WISE – The UVA Wise volleyball team pulled away late in the first two sets and then dominated the third set as they defeated Concord University in a non-conference match Saturday evening on the Quillen Court.
The match is the last non-conference home match of the season for the Cavs. They will have their final non-conference match of the season next Saturday at Erskine.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Result: UVA Wise 3, Concord 0
Records: UVA Wise (8-6); Concord (7-10)
Location: Wise. VA | The Quillen Court in the David J. Prior Convocation Center
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Cavs pulled out the 27-25 win in a set that featured 12 ties and six lead changes. Neither team led by more than three points and the teams tied at 23-23 when a bad set by UVA Wise gave the Mountain Lions a set point sideout. A kill by
Mailea Hufnagel off an assist by
Riley Brandon then tied the set again at 24-24. CU the had a kill from Natalie Brown give them the lead once again, and once again Brandon assisted a kill, this time from
Serina Petersen, to tie the set at 25-25.
Piper Suddeth then went to serve for UVA Wise, and after she assisted Brandon on a kill she then gave UVA Wise the 27-25 set win with a service ace.
- The lead see-sawed early in the second set until a Petersen kill sparked a 6-1 Cavalier run. The closest the Mountain Lions would get down the stretch is three points as UVA Wise went on to take the set, 25-20.
- In the past few matches UVA Wise has had slow starts in the third set, but against Concord they were all business as they opened the set on a 7-0 run that featured three service aces by Brandon. They then kept up the pressure and never let CU mount any large runs as they extended the lead out to as much as twelve before Brandon's ninth kill of the match gave UVA Wise the 25-14 set three win and the match victory.
GETTING WISE
- The Cavs had 47 kills to 28 by CU and out-dug the Mountain Lions by a 61-49 margin.
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Kaylee Scarce scored her number and led all players with 15 kills in addition to her 10 digs. She passed the 700 career kills mark in the contest and is the eighth Cav in program history to pass that total.
- Brandon (9 kills, 19 assists, 10 digs) was one kill shy of her second triple-double of the week.
- Suddeth led all players with 21 assists, while
Abigail Curtis had 16 digs.
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Cassidy Farley had six blocks and is now two shy of being the fourth UVA Wise player to pass 300 career blocks.
ABOUT CONCORD
- Chloe Thompson led the Mountain Lions with ten kills, while Natalie Brown chipped in seven.
- Declyn Tooze led Concord with nine assists, and Kyndra Pliant had five blocks.
- Three Mountain Lions had ten or more digs, led by Meg Williams' 26. Allie Davis had 17 digs while Thompson added in 13.
UP NEXT
With the match against Converse on Tuesday cancelled due to conditions at the Converse campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the Cavs will now have almost a week off before getting back into SAC play at Anderson next Friday evening. They will then make the short side trip from Anderson to Due West, South Carolina, to face the Erskine Flying Fleet Saturday afternoon. Their next home match will be on Oct. 16 against Lincoln Memorial University.
