Volleyball Falls At Alabama In Weekend Finale

Saturday, August 26

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

3 p.m.

Mercer University

1-2,0-0SoCon

Alabama

3-0,0-0SEC

Mercer

Alabama

Volleyball Falls At Alabama In Weekend Finale

8/26/2023 5:00:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Home-standing Alabama registered a.350 hitting percentage and utilized nine service aces and five blocks to hand the visiting Mercer volleyball team a 3-0 setback on Saturday in the finale of the Crimson Tide Invitational.

It was the second loss of the weekend for the Bears (1-2) who hit a respectable .249 at the net on the weekend, while also posting 11.1 kills per set. Alabama (3-0) won nine-straight sets to sweep through the weekend, including straight-set victories over Mississippi Valley State and Saint Louis on Friday.

The Orange & Black will continue its season-opening 9-match stretch away from Macon next weekend when it treks to Tampa, Fla., for the South Florida-hosted Bulls Volleyball Invitational. The Bears are slated to take on Florida Gulf Coast, Idaho State and USF at the two-day event.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Alabama 3, Mercer 0 (18-25, 16-25, 21-25)
RECORDS	Mercer 1-2; Alabama 3-0
ARENA	Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Foster Auditorium - Crimson Tide Invitational)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 18-25	A back-and-forth affair early on, Alabama tacked up six-straight points to forge an 11-5 advantage, and then held the Bears at arm's length the rest of the way out. The Bears pulled to within 22-17 on a Kylee Quigley kill, but the Crimson Tide scored three of the last four points to ice the set.
SET 2 I 16-25	The Crimson Tide registered a .516 hitting percentage in the second set to aid a 25-16 triumph that put it up by two sets. The sides traded punches for a majority of the first 19 points of action, before Alabama utilized a 5-2 run to put some distance between itself and the visitors.
SET 3 I 21-25	Mercer used a bad set by the hosts to knot the final set up at 10 apiece midway through, but Alabama keyed another win with five-straight points to go up 15-10. Mercer tacked up two consecutive points to pull to within two, 23-21, but the hosts closed out the weekend with a kill from Micah Gryniewicz and a hitting error by the Bears.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Kylee Quigley (6), Mykole Morgan (6), Skyler Bumpers (6)
ASSISTS	Kiera McCarles (14), Carley Raleigh (11), Mykole Morgan (1)
DIGS	Abbey Havrilla (14), Kylee Quigley (7), Carley Raleigh (6)
BLOCKS	Lillian Beardsley (2), Mykole Morgan (1), Gia Padilla (1)
SERVICE ACES	Kylee Quigley (1), Skyler Bumpers (1), Abbey Havrilla (1)

UP NEXT
The Orange & Black will continue its season-opening 9-match stretch away from Macon next weekend when it treks to Tampa, Fla., for the South Florida-hosted Bulls Volleyball Invitational. The Bears are slated to take on Florida Gulf Coast, Idaho State and USF at the two-day event.

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