CARROLLTON, Ga. - West Georgia stumbles to Austin Peay in four sets Thursday in Carrollton. The next West Georgia match is Thursday (Oct. 31) where they will host Tarleton State at 6 p.m. on campus at The Coliseum.This match will be UWG Volleyball's Trick-or-Treat match! Dress up and get in FREE! Parents, did you not dress up but your kid did? No worries because each kid dressed up will get a +1 for entry!   
 

SET ONE: UWG opened with a Desha Van Veldhuizen service ace and got an early Grace-Blythe Cornett kill. The Wolves then ran off three straight points at 2-2 on a Milena Cetkovic kill, a Cetkovic ace, and a Schmus kill to lead 5-2. APU pulled even at 5-5, but UWG answered with a long run and led 8-6, then 12-8. Brooke McCall took over from there, putting away three kills, and UWG led 15-11 at the media timeout. West Georgia would string together a 3-0 rally behind a McCall and Van Veldhuizen kill, and a Governor attack error, raising the UWG lead to 19-12. Austin Peay would rally a 3-0 run for themselves behind a kill a piece from Hollier and Benz, and another point from an attack error, 21-19 UWG lead. The Governors pulled from late behind Alison Coy, who had back-to-back service aces to tie it at 22-22. Schmus would put down a kill to make it 23-22, and a Schmus kill would close the set out 25-23 UWG. 

 
SET TWO: Austin Peay opened with a 4-0 lead behind two Wolf errors and a kill from Alison Coy and Lauren Wallace. After a UWG timeout at 8-3, Schmus put down three straight kills to cut it to 8-6, and she added another kill to make it 10-8. The Governors pushed the lead back out and went up 16-10 at the media timeout. Out of it, McCall put away a kill, and Grace-Blythe Cornett took over with two straight kills. Cornett and Maddy Kirmer then teamed up on a block to make it 17-14. Austin Peay extended the lead to 20-14, but Schmus kept swinging with a kill to make it 21-15. UWG would rip off five straight points from 22-17 to 22-22. That included kills from Schmus, Ouredníková , McCall, and a Joseph kill to tie it. The Wolves' push forced the Governors to dig out the final points, and the Gov's closed the set 22-25 

SET THREE: Grace-Blythe Cornett tied things at 2-2, Courtney Joseph put down a kill, and two straight APU attack errors made it 5-2. Cornett added another kill to make it 6-3, and the Wolves led 8-4. Austin Peay would pull within one at 9-10, but UWG answered with four straight points. Desha Van Veldhuizen served an ace, two Austin Peay hitting errors followed, and Brooke McCall finished the run with a kill for a 14-9 lead. McCall put away another kill, and UWG led 15-11 at the media timeout. Valiree Schmus and McCall kept the Wolves ahead in the middle of the set. UWG led 21-16 after McCall's second straight kill, and 22-19 after her kill to answer an Governor run. Austin Peay would get three straight kills to tie it at 22-22. The Governors went up 24-22, and UWG fought back to tie it at 24-24 and 25-25 on a Milena Cetkovic block. The Governors would close out the third set 27-25.  

SET FOUR: The two clubs would trade points with each other until Austin Peay took a 9-5 lead off three Wolf errors, forcing a UWG timeout. West Georgia would find a 3-0 run off two Cetkovic kills, pulling within two, 11-8 Governor's lead. Austin Peay would answer with a three-point rally of their own behind two Malena Benz kills, pulling the Gov's ahead 15-9. The Governors would keep pulling ahead, extending their lead to seven going up 20-13. But UWG was not done yet as they would take the next four of five points. Two kills from Eva Erzen, a Cetkovic kill, and a Governor service error would put the score at 21-17 Austin Peay. The Wolves would pull within three (22-19) after a Cetkovic service ace forcing a Governor timeout. Austin Peay would take the next three point to take the final set and match 25-19.  

Highlights: Brooke McCall lead the team with 17 kills on the day, and Valiree Schmus would smack 16 on the day. Eva Eržen would record two kills, tying her career high. Desha Van Veldhuizen would have 40 assists on the day and would move to 11th in UWG history now having 1176 career assists.  

The next West Georgia match is Thursday (Oct. 31) where they will host Tarleton State at 6 p.m. on campus at The Coliseum. This match will be UWG Volleyball's Trick-or-Treat match! Dress up and get in FREE! Parents, did you not dress up but your kid did? No worries because each kid dressed up will get a +1 for entry!   

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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