Wildcats Fall 3-2 in Hard Fought Battle at Wake Forest

Saturday, September 1

Winston-Salem, N.C.

12:30 pm

Davidson College Athletics

2-1

Wake Forest

2-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Davidson	22	25	25	12	15	2
Wake Forest	25	21	21	25	17	3

Wildcats Fall 3-2 in Hard Fought Battle at Wake Forest

9/1/2012 3:52:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Ashley Bailey

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Taking the match to five sets, the Davidson volleyball team battled Wake Forest in a tight contest before falling to the Demon Deacons by a score of 3-2 in the Wake Forest Invitational on Saturday.

Caroline Brown's 14 kills and two aces powered the Wildcats, who fell to 2-1 in 2012. Brown also recorded 13 digs and three block assists on the day. Molly Crenshaw was the team leader with 23 digs, while Tindall Sewell had four block assists and four solo blocks. Sewell and teammate Megan Chamberlin had eight kills each while Ariel Lay had 34 assists.

Wake Forest's Anna Carley had 20 kills and 13 digs, while Andrea Beck had 19 kills. Kristin Grissom had seven block assists, while Megan Miller posted 13 digs in the match.

It was a battle from the start as the two teams traded points before a kill by Brown from Ley gave the edge to the Wildcats at 6-5. A kill by Grissom soon after gave the lead back to the Demon Deacons. A kill by Brown, along with a pair of errors by Wake Forest put the Wildcats' back ahead by four at 14-10 but Wake would storm back to a 15-15 tie on a service ace by Kylie Hargreaves. The Wildcats would take the lead three more times before Wake Forest went on a 5-0 run to take a 23-20 advantage. The Demon Deacons would score on kill by Carley to end the set with a 25-22 win.

The 'Cats took an 8-4 lead to start set two and were able to stay ahead 14-10 on three errors by Wake Forest. Ley and Sewell combined for a block, while two more Wake errors put the score at 24-18. Ley had a kill of her own before picking up the assist on Brown's kill for the final point of the set for the 25-21 win.

Davidson once again found itself with an early lead in the third set, going ahead 11-6 on back-to-back kills by Pisel and Chamberlin. Brown, Anastasia Owen and Sewell each had consecutive kills to add to the 'Cats' lead at 14-6. Another from Brown made it a seven-point game before Wake Forest scored four consecutive points to cut the deficit to three at 17-14. The Demon Deacons would make another late running, coming within two on a kill from Beck to make it 23-21. However, Sewell added another kill for the 'Cats before a Wake Forest error gave Davidson the 25-21 win.

Wake Forest would go on an early 7-1 run in the fourth set and would hold control the rest of the way. Back-to-back errors by the Demon Deacons gave the 'Cats their fourth and fifth points of the set as they found themselves down 11-6. A 3-0 run by Wake Forest would put them ahead 19-8, before another 3-0 run finished with a kill by Carley gave the Demon Deacons the 25-12 win and tie things up at two sets apiece.

The tiebreaker set was again a tight battle as a kill by Beck put the Demon Deacons ahead 5-2. A service ace by Brown tied things up at 6-6 before an attacking error on Wake Forest gave Davidson the 7-6 lead. Wake Forest picking up the game-tying point on a ball handling error by the 'Cats, then proceeded to produce two miscues of their own to put Davidson back ahead 9-7. Neither team would take a comfortable lead as the two squads found themselves tied at 15-15 nearing the end of the set. Wake Forest's Grissom would come through with a kill and assisted on a block as the Demon Deacon scored the final two points to win the set 17-15 and take the match at 3-2.

The Wildcats will play again on Saturday, facing UNC Wilmington at 4:30 p.m. as they wrap up play in Winston-Salem.