FLORENCE, AL. - Volleyball falls in four to North Alabama in their last away match of the season. West Georgia returns home Thursday (Nov. 12) for the season finale hosting Little Rock for Senior Night!
SET ONE: West Georgia would tie things at two apiece via a Brooke McCall kill and a Lion attack error. A Maddy Kirmer kill would tie things again at three. UNA would pull together a 3-0 run to go up 8-5. West Georgia's Valiree Schmus would smack a kill, and Adriana Medrano would sub in and immediately record a service ace to pull the Wolves withing one, 7-8. The two clubs would trade points with one another until UNA would go up by two courtesy of a Reese Rickets kill a Wolf attack error, 13-15. The Wolves would get the next four points off a Grace-Blythe Cornett and Melina Cetkovic block, an ace from Hannah Nicholson, a kill from Schmus, and a Lion error to retake the lead 17-15. UWG would take that lead to the end of the set capped by two service aces' from Giorgia Mandotti to take the set 25-20.
SET TWO: UNA would open with a 9-4 run taking the early lead but then a kill from Cetkovic and another from Maddy Kirmer would pull UWG within three. Kirmer would then smack another, and Brooke McCall would kill one to make it 10-8 Lions lead. West Georgia would string together a 4-0 run via another block by Kirmer and Cetkovic, the two would each record a kill of their own and GB Cornett put one down to tie things at 19. The last five points of the set would all be errors, and UNA would take set two 25-22
SET THREE: North Alabama opens three on 7-1 run and not let up from there. UWG would cut into the deficit via two kills from Cornett, another one from Schmus. Desha Van Veldhuizen and Melina Cetkovic would team up on a block to cut the Lion's lead to three, 8-5 UNA. North Alabama would ultimately take set three 25-15.
SET FOUR: West Georgia would take an early 2-1 lead off two Lion errors and two more GB Cornett kills would keep the Wolves in it early 4-3. A service ace from Adriana Medrano and a Lion error would give the Wolves a 7-5 lead and UWG would keep things close until after the media break. North Alabama would take 10 of the last 15 points to take set four 25-19.
West Georgia's next and last home match is Thursday (Nov. 12) where they will host Little Rock at 6 p.m. for Senior Day!
Tickets for Senior Day can be found here, and as always UWG students get into home matches for FREE with a valid UWG ID!
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