University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Liberty
Volleyball Falls at Liberty
10.14.2007 | Women's Volleyball
LYNCHBURG, Va.? Liberty University used a strong hitting game to hand UNC Asheville a 30-24, 30-11, 30-10 in Big South volleyball action on Sunday.
Liberty hit .320 on the match led by Nicki Scripko who had 11 kills and 14 digs while hitting .474 on the match. Jessica Nelson led the Flames with 12 kills and Karyl Bacon had 15 digs to move Liberty to 14-7 on the season and 5-1 in the Big South.
UNC Asheville fell to 6-17, 0-6 in the Big South. Kelsey Benroden led the Bulldogs with seven kills along with Alysha Greer. Benorden saw her seven-match double-double streak come to an end. The Bulldogs as a team had just 27 kills in three games and hit. 024 on the match.
Raquel Miotto led Asheville defensively with nine digs.
Game one was the only game in which Asheville hit a positive percentage. The Dogs hit .234 in the opener. Asheville led 20-16 in the game before Liberty called its first timeout. The Flames came out of the timeout with a six-point run that forced an Asheville timeout at 22-20. Liberty outscored the Dogs 14-4 to close out the game. Game one had 14 ties and five lead changes.
The Flames started game two with a 12-3 run and never trailed on their way to a 30-11 win. The Flames hit .314 while Asheville hit -.056.
Game three was more of the same as the Flames hit .353 while the Dogs hit -.143. Liberty broke open a 7-5 game with a eight point run and went on to the 30-10 victory.
"First of all we need to give Liberty a lot of credit. They are a good team and they passed the ball very well today," said Asheville head coach Julie Torbett. "They made an adjustement in game one and we did not make the adjustments we needed to make. When you are not playing well it is difficult to take risks. We have to get our confidence back but it is not easy when you are not experincing success."
Both teams had five blocks on the match while Liberty out-dug Asheville 55-39.
Asheville will travel to Winthrop and High Point next weekend to start the second trip through the conference.
