University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Volleyball Falls Friday Night, Back in Action Saturday
10.09.2015 | Women's Volleyball
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Winthrop 3 - Asheville 1
Teams: Asheville (9-7, 2-2 BSC)
Winthrop (8-11, 3-1 BSC)
Location: Justice Center, Asheville, N.C.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville volleyball team started slow Friday night and was unable to pull off the comeback attempt, falling 3-1 to visiting Winthrop in Big South Conference play.
THE TURNING POINT
Winthrop came out hot, taking the first two sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-16 and never looking back.
NOTABLES
-The Bulldogs did not have a player finish with double-digit kills. Chrissy Lakatos finished with a team-high nine kills, while Cat Fischer tallied eight. Three players each finished with five kills.
-Katie Davis passed out 19 assists in the loss.
-Asheville notched a set hitting percentage of -.034 in the first set on the way to digging themselves into the hole.
-As a team, the Bulldogs finished with 12 block assists, including three each from Cameron Pryor and Madison Vaughn.
-Asheville has now dropped the opening two sets in its last two matches. They fell behind 2-0 at Liberty last Saturday before rallying to force a fifth set before losing the match.
-Since 1994, Asheville is now 17-28 against Winthrop.
QUOTABLES
“Tonight was a very competitive match and was very exciting to watch. We started slow and were able to get back into the match, but were not able to maintain a good level of play. Our fans were incredible again, they are the reason why the Justice Center is such a hard place to play in and we want to keep if that way. Tomorrow is a new day and a new battle against Presbyterian.” - Head Coach Frederico Santos
UP NEXT
-Following tonight's match, Asheville welcomes Presbyterian to town tomorrow afternoon for a 2:00 p.m. match before heading back on the road to take on Gardner-Webb next Friday.
