Volleyball Concludes 2024 Season After Loss To UConn

Thursday, December 5

Greenville, N.C.

3 p.m.

Mercer University

26-7,14-2SoCon

UConn

25-7,12-6Big East

UConn

Mercer

Volleyball Concludes 2024 Season After Loss To UConn

12/5/2024 2:19:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

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

GREENVILLE - The Mercer volleyball team closes the curtain on their historic 2024 season after suffering a loss to the University of Connecticut in the opening round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championships on Thursday.

Ekes recorded a match-high 13 kills, her 29th match this season posting double-digit kills. Sophia Henry hit .278 with six kills at the net while MeMe Davis put up 12 digs and added four assists from the back row. Brooke Phillips and Sammi Bergjans combined for 23 assists throughout the three sets played.

The Bears left their mark on the record book this season coming away as the first outright regular season conference champions, winningest team in program history, first time in program history to go undefeated at home, first conference player and setter of the year awards, led the NCAA in service aces and received their first postseason tournament invite.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 0, UCONN, 3 (21-25, 19-25, 12-25)
RECORDS	Mercer 26-7, 14-2 SoCon; UCONN 25-7, 12-6 Big East
ARENA	Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 21-25	Mercer maintained the lead in the first set until the Huskies went on a six point service run to take a four point lead at the 12-15 mark. The Bears were never able to fully gain the momentum back ultimately falling in set one off of back-to-back UConn kills.
SET 2 I 19-25	The two squads battled back and forth during the first portion of the set before Mercer fell behind 10-16. Four kills in a row from Lou Johnson, Gia Padilla and Sophia Henry brought the deficit down to two. However, it was not enough to shut down UConn's big block at the net, forcing a must-win set three.
SET 3 I 12-25	The Huskies took advantage of the momentum swinging their way and ran with it taking an early lead from the Bears. Mercer was not able to pull together a comeback as they played their final minutes of the record-breaking 2024 season.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Skye Ekes (13), Sophia Henry (6), Gia Padilla (5)
ASSISTS	Brooke Phillips (17), Sammi Bergjans (6), MeMe Davis (4)
DIGS	MeMe Davis (12), Gia Padilla (8), Sammi Bergjans (8)
BLOCKS	Gia Padilla (1)
SERVICE ACES	Abbey Havrilla (2)

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