Saturday, August 25
Hattiesburg, Miss
8:00 p.m.
East Carolina University
2-1
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Southern Miss
3-0
1
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ECU
19
16
15
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Southern Miss
25
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Pirates Fall In Three At Southern Miss
August 25, 2018 | Volleyball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The ECU volleyball team lost a 3-0 (19-25, 16-25, 15-25) decision to host Southern Miss Saturday night in the championship match of the Southern Miss Classic inside Reed Green Coliseum. The Golden Eagles are a perennial contender in Conference USA who have won 20 or more matches every season since 2014 and received first-place votes in this year's C-USA preseason poll.
Freshman middle blocker S'mara Riley led the offense with eight kills while sophomore right side Bri Wood and Sydney Kleinman followed with six apiece. Kleinman also collected a team-high nine digs. Kylie Grandy and Catherine Repsher paced the home side with 15 kills each and setter Sarah Bell recorded a double-double of 41 assists and 14 digs.
The Golden Eagles hit .321 as compared to the Pirates' .111 while USM also held the upper hand in digs (45-38) and total blocks (6.0-3.0).
The first set started out tight with Southern Miss leading 12-11 after a Kleinman kill. The Golden Eagles started to pull ahead, taking a 17-14 lead off a Chandler Marshall kill. ECU was unable to get closer than three the rest of the frame as the Golden Eagles clinched it by six points.
Southern Miss edged out to a 10-5 advantage in the second and did not let up. The lead grew to 18-11 and 22-13 before the Golden Eagles put the set away.
The Pirates battled early in the third stanza as a huge solo block by Kleinman tied the score at nine. ECU was within 15-14 later in the proceedings, but Southern Miss ended things on a 10-1 run to clinch the match.
Wood and freshman outside hitter Natalie Tyson were named to the Southern Miss Classic All-Tournament Team.
The Purple and Gold will return to action next weekend at the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Invitational.
Freshman middle blocker S'mara Riley led the offense with eight kills while sophomore right side Bri Wood and Sydney Kleinman followed with six apiece. Kleinman also collected a team-high nine digs. Kylie Grandy and Catherine Repsher paced the home side with 15 kills each and setter Sarah Bell recorded a double-double of 41 assists and 14 digs.
The Golden Eagles hit .321 as compared to the Pirates' .111 while USM also held the upper hand in digs (45-38) and total blocks (6.0-3.0).
The first set started out tight with Southern Miss leading 12-11 after a Kleinman kill. The Golden Eagles started to pull ahead, taking a 17-14 lead off a Chandler Marshall kill. ECU was unable to get closer than three the rest of the frame as the Golden Eagles clinched it by six points.
Southern Miss edged out to a 10-5 advantage in the second and did not let up. The lead grew to 18-11 and 22-13 before the Golden Eagles put the set away.
The Pirates battled early in the third stanza as a huge solo block by Kleinman tied the score at nine. ECU was within 15-14 later in the proceedings, but Southern Miss ended things on a 10-1 run to clinch the match.
Wood and freshman outside hitter Natalie Tyson were named to the Southern Miss Classic All-Tournament Team.
The Purple and Gold will return to action next weekend at the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Invitational.
Team Stats
ECU
USM
Kills
30
49
Errors
19
14
Attempts
99
109
Hitting %
.111
.321
Points
34.0
57.0
Assists
27
46
Aces
1
2
Blocks
3.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
3
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Players Mentioned
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