Volleyball Takes Thriller in Charleston

Friday, September 27

Charleston, S.C.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

8-6, 1-0

The Citadel

4-8, 0-1

Mercer

The Citadel

9/27/2019 9:21:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Bears start SoCon play with a “dub”

By: Jace Sanders

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Mercer volleyball pulled off a thrilling, five-set victory in its Southern Conference opener at The Citadel Friday night – taking the match (18-25, 25-18, 25-14, 20-25, 16-14).

The Bears (8-6, 1-0 SoCon) were led by 19 kills from Roberta Todd – a new season-high for the junior and just one shy of her career-best. Todd was aided by a 40-assist night from reigning SoCon Setter of the Week Malia Randolph. Also filling the stat sheet for Mercer were Annie Karle with 19 digs and Alexia Morey, Brittany Major and Jaida Howell with five blocks apiece.

MERCER at THE CITADEL
Set One (18-25) | Mercer led, 9-4 and 15-11, at different points of the game but the Bulldogs rallied back to take the opener on a 12-1 run at the end. Roberta Todd tallied four of the Bears' eight kills and Annie Karle served back-to-back aces in the set.

Set Two (25-18) | The Bears bounced back and evened the match with a solid second set, going up 17-11 and holding on for the win. Mercer took the lead with a four-point serving rally from Amber Gibson and put it away

Set Three (25-14) | Mercer was dominant in the third set to draw within a set of clinching the match. The Bears went up 10-3 before the Bulldogs knew what hit them, paced by huge runs from Karle and Megan Smith serving the ball.

Set Four (20-25) | The Citadel made things interesting with a win in the fourth set, as Mercer recorded more kills (12-8) but also more attacking errors (11-3) in the set.

Set Five (16-14) | The back-and-forth continued in the fifth set, but the Bears were able to clinch the match with a narrow, two-point victory. Mercer sealed the win with another attack from Todd after a Bulldog error made the score 15-14 in favor of the Bears.

UP NEXT
The Bears continue their road swing to start conference play at Wofford Saturday at 6 p.m.

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