Bears Fall to Bulls on Final Day of Invitational
9/2/2023 2:00:00 PM | Volleyball
MACON – The Bears closed out the weekend in Tampa at the Bulls Volleyball invitational falling to the host team, South Florida, in three sets.Â
Kylee Quigley was named to the All-Tournament Team. Her seven aces in game one of the Invitational are the most service aces by a player in one game in over a decade for the Bears.Â
The Bears play next week Sept. 8-9 at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Ala. The first match is Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. vs. Charleston Southern.
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Kylee Quigley was named to the All-Tournament Team. Her seven aces in game one of the Invitational are the most service aces by a player in one game in over a decade for the Bears.Â
The Bears play next week Sept. 8-9 at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Ala. The first match is Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. vs. Charleston Southern.
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| MATCH SUMMARY | |
| FINAL SCORE | Mercer 0, South Florida 3Â (14-25, 23-25, 10-25) |
| RECORDS | Mercer 2-4 SoCon; South Florida 1-3 |
| ARENA | Yuengling Center (Tampa, Fla.) -- Bulls Volleyball Invitational |
| MATCH REPLAY | |
| SET 1 I 14-25 | Mercer started out the match down 0-5 but brought it back within one point. After the score was 6-7, USF went on an 11-point run with only one Mercer point in the mix. |
| SET 2 I 23-25 | Set two was the closest and most intense set with three lead changes, but six service errors brought the Bears another challenge on themselves. The Bears scored twice to come within one point, but after a timeout, USF won the set point. |
| SET 3 I 10-25 | Kylee Quigley opened up set three with a service ace. After Quigley's ace, the Bulls led 8-1 before another ace by Abbey Havrilla. These were the only two service aces of the match for the Bears. The Bulls closed out their home invitational weekend winning the set and match holding the Bears to 10 points in set three. |
| INSIDE THE BOX SCORE | |
| KILLS | Kylee Quigley (9), Skyler Bumpers (5), Gia Padilla (5) |
| ASSISTS | Kiera McCarles (14), Jessica Dunn (8), Abbey Havrilla (4) |
| DIGS | Abbey Havrilla (12), Kiera McCarles (5), Gia Padilla (5) |
| BLOCKS | Mykole Morgan (1.0), Skyler Bumpers (1.0) |
| SERVICE ACES | Kylee Quigley (1), Abbey Havrilla (1) |
| UP NEXT | |
| The Bears play next week Sept. 8-9 at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Ala. The first match is Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. vs. Charleston Southern. |
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| SUPPORT THE BEARS | |
| Fans can help support the Mercer athletics department by making a gift to the Mercer Athletic Foundation. To find out more information about the Mercer Athletic Foundation, visit SupportMAF.com or email maf@mercer.edu. |
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