CONWAY, Ar.- West Georgia fell to the Sugar Bears of Central Arkansas in three sets Saturday afternoon. Wolves Volleyball will be back in action at home Thursday (Oct. 15) versus Eastern Kentucky for the annual DIG PINK game supporting breast cancer awareness.
SET ONE: West Georgia would score their first points of the day via two Grace-Blythe Cornett kills; three more points off Sugar Bear errors would give the Wolves their first lead of the day 6-4. Cornett would then add another kill and a service ace to her total and Valiree Schmus would add two kills for an early 8-3 UWG lead. Central Arkansas responded with a 5-0 run off of two Wolf attack errors and a service error, pulling ahead 10-8. Brook McCall would get her day started with two kills, pulling UWG within one; 10-11 UCA. Cornett would add another kill to her daily total, her and Milena Cetkovic would block one to then even the score at 15 a piece. UCA would manage a 4-1 run extending their lead to 91-16. A McCall and Cetkovic kill would cut the deficit to one, but the Sugar Bears would go on a 5-1 run to take the first set 25-19 behind two McKinzee Haas kills.
SET TWO: Neither team would lead by more than a point for the first four points, tying it a 4-4. West Georgia would score four of their first seven points off either Sugar Bear attack or service errors, making the score 7-6 UCA early. Two attack errors from Cornett would force a UWG timeout after Central Arkansas would go up 8-12. At the 15-point media break UCA would lead 15-9. Fresh out of the break, Grace-Blythe Cornett would tally a kill, and back-to-back service aces to get the Wolves back into the groove of things, lessening the deficit 15-12. A kill a piece from UCA's Ella Chaney and Annie Hopkins would put UCA back up five 17-12, forcing another UWG timeout. Out of the timeout, the Sugar Bears would compile an 8-1 run to take the second set 25-13 UCA.
SET THREE: Beginning with a 3-0 run by West Georgia by McCall and Cornett kills, Central Arkansas would tie things up at 3 a piece, and then take the next two points, going up 5-3. Another Cornett kill would pull UWG withing one, but the Sugar Bears would take the next three, going up 8-4 forcing a UWG timeout. Out of the timeout, the Wolves would string together a 5-1 run courtesy of three Grace-Blythe Cornett kills yet again, and a service ace from her giving UWG a 10-9 lead. UCA would climb back, taking the lead going into the media break, 15-13. Central Arkansas would pull ahead 18-14 forcing another UWG timeout. UCE would take the third and final sec 25-17
Grace-Blythe Cornett would lead the team with ten kills, four aces (Division I high), and two block assists.
The next West Georgia match is Thursday (Oct. 15) where they are set to host Eastern Kentucky at The Coliseum for the annual DIG PINK game. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to show their support for breast cancer awareness. UWG will also host the UT-Arlington Mavericks Saturday (Oct. 17). Tickets for upcoming matches can be found here, and as always UWG students get into home matches for FREE with a valid UWG ID!
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