Volleyball Defeats Chattanooga In Five Sets - Mercer University Athletics

Thursday, November 5

Chattanooga, Tenn.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

15-12,9-6SoCon

Chattanooga

7-20,2-13SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Mercer	25	21	25	23	15	3
Chattanooga	19	25	13	25	5	2

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Box Score

By: Ben Kinealy, Kinealy_ben@mercer.edu

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Mercer Volleyball ran the offense through the middles as they took down the Chattanooga Mocs in five sets on Thursday to kick off their final road series of the regular season.

Avery Wilks and Joselynn Sanjurjo led the offense with each of them totaling 13 kills, combining for a .423 hitting percentage. Wilks also recorded a career-best eight blocks.

Aubri Martin anchored the back row, leading the team with 20 digs while adding four assists, two service aces, and a kill while Sammi Bergjans had 50 assists, 11 digs, five service aces, and five kills. Mercer had four players record double-digit kills with Lara Matta recording a double-double with 12 kills and 14 digs while Taylor Timko had 12 kills, two digs, and a block.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 3, Chattanooga 2 (25-19, 21-25, 25-13, 23-25, 15-5)
RECORDS	Mercer 15-12, 9-6 SoCon; Chattanooga 7-20, 2-13 SoCon
ARENA	Hawkins Arena (Macon, Ga.)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 25-19	Neither team could take the upper hand early in the first set, as the teams were tied at seven before Mercer went on an eight-point run to go up 15-7. The Bears eventually extended their lead to 19-10, and despite the Mocs using two three-point runs to bring the first set within five, Mercer closed out the first set with a Sammi Bergjans kill.
SET 2 I 21-25	The Bears and Mocs continued their back-and-forth battle that they started at the beginning of the first set with Chattanooga holding a slight advantage at 10-8 before the Bears earned the next six points to go up 14-10. The Mocs immediately responded with four straight points to tie the set at 14, and pulled away late in the set after they took seven of nine points to go up 23-19. The Bears took the next two points, but it wasn't enough as the Mocs closed out the second set 25-21.
SET 3 I 25-13	Mercer took control in the third set, taking the first seven points to jump out to a commanding lead. The Mocs took the next four, but the Bears didn't let them back into the set for long as they responded with five straight points to go up 12-4. The Bears later used a three-point run and a four-point run to extend their lead to 12 and later closed out the set 25-13 on an Avery Wilks kill.
SET 4 \| 23-25	The Bears and Mocs exchanged the first 13 points of the fourth set before Chattanooga won the 14th point to take a 8-6 lead. The Bears later tied it and took the lead, but neither side could take advantage until the Mocs went on a four-point run to take a 21-18 advantage. Mercer responded late with a three-point run to tie the set at 23, but the Mocs took the next two points to close out the fourth set 25-23.
SET 5 \| 15-5	The Bears went on a five-point run early in the fifth set to take a 6-2 lead. The Mocs and Bears exchanged a few points to make the deciding set 7-4 before Mercer went on a five-point run and a three-point run to end the fifth set with a dominating 15-5 victory to win the match 3-2.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Avery Wilks (13), Joselynn Sanjurjo (13), Lara Matta (12), Taylor Timko (12)
ASSISTS	Sammi Bergjans (50), Aubri Martin (4)
DIGS	Aubri Martin (20), Lara Matta (14), Sammi Bergjans (11)
BLOCKS	Avery Wilks (8), Jasmine Calton (2), Lara Matta (2)
SERVICE ACES	Sammi Bergjans (5), Sarah Frager (3), Aubri Martin (2)