Brown, Ley Earn Honors as ‘Cats Top Seahawks 3-1

Saturday, September 1

Winston-Salem, N.C.

4:30 pm

Davidson College Athletics

3-1

UNC Wilmington

4-3

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Davidson	19	25	30	25	3
UNC Wilmington	25	20	28	15	1

Brown, Ley Earn Honors as ‘Cats Top Seahawks 3-1

9/1/2012 10:56:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Ashley Bailey

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Caroline Brown and Ariel Ley earned all-tournament honors as the Davidson volleyball team prevailed over the UNC Wilmington Seahawks 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Wake Forest Invitational. The 'Cats ended the weekend 2-1 in the tournament behind host Wake Forest's 3-0 record and moved to 3-1 on the season.

Brown had 15 kills and 12 digs in the match and led the 'Cats with three service aces. Ley had a match-high 46 assists and produced seven digs as well as three aces. Taylor Pisel's 18 kills led the squad with Hannah Rau adding six block assists. Molly Crenshaw also contributed with a team-high 13 digs.

For the Seahawks, Jennifer Mallard was the team leader with 20 kills. Haley Collins had 15 digs and Victoria Phillips recorded 22 assists. Meredith Peacock had five block assists in the match as UNCW finished the tournament 1-2.

UNCW took a 4-1 lead off a kill by Mallard, and another 3-0 run put them ahead 8-4. A kill from Megan Chamberlin and a block by Sewell and Brown kept it close at 8-6, but the Seahawks were on a roll and scored three straight points to take an 11-6 lead on an ace by Lindsay Hartmann. The 'Cats would come within three on a kill from Pisel, but couldn't catch up as the Seahawks took set one by a score of 25-19.

The Seahawks rolled into the second set, taking a 3-0 lead and staying ahead early on. Down 12-10, the 'Cats went on a 10-0 run and never looked back. Despite a late 4-0 streak by UNCW, Davidson finished things off with a kill by Chamberlin for the 25-20 win.

The 'Cats once again found themselves on the wrong end of the score at 10-5 in the third set. Just as the Seahawks were about to claim the set, a kill from Brown would extend things with a 24-24 tie. The teams traded points, with kills from Brown and Sewell to give Davidson the 28-27 lead. Brown had another kill before an attacking error on UNCW gave the 'Cats the 30-28 win.

Davidson took no chances in the fourth set, dominating from the start with an early 6-1 run to take an 8-4 lead. A late 10-point streak culminated with an ace by Brown gave the 'Cats a 12-point advantage at 20-8. A Rachel Earnhardt kill ended the set and secured the match.

The Wildcats will be back in action next weekend as they travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for the UNF Invite. The team will kick things off with a 4:30 p.m. tilt with Presbyterian on Sept. 7 before facing Florida A&M and host North Florida on Sept. 8.