Bears Come up Short at UNCG

Saturday, October 19

Greensboro, N.C.

4 p.m.

Mercer University

9-12, 2-6SoCon

UNCG

9-13, 3-5SoCon

Mercer

UNC Greensboro

10/19/2019 8:52:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Jesika Moore

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Mercer Bears volleyball team went 1-3 (21-25, 25-22, 19-25, 18-25) Saturday night against UNCG in Greensboro, N.C.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Set One (21-25) | Mercer started behind in the first set. Kills by Jaida Howell and Alexia Morey brought the Bears in the lead 8-7. The Bears stayed strong and took a 3-point lead 10-7. UNCG made a come back 11-12. Mercer managed to tie it up again 13-13 but fell to UNCG 21-25.

Set Two (25-22) | The Bears started off the second set fighting hard. A kill by Alexia Morey put the score at 7-3. Mercer continued the lead thoughout the set with kills by Jaida Howell, Malia Randolph, Annie Karle, Alexia Morey, and Brittany Major. The Bears take the set with a score of 25-22.

Set Three (19-25) | Mercer started set three fighting hard but fell behind. UNCG took a three-point lead. Kills by Annie Karle and Brittany Major tied the score 11-11. UNCG took the lead again. Mercer continued to fight hard but lost set three to UNCG with a score of 19-25.

Set Four (18-25) | Mercer started the fourth set fighting hard. A kill by Jaida Howell put the Bears in a four-point lead. The Bears fell behind but a kill from Brittany Major tied them back up 8-8. Mercer fell behind again. They fought hard but fell to UNCG 18-25.

NOTABLES

Freshman Jaida Howell continues to lead the SoCon in hitting percentage.
Junior Megan Smith is ranked top ten in the Southern Conference in digs, averaging 3.28 digs per set.
Nya Steele and Malia Randolph are on the list for assists in the SoCon, Steele with 7.96 per set and Randolph with 7.24 per set.
Jaida Howell leads the team in blocks, recording 69.0 on the season.

UP NEXT
The Bears will be back a home next Friday, October 25 when they take on Wofford at 7 p.m. in Hawkins Arena.

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