CARROLLTON, Ga.- Wolves Volleyball battled UT-Arlington to four sets Saturday morning in the Coliseum, but would fall three sets to one to the Mavericks. UWG Volleyball will be back in action from the state of Texas where they will face Tarleton state (Oct. 22) and Abilene Christian (Oct. 24) next week.
SET ONE: UT-Arlington would open the day with a 3-0 run, but would be quickly answered by the Wolves to tie the score at four a piece backed by a Grace-Blythe Cornett kill and Milena Cetkovic kill. The Mavericks would take a 10-7 lead off of three UWG attack errors. West Georgia would find themselves a 7-0 run to take back the lead 15-12, backed by five Maverick attack errors and two more Cornett kills. Right after UTA would grab four points back to take a one point lead 16-15. The two clubs would trade points with each other until Cornett and two Valiree Schmus kills to take a 22-19 lead. The Wolves would be one point away from taking set one after a Brooke McCall kills, UWG-24, UTA-23. 25 points wouldn't be enough to decide the set, and UT-Arlington would take set one 28-26
SET TWO: UWG would take seven of the first ten points off of a Cornett kills and two UT-Arlington attack errors, UWG would find an early 7-3 lead. Maddy Kirmer, Brooke McCall, and Milena Cetkovic would each tally a kills and Giorgia Mandotti would record a service ace to take an 11-4 lead. UTA would claw back into UWG's lead by taking the next seven of eleven points, making the score 12-15 Wolves. Later two McCall kills would raise the Wolves lead to five 19-14. Taking advantage of two UWG errors, UTA would cut the lead to three, 21-18. The Wolves would take the second set to even the match at one set a piece.
SET THREE: The Mavericks began the set taking three of the first four points behind a service ace from Samantha Glenn, UWG would answer behind two Schmus kills, a Cornett and Kirmer block, and a Cetkovic service ace would give West Georgia a 5-3 lead early on. Two more McCall kills and two setting errors on the Mavericks would put the Wolves up five (12-7), UTA would answer with a 3-0 run making the score 10-12 UWG. The Mavericks would take the lead at the 22nd point pulling ahead by one, and eventually taking the set 25-23.
SET FOUR: Opening up trading points between each other up until the twelfth point with UT-Arlington taking the lead at 12-11. The Mavericks would then string together eight of the next nine points of the set, extending their lead 18-12. West Georgia would claw back into things taking six of the last nine points of the set, pulling within two of the Mavericks (23-21). UT-Arlington would take the fourth and final set 25-21.
Highlights: Giorgia Mandotti would tally another service ace, to add to her totals of recording an ace in 16 of the 19 matches she has appeared in. Melina Cetkovic would add four solo blocks and three block assists to add to her ten game streak of recording at lead one block. Maddy Kirmer would also add three solo blocks and two assists to add to her streak of stuffing one in 16 of her 18 appearances. Desha Van Veldhuizen would be tagged for 51 assists on the day, setting a new herself career high.
West Georgia will make a second trip to Texas this season for their next two UAC matches, Thursday (Oct. 22) where they visit Tarleton State at 7 p.m EST, and Saturday (Oct. 24) at Abilene Christian at 2 p.m. EST.
The next West Georgia home game is Thursday (Oct. 29) hosting Austin Peay. Tickets for upcoming home 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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