GREENEVILLE, TN – Tusculum spoiled UVA Wise's Halloween as the Pioneers held the Highland Cavaliers to .181 hitting en route to the 3-1 win Saturday afternoon. The Cavaliers took the third set 26-24 after 19-25 losses in the first two, but Tusculum closed the match with a 25-23 fourth set.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Result: UVA Wise 1, Tusculum 3
Records: UVA Wise (13-12, 11-9 SAC); Tusculum (17-7, 14-6 SAC)
Location: Greeneville, TN | Pioneer Arena
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set
- The Cavaliers fell 25-19 in the opening set as Tusculum finished with a 15-13 edge in kills.
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Maggy Sechrist led the Cavaliers with four kills, while
Mable James added three.
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Olivia Amos assisted on 12 of the Cavaliers' 13 kills and teamed with James on two blocks.
- The Cavaliers put together four straight points while down 18-11, getting kills from
Riley Brandon and James, a
Mia Bradley ace and an Amos-James block.
Second Set
- The Cavaliers dropped the second set 25-19 after tying the score at 12-12 on a
Riley Brandon kill.
- Tusculum finished with a 15-12 edge in kills, while both teams recorded two service aces.
- Brandon led the Cavaliers with four kills and teamed with
Braelynn Williams on both of the team's blocks;
Mable James added three kills.
- Amos assisted on 11 of the Cavaliers' 12 kills and added a service ace.
Third Set
- The Cavaliers won the third set 26-24, closing with consecutive Tusculum attack errors after the score was tied at 24.
- The Cavaliers finished with a 16-11 edge in kills and a 3-1 advantage in service aces during the set.
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Mable James and
Riley Brandon each had four kills, and James assisted on three blocks, including the set-ending block with Amos.
Fourth Set
- Tusculum won the fourth set 25-23 after the teams were tied at 23-23.
- The Cavaliers opened the set with four straight service points on
Olivia Amos' serve, including kills by
Riley Brandon and
Annabelle Dowell.
- The Cavaliers recorded 17 kills in the set, led by four each from Brandon and
Mable James, while Amos assisted on 13 of those kills.
- Tusculum finished with 19 kills and two service aces in the set, compared with one ace for the Cavaliers.
GETTING WISE
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Mable James finished with 14 kills while hitting .500 and added five total blocks and a team-high 16.5 points.
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Riley Brandon matched James with 14 kills, hit .355 and added eight digs and four total blocks.
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Abigail Curtis recorded a team-high 27 digs and added eight assists.
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Olivia Amos finished with 46 assists, nine digs, two aces and three total blocks.
UP NEXT
The Cavs volleyball team returns home to close out the regular season as they host Newberry on Friday, Nov. 6, at 6 p.m. and Anderson Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. Friday's match will be Senior Day for the team.
