University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
High Point
Volleyball Upsets High Point in Five Sets
10.25.2008 | Women's Volleyball
HIGH POINT, N.C.?UNC Asheville had three hitters collect 16 kills while Raquel Miotto had 42 digs to lead the Bulldogs to a 25-23, 23-15, 13-25, 25-22, 15-4 victory at High Point on Saturday.
Cindi Miller, Heather Burns, and Kelsey Benorden each had 16 kills to lead a balanced Asheville (11-11, 3-6 Big South) attack. The rest of the Bulldogs had a total 17 kills. Asheville had a season-high 113 digs in the match as it out?dug High Point (21-4, 9-1 Big South) 113-101. Miotto recorded her second 40 plus dig match and her third straight 30 dig match. Benorden chipped in 13 digs for her 12th double-double of the season.
High Point saw an 11-match win streak come to an end. Stephanie Wallin led the Panthers with 15 kills while Audie Gonzalez and Lindsey Raus each had 13 kills. Gonzalez had a team-high 25 digs.
“I thought we had a good game plan going into the match,” said Asheville head coach Julie Torbett. “When we stuck to the plan we were successful and we struggled when we went away from the plan. Heather Burns had another great match. She has had an outstanding season. It is always tough to win on the road in conference and this was certainly a great win for us.”
The first set was a battle between the two teams with High Point holding the largest lead of the set at 11-6. Asheville went on a run to knot the set at 11. The last tie came at 20 before Benorden went on a four serve run to put the Bulldogs up 23-20. A kill from Miller on the serve from HPU gave Asheville set point while a kill by Rachel Olivio sealed the set for the Bulldogs.
In the second set High Point took an early lead at 11-8 off a kill from Raus. The Bulldogs responded to tie the set at 15, but was unable to take the lead. High Point opened up the lead again, but Asheville pulled to within on at 24-23. A kill from Wallin on the final rally knotted the match at one set each.
High Point came out strong in the third set and jumped out to a quick 14-7 lead. The Panthers took their largest lead of the set at 23-10. HPU rolled to the third set win to go up 2-1 in the match.
The Panthers again came out strong in the fourth set, going up 10-5, but Asheville slowly fought back and tied the set at 17 off back-to-back kills from Burns. The Panthers held on to the lead and were up 21-20, but the Bulldogs closed out the set with a 5-1 run to force set five.
In the fifth frame Asheville dominated, taking a quick 8-3 lead behind the serving of McDaniel. The Bulldogs closed out the set with a 7-1 run to secure the victory.
The Bulldogs will take a week off before facing Winthrop on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Justice Center.
