University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Friday, October 5
Asheville, NC
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Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
UNC Asheville Picks Up Thrilling Big South Win Over Gardner-Webb
10.05.2018 | Women's Volleyball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Before a huge crowd at the Justice Center, the UNC Asheville volleyball team picked up a thrilling 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 28-26) Big South victory over Gardner-Webb on Friday, Oct. 5.
The victory was UNC Asheville's first Big South victory of the 2018 season.
UNC Asheville (6-8, 1-3 Big South) started the match by securing a 25-23 win in the opening set. The Bulldogs followed that up with a 25-22 win in the second set.
In the third set, UNC Asheville and Gardner-Webb (6-12, 0-5 Big South) were all tied up in the latter points of the match at 22-22. UNC Asheville had match point at 24-23, but Gardner-Webb was able to garner set point of their own in the third set at 26-25.
The Bulldogs from there would rattle off the final three points of the match to secure a thrilling 28-26 win in the third set to take the match.
It was a very balanced attack for UNC Asheville in its win over Gardner-Webb with four Bulldogs finishing with eight or more kills. Ansley Rooks, Julia Borges and Cara Guthrie tied for the team lead in the category with nine kills each, while Julia Loveday had eight kills.
Carter Kennedy and Kailey Hackett paced the Bulldog attack with 16 assists each. The setting duo also had an identical five digs in the match.
Madisen Zyburt led the Bulldogs in digs with 23, while Cecilia Stack had six blocks.
Hannah Lancaster finished with eight kills to lead Gardner-Webb in its loss.
BULLDOG BITES
Digging it
UNC Asheville's Madisen Zyburt made some incredible plays defensively against Gardner-Webb en route to her first three-set 20 or more dig performance of the year. She now has five matches this year where she has 20 or more digs with the other four coming in four-set matches.
Quotable
"This win is a product of the hard work in the gym, and the fact that they really, really want to win," UNC Asheville volleyball head coach Frederico Santos said. "More importantly, I think they want to show the crowd that we can play and I think that we have not had good performances over the last few matches, but that's also temporary. That's part of the process. Kudos to the team for sticking with the process. It doesn't get any easier, but I think it breathes a sigh of relief and they know again that we can win. Now let's keep working, which they know we need to do, and let's put the best we can out of ourselves out there."
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next play host to Winthrop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Justice Center.
UNC Asheville will be offering free admission to all Big Brothers Big Sisters of America participants. That free admission will also be available for the men's soccer match at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Greenwood Field.
Saturday will also be "Youth Sports Day" at the Justice Center with free admission for all children wearing their jerseys.
The victory was UNC Asheville's first Big South victory of the 2018 season.
UNC Asheville (6-8, 1-3 Big South) started the match by securing a 25-23 win in the opening set. The Bulldogs followed that up with a 25-22 win in the second set.
In the third set, UNC Asheville and Gardner-Webb (6-12, 0-5 Big South) were all tied up in the latter points of the match at 22-22. UNC Asheville had match point at 24-23, but Gardner-Webb was able to garner set point of their own in the third set at 26-25.
The Bulldogs from there would rattle off the final three points of the match to secure a thrilling 28-26 win in the third set to take the match.
It was a very balanced attack for UNC Asheville in its win over Gardner-Webb with four Bulldogs finishing with eight or more kills. Ansley Rooks, Julia Borges and Cara Guthrie tied for the team lead in the category with nine kills each, while Julia Loveday had eight kills.
Carter Kennedy and Kailey Hackett paced the Bulldog attack with 16 assists each. The setting duo also had an identical five digs in the match.
Madisen Zyburt led the Bulldogs in digs with 23, while Cecilia Stack had six blocks.
Hannah Lancaster finished with eight kills to lead Gardner-Webb in its loss.
BULLDOG BITES
Digging it
UNC Asheville's Madisen Zyburt made some incredible plays defensively against Gardner-Webb en route to her first three-set 20 or more dig performance of the year. She now has five matches this year where she has 20 or more digs with the other four coming in four-set matches.
Quotable
"This win is a product of the hard work in the gym, and the fact that they really, really want to win," UNC Asheville volleyball head coach Frederico Santos said. "More importantly, I think they want to show the crowd that we can play and I think that we have not had good performances over the last few matches, but that's also temporary. That's part of the process. Kudos to the team for sticking with the process. It doesn't get any easier, but I think it breathes a sigh of relief and they know again that we can win. Now let's keep working, which they know we need to do, and let's put the best we can out of ourselves out there."
Up Next
UNC Asheville will next play host to Winthrop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Justice Center.
UNC Asheville will be offering free admission to all Big Brothers Big Sisters of America participants. That free admission will also be available for the men's soccer match at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Greenwood Field.
Saturday will also be "Youth Sports Day" at the Justice Center with free admission for all children wearing their jerseys.
Team Stats
GWU
AVL
Kills
38
39
Errors
23
19
Attempts
117
124
Hitting %
.128
.161
Points
50.0
55.0
Assists
35
37
Aces
5
6
Blocks
7.0
10.0
Game Leaders
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
2
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
RS
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's Volleyball
S/RS
/ Women's Volleyball
S
/ Women's VolleyballMB
/ Women's VolleyballRS
/ Women's Volleyball
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
DS
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