» Morton is second in the conference in digs per set averaging 4.44. Boyer's blocking has also stepped up as she has posted 13 blocks in those five matches. In the previous five matches, she had 69 kills and 60 digs. Her streak of double-doubles ended at five when she accumulated nine kills and 10 digs against North Florida. » Boyer has elevated her game as the season has gone on. Katarina Morton led the way with 28, Toure Hopkins had 22, Piedimonte had 21 and both Anaiah Boyer and Ria Ridley had 15. » En route to having 108 digs, the Owls had three players with at least 21 digs and two more players with 15. The 216 attacks were the most a team has ever had, the 108 digs is the third most in a match and the 71 kills is fifth most ever in a match. » The long match against Jacksonville rewrote the record books in attacks, digs and kills. For the season, the Owls are 4-2 in five set matches. Three of the four KSU wins have been in five sets, and until the loss to North Florida, Kennesaw State had been undefeated in conference matches that went the distance. » The matches in A-Sun play so far have been nail biters for the Owls. I'm just proud of how we fought in the match and kept grinding and came out and played an excellent set five, probably our best set of the year, and came out with the win." Coming in to tonight obviously we were tied with Jacksonville and North Florida in the standings, but we really didn't focus on that too much this week. Anytime you get a conference win it's big. Less than 24 hours later, North Florida came back from a 2-1 deficit to beat Kennesaw State in five. The Owls beat Jacksonville in a marathon match that saw three of the five sets go into extra points. » KSU played in two long five-set matches splitting with Jacksonville and North Florida. Offensively, the Hatters are led by two underclassmen in sophomore Madison Akins with 273 kills and redshirt freshman McKenna Foster with 180 killsĪfter winning five straight matches in A-Sun play, the Hatters have lost four straight. Stetson (14-10, 5-5) has welcomed a new coach this season as Kristina Hernandez has taken over the indoor volleyball team. He most recently was the assistant coach at Colorado State. The Eagles head coach Matt Botsford is in the middle of his first season as the head coach.
The second place Eagles only two losses are both against Lipscomb. All three teams still have FGCU, Stetson, Northern Kentucky and Lipscomb on their schedules to finish the regular season.įGCU (15-9, 8-2) relies heavily on its upper classmen with their senior setter Gigi Meyer to go along with the other three seniors Olivia Mesner, Whitney Masters and Jessica Barnes. » After splitting with North Florida and Jacksonville, KSU is tied for fifth in the conference standings. This is the second week in a row and the fourth time this season that the Owls have claimed an A-Sun weekly award.
She also added nine kills and three service aces last weekend. » Kristi Piedimonte won her second Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Week award this week after totaling 88 assists and 28 digs against North Florida and Jacksonville. and then drive up to Stetson to play the Hatters on Saturday, November 8 at 5 p.m. » The Kennesaw State volleyball team will fly to Fort Myers, Florida to play Florida Gulf Coast on Friday, November 7 at 6:30 p.m. Story Links NOTES | LIVE STATS (FGCU) | VIDEO (Stetson)
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