Bears Over Bulldogs In Friday Night Sweep

Friday, October 25

Macon, Ga.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

17-4,7-1SoCon

The Citadel

11-10,5-5SoCon

The Citadel

Mercer

10/25/2024 7:52:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Kaylin Flukey, kaylin.flukey@live.mercer.edu

MACON - The Mercer volleyball team dominated The Citadel in a Friday night sweep over the Bulldogs. The Bears move to 7-1 in the Southern Conference, remaining in the number one spot and maintaining an overall record of 17-4.

Senior middle blocker Skyler Bumpers led the Bears offense with 16 kills, a season-high for the Mobile Ala. native, and three blocks. Skye Ekes was not far behind, registering 13 kills of her own with an ace and a block. MeMe Davis and Gia Padilla combined for 25 digs and Brooke Phillips tallied 26 assists in the victory.

The Bears return to Hawkins Arena tomorrow night at 7 p.m. to face the Catamounts of Western Carolina University. The match will not be streamed but live stats will be provided by the Mercer athletics department.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 3, The Citadel 0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-14)
RECORDS	Mercer 17-4, 7-1 SoCon; The Citadel 11-10, 4-5 SoCon
ARENA	Macon, Ga. (Hawkins Arena)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 26-24	The Bears got off to a slow start bouncing points back and forth with the Bulldogs until the 20-19 mark when Gia Padilla grabbed the lead with a kill. The Citadel fought back to tie the set 23-23 but was put to a stop after two kills from Skye Ekes to seal the set win.
SET 2 I 25-19	Bumpers and Ekes were lights out for the Bears combining for 11 kills and putting the match out of reach from the Bulldogs at the 20-16 mark. Mercer jumped on the opportunity and closed out the match with kills from Johnson and Ekes.
SET 3 I 25-14	Mercer carried the momentum throughout the entire set completely dominating at the front line, following key digs from MeMe Davis. Abbey Havrilla went on a four-point service run to pull away from The Citadel and set Mercer up for the match win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Skyler Bumpers (16), Skye Ekes (13), Sophia Henry (6)
ASSISTS	Brooke Phillips (36), Abbey Havrilla (3), MeMe Davis (2)
DIGS	MeMe Davis (13), Gia Padilla (12), Abbey Havrilla (8)
BLOCKS	Skyler Bumpers (3), Brooke Phillips (2)
SERVICE ACES	MeMe Davis (2), Abbey Havrilla (2), Skye Ekes (1)

UP NEXT
The Bears return to Hawkins Arena tomorrow night at 7 p.m. to face the Catamounts of Western Carolina University. The match will not be streamed but live stats will be provided by the Mercer athletics department.

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