Bears Become Winningest Team In Program History After Sweep Over Western Carolina

Wednesday, November 6

Cullowhee, N.C.

Noon

Mercer University

21-4,11-1SoCon

Western Carolina

7-17,1-10SoCon

Mercer

Western Caro.

Bears Become Winningest Team In Program History After Sweep Over Western Carolina

11/6/2024 1:54:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

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

CULLOWHEE - The Mercer volleyball team becomes the winningest team in program history with 21 wins on the season, following a Wednesday sweep over Western Carolina. The Bears move to 11-1 in the conference, remaining in the number one spot.

Gia Padilla hit an impressive .692 with nine kills and also added on 12 digs and two service aces. Skye Ekes recorded a math high of 11 kills with two service aces in the victory. MeMe Davis and Brooke Phillips combined for 26 digs and Lou Johnson put up four block assists on the afternoon.

The Bears are back in action tomorrow night in Greenville, S.C. to take on the Paladins of Furman University at 6 p.m. The match will not be streamed but will have live stats available, provided by the Furman athletics department.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 3, Western Carolina 0 (25-21, 25-12, 25-15)
RECORDS	Mercer 21-4, 11-1 SoCon; Chattanooga 7-17, 1-10 SoCon
ARENA	Cullowhee, N.C. (Ingles Court)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 25-21	Mercer took the momentum of the set from the first serve with Brooke Phillips going on a five-point service run to put the Bears up 5-0. Western Carolina fought back to come within three points but a kill from Ekes secured the set win.
SET 2 I 25-12	The Bears carried the momentum into set two, completely shutting down the Catamounts early on in the set. Abbey Havrilla was strong behind the service line recording a service ace a a five-point service run to put the Bears up 12-5. A Bumpers kill ended the set, sending Mercer to set three up 2-0.
SET 3 I 25-15	Mercer once again got off to a 3-0 start following back-to-back kills from Ekes and Henry. The Catamounts found a last-minute burst of energry to come within five points but Mercer shut them down with four wins to grab the sweep.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Skye Ekes (11), Gia Padilla (9), Lou Johnson (7)
ASSISTS	Brooke Phillips (32), Abbey Havrilla (5), MeMe Davis (2)
DIGS	MeMe Davis (16), Gia Padilla (12), Brooke Phillips (10)
BLOCKS	Lou Johnson (4), Skye Ekes (2), Sydney Vancott, Sophia Henry (1)
SERVICE ACES	Abbey Havrilla (3), Gia Padilla, Skye Ekes (2)

UP NEXT
The Bears are back in action tomorrow night in Greenville, S.C. to take on the Paladins of Furman University at 6 p.m. The match will not be streamed but will have live stats available, provided by the Furman athletics department.

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