Box Score
ATHENS, W. Va. – The Concord University volleyballteam couldn't quite pull off the upset over the University of Charleston, falling 3-1 (25-18, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23) to the Golden Eagles Saturday afternoon at the Carter Center.
The loss drops Concord's record to 14-15 overall and 6-8 in Mountain East Conference contests. Charleston improves to 19-7 overall and 11-4 in league matches.
All four sets were back-and-forth contests; for the match there were 19 ties and nine lead changes.
With the score tied at 17-17 in the first set, Charleston took eight of the sets final nine points to win the opener 25-18. The Mountain Lions appeared poised to tie the match at 1-1 in the second set, but CU couldn't hold on to a 24-18 lead as the Golden Eagles fought back to take the set 26-24.
Concord rebounded with a 25-20 win in the third set to force a fourth game where they quickly jumped out to an 11-4 lead over the Golden Eagles. However, Charleston once again countered CU's run, eventually tying the match at 21-21 before pulling ahead for good en route to the 25-23 match-clinching victory.
The Mountain Lions were paced by three players that totaled at least 10 kills with junior outside hitter
Brytni Willis and senior middle hitter
Jasmin Sutherland leading the way with 11 kills each. Junior right side hitter Whytni Wills chipped in a career-high 10 kills. In addition to her kill total,
Brytni Willis also made 11 digs for a double-double.
Junior middle hitter
Sarah Jones added nine kills and a team-high four blocks while senior middle hitter
Rebecca Lovejoy provided six kills and three blocks of her own.
Junior setter
Nikki McMillan recorded her second double-double in as many matches with 19 assists and 19 digs to go with three aces. Fellow setter
Amanda Walker followed suit with 16 assists and two aces as well. Junior libero
Lindsey Smith led the Mountain Lions' defense with a match-high 22 digs.
Katharine Furlong led Charleston to the win with 12 kills and 16 digs.
Concord closes out its regular season on the road with a pair of matches next week starting 7:00 p.m. Friday at Glenville State.
