball to our setter in serve receive. In the end we made plays at critical moments in the match, which is what the game is all about."
Davidson won the first four points of the match, but the Chanticleers answered with a 5-0 run to take a one-point lead. The set stayed close throughout with neither team leading by more than a point until the Wildcats rattled off four straight points behind strong serving from junior libero Molly Crenshaw and kills by junior setter Ariel Ley and Perzinski for a set-point chance, 24-20. Coastal responded again, tying the set at 24 with four straight scores, but back-to-back hitting errors delivered the set to the Wildcats, 26-24.
The Wildcats used a 6-2 run midway through the second set to take a 21-15 lead, punctuated by an ace from sophomore Jenna Ptaschinski, and force Coastal into a timeout. Two kills by Brown and one from Perzinski is all that Davidson would need to finish the 25-19 win and go ahead 2-0 in the match.
Davidson was in control from the start of the final set, opening a gaping 12-2 lead en route to the convincing 25-17 win for the match. Brown served eight straight points as a part of the run, and the Wildcats led by as many as 21-8 in the set.
The Wildcats will return to action with a pair of matches tomorrow, taking on N.C. A&T at noon and Norfolk State in the tournament finale at 5 p.m.
Brown led Davidson (8-3) with a match-high 12 kills and 13 digs, and Perzinski added 10 kills and six digs as the 'Cats took down Coastal Carolina (4-8) in the second match of the Wildcat Classic. Norfolk State swept N.C. A&T in the opening match.
Lian Bernett finished with seven kills and seven digs to pace the Chanticleers, and Meghan Laffin tallied seven kills as well. Sam Skryd had 25 assists, and Lindsay Gill led the defense with 12 digs.
"It was a quality win against a physical opponent," head coach Chris Willis said. "We did a good job of keeping the ball off the floor defensively, and getting the ball to our setter in serve receive. In the end we made plays at critical moments in the match, which is what the game is all about."
Davidson won the first four points of the match, but the Chanticleers answered with a 5-0 run to take a one-point lead. The set stayed close throughout with neither team leading by more than a point until the Wildcats rattled off four straight points behind strong serving from junior libero Molly Crenshaw and kills by junior setter Ariel Ley and Perzinski for a set-point chance, 24-20. Coastal responded again, tying the set at 24 with four straight scores, but back-to-back hitting errors delivered the set to the Wildcats, 26-24.
The Wildcats used a 6-2 run midway through the second set to take a 21-15 lead, punctuated by an ace from sophomore Jenna Ptaschinski, and force Coastal into a timeout. Two kills by Brown and one from Perzinski is all that Davidson would need to finish the 25-19 win and go ahead 2-0 in the match.
Davidson was in control from the start of the final set, opening a gaping 12-2 lead en route to the convincing 25-17 win for the match. Brown served eight straight points as a part of the run, and the Wildcats led by as many as 21-8 in the set.
The Wildcats will return to action with a pair of matches tomorrow, taking on N.C. A&T at noon and Norfolk State in the tournament finale at 5 p.m.
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