WISE -- UVA Wise closed out the regular season Saturday morning with a 3-0 loss to South Atlantic Conference regular season champion Anderson. The Highland Cavaliers fell by set scores of 21-25, 17-25 and 16-25 and finished with 36 kills while hitting .104.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Result: UVA Wise 0, Anderson 3
Records: UVA Wise (14-13, 12-10 SAC); Anderson (27-3, 21-1 SAC)
Location: Wise, VA | David J. Prior Convocation Center
GETTING WISE
First Set
- Anderson won the opening set 25-21 and finished with a 16-12 edge in kills.
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Abigail Curtis accounted for four Cavaliers service aces, including two during a four-point stretch that moved the Highland Cavaliers from down 17-12 to within 17-16.
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Mable James,
Maggy Sechrist and
Skye Williams each had three kills for the Cavs, while
Olivia Amos was credited with assists on all 12 of the team's kills.
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Second Set
- The Trojans won the set 25-17, finishing with 14 kills while scoring 11 points on Cavaliers errors; the Highland Cavaliers recorded 13 kills.
- Sechrist led the Cavs with five kills,
Mia Poag added three and Amos assisted 12 of the Cavaliers' kills.
- The Highland Cavaliers put together a late four-point stretch from 21-12 to 21-16, including consecutive Poag kills and a
Mable James/Amos block.
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Third Set
- The Cavaliers dropped the third set 25-16, with Anderson finishing the set with 15 kills to the Cavs' 11.
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August Betz led the Highland Cavaliers with three kills in the set, while
Braelynn Williams,
Mable James and Sechrist added two apiece.
- Amos assisted on nine of the Cavaliers' kills, and
Mia Bradley recorded the team's lone service ace in the set.
GETTING WISE
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Maggy Sechrist led the Cavaliers with 10 kills and added four digs.
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Olivia Amos finished with 34 assists, four digs and two block assists.
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Abigail Curtis recorded 16 digs and four service aces.
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Mable James added seven kills and two block assists.
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UP NEXT
The Highland Cavaliers have earned a berth in the SAC Tournament for a school-record third straight season and will be the seventh seed. They will face second-seeded Tusculum Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the SAC Tournament Quarterfinals in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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