Volleyball Beats UNCG to Start Second Half of Conference Play

Friday, October 20

Greensboro, N.C.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

11-9,7-2SoCon

UNC Greensboro

1-19,0-9SoCon

Mercer

UNC Greensboro

Volleyball Beats UNCG to Start Second Half of Conference Play

10/20/2023 7:50:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

GREENSBORO – After a trying set one, the Bears dominated sets two and three to take a sweep of UNCG in Greensboro.

The Spartans came out fighting to protect their home court in set one, leading most of the set. After seemingly constant ties and a few lead changes, Mercer brought it down to the wire to tie the set at 24-24 and take the last two points to win the opening set. Sets two and three were vastly different games, with Mercer only allowing two ties for the rest of the game, otherwise staying in the lead. The Bears scored on nine service aces from five different players. This is the team's fifth straight conference win and the fourth sweep in five games.

The Bears will travel to Spartanburg to play at Wofford on October 21 at 6 p.m.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 3, UNCG 0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-15)
RECORDS	Mercer 11-9 (7-2 SoCon); UNCG 1-19 (0-9 SoCon)
ARENA	Fleming Gym (Greensboro, N.C.)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 26-24	The match started out with a tight set, having 12 ties and seven lead changes. Mercer fell to a six-point deficit at 4-10 and continued to trail until tying the set again at 13-13. Mercer took a brief lead with a service ace by Ali Waldon but again, trailed until a service ace by Carley Raleigh to tie the match at 20-20. After being tied at 24 and forcing extra points, Mercer rallied to score the set points on back-to-back kills by Skyler Bumpers assisted by Kiera McCarles.
SET 2 I 25-18	The Bears came out on fire for set two and only allowed two ties and never gave up the lead. After a tie at 3-3, they went on a 10-0 run to put the Spartans in a hole they did not dig out of. While the set did come within five points, Mercer bounced back to rebuild the lead, winning the set on a service ace by Carley Raleigh.
SET 3 I 25-15	Mercer started out the third and final set in the lead and never looked back. The Bears reached a match-high 10-point lead in set three at 22-12, matching that lead to snag the win 25-15 with a kill by Hannah White.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Kylee Quigley (14), Skyler Bumpers (10), Gia Padilla (10)
ASSISTS	Kiera McCarles (29), Abbey Havrilla (4)
DIGS	Abbey Havrilla (12), Gia Padilla (7), Kylee Quigley (6), Aliyah Waldon (6), Kiera McCarles (6)
BLOCKS	Lillian Beardsley (4), Kylee Quigley (2), Aliyah Waldon (2)
SERVICE ACES	Kylee Quigley (4), Carley Raleigh (2), Aliyah Waldon (1), Gia Padilla (1), Abbey Havrilla (1)

UP NEXT
The Bears will travel to Spartanburg to play at Wofford on October 21 at 6 p.m.

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