University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Radford
Volleyball Stays Hot With Victory over Radford
11.08.2008 | Women's Volleyball
The homestanding Bulldogs were led by Kelsey Benorden with 16 kills, while freshman Cindi Miller added 14. Raquel Miotto had a match-high 22 digs. The junior libero moved into third place on the Big South career list for digs and now has 1,851 digs, moving past Carrie O'Connell at
Torbett improved her Big South Conference record to 100-85. She is the league's all-time winningest coach in BSC play and becomes the first volleyball coach in league play to ever win 100 conference matches.
Radford was led by Melinda Clelland with 16 kills. Laura Waddell finished with 12 kills. Jessica Sullivan had 11 kills. Katelyn Meeks sparked the defense with 19 digs. Setter Kiley
The win was UNC Asheville's fifth straight and improved its overall record to 15-11 and 7-6 in the Big South Conference. The Bulldogs have won seven of their last eight matches. The Highlanders fell to 9-17 overall and 4-11 in the BSC.
Coming off an emotional win over Big South-leading
“We didn't play as well as we did last night but we found a way to win and get key points when we absolutely had to have them,” commented Torbett. “Radford made us earn everything today. They did a good job making things tough for us.”
The second set was back and forth before the Bulldogs made a late surge to go up 21-19. But the Highlanders, led by Clelland, scored the next five points to grab a 24-21 lead. Clelland had three kills in the run. A kill from Miller cut the lead to 24-22 but a service error by
In the third set, the Highlanders took charge early and got great production from Waddell and Sullivan to take an 18-12 lead. The Bulldogs got back in the set behind the serving of Benorden. She led a 5-0
The fourth set was close before a 5-1
UNC Asheville plays next at Presbyterian Tuesday night at
