CARROLLTON, Ga. – UWG volleyball secured their second home win of the season after sweeping conference foe West Alabama Saturday afternoon.

Coming off a loss to Shorter on Tuesday, West Georgia responded by posting a season-high .293 hitting percentage en route to a 3-0 victory over the Tigers, improving their record to 10-9 (4-5 GSC) on the season.

The first set started out shaky for the Wolves as West Alabama marched out to an 8-5 lead with four points coming off UWG errors. The Wolves started to find their rhythm with a 5-1 run sparked by a kill from Kaylyn Buchanan. After a mini 3-1 run from West Alabama, UWG responded with a 10-5 run of their own to take a 21-17 lead deep into the set. The two teams traded points until a big block from Tierra White won the set for the Wolves, 25-21.

The second set started out with both teams trading blows with UWG winning the race to 10. With the score sitting at 10-8, West Georgia went on a massive 12-3 run to give them a comfortable 22-11 lead. West Alabama kept fighting until a thunderous kill from White ended the set with the Wolves on top 25-15.

The momentum from the second set carried over to the third as back-to-back service aces from Jesse Echols gave UWG an 11-6 lead. After back-to-back points from the Tigers, West Alabama began to struggle with their attacks as six attack errors sparked a 10-5 West Georgia run. With the score sitting at 21-13, The Wolves ended the set and the match with a 4-1 run capped off by a kill from White.

White led UWG in kills with 10 while posting a season-high .529 hitting percentage. Emilee Harris and Caitlin Frazee were right behind her with nine and seven kills respectively. Autumn Mayes led West Georgia in assists with 29 and service aces with four while Kaylyn Buchanan added five blocks. West Georgia will look to add another win to the win column on Tuesday with Mississippi College coming into town with first serve set for 6 p.m.