ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball pushed Charleston to five sets, but dropped the contest to the Golden Eagles (19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-10) Friday night in a Mountain East Conference match at the Carter Center.
After dropping the first set to UC (9-19, 4-8 MEC), the Mountain Lions (10-18, 4-9 MEC) appeared to be in control of the second ga,e as they were up 17-12. However, Charleston rolled off a 7-1 run to take a 19-18 lead. Down 22-20, freshman middle hitter
Amber Hall came up with a kill before junior defensive specialist
Lindsay Maddox came up with a service ace to tie the set. Charleston, though, would win the next three points to go up 2-0 in the match.
CU opened up a gap in the third game, 12-7, ending with two straight kills from sophomore outside hitter
Camryn Huber. This time, the Mountain Lions kept UC from storming back. The Golden Eagles did get within 22-20 before sophomore middle hitter
Sheridan Herron and Huber registered back-to-back kills to help put the set away.
One again, it was Concord racing out to a lead of 13-9 edge on three consecutive Charleston errors. The Golden Eagles did not go away quietly in the fourth game as they closed to within 20-18, but Hall, Herron, Huber had consecutive kills to force a decisive fifth game.
The momentum for CU was halted as Charleston jumped out to a 6-3 lead and never looked back in the fifth set.
Huber had a team-best 14 kills. Hall finished with 12 kills and a career-best seven blocks. Freshman outside hitter
Hailey Buchanan added 10 kills and eight digs.
Senior setter
Jenna Mounts went for a season-best 31 assists while also tallying eight digs. Sophomore setter
Imani Rodgers recorded 17 assists and seven digs.
The Mountain Lions continue their season-ending homestand as they face Glenville State 7:00 p.m. Tuesday.
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