University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Presbyterian
Volleyball Downs Presbyterian in Straight Sets
11.06.2015 | Women's Volleyball
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 3 – Presbyterian 0
Teams: Asheville (13-10, 6-5 BSC)
Presbyterian (3-23, 1-11 BSC)
Location: Ross E. Templeton Center, Clinton, S.C.
CLINTON, S.C. – The UNC Asheville volleyball team put together three strong sets on Friday night on the way to moving past Presbyterian 3-0 in Big South Conference action.
THE TURNING POINT
The Bulldogs took control of the night for good in the second set, holding Presbyterian to a .097 team attack percentage. Asheville finished two sets with an attack percentage above .400 (first and second sets), while they notched a .321 attack percentage in the final third set.
NOTABLES
-Chrissy Lakatos and Cara Guthrie each finished with a match-high 11 kills for Asheville in the win. Lakatos added four digs, three block assists and two service aces, while Guthrie totaled three digs, a block assist and a service ace of her own.
-Katie Davis passed out 32 of the Bulldogs' 41 total assists in the match.
-The Bulldogs finished with 10 block assists as a team, while committing just eight total attack errors on the night.
-Asheville is now 12-4 against Presbyterian and has swept the season series 6-0.
QUOTABLES
"This was a great performance from our team against a good Presbyterian team. We controlled the match well and our offense and defense shined. It's great to see that the work every player is putting in is paying off." - head coach Frederico Santos
UP NEXT
-Following tonight's win, Asheville finishes the weekend with a 4:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon contest at Winthrop before returning home to close the regular season against Liberty and Radford (Nov. 13/14).
