Volleyball Falls in Three to Carson-Newman Friday Night

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University volleyball team dropped its South Atlantic Conference match to visiting Carson-Newman by a score of 3-0 on Friday (Sept. 27). 

Carson-Newman would begin the night winning the first set in convincing fashion 25-11. The two teams played to an early 6-6 tie, before the Eagles would jump ahead 10-6. Coker would get two points back on a kill from Emily Everton and an error by Carson-Newman, before the Eagles would go on to take 15 of the next 17 points to take the opening set. 

Carson-Newman would take the second set by a score of 25-19 to go up 2-0. The two teams battled to an early tie yet again, before the Eagles would jump out to a 12-9 lead and force a Coker timeout. The two teams went back and forth through the set, before Coker got back within two following an Eagles error to force a Carson-Newman timeout. The Eagles would go on a 7-3 run to end the second set. 

Carson-Newman closed out the match with a 25-16 win in the third set. The Eagles jumped out to a 7-0 lead, and their lead would eventually grow to 15-5. The Eagles would maintain a lead of at least nine, before Coker would get it back down to eight with an ace from Everton. Carson-Newman would finish off the set for the sweep of the match. 

Coker hit .082 in the match, and totaled 27 kills. Everton led the team with 10 kills, while Taylor du Bray finished with seven kills. Carson Fuller also chipped in five kills, while Olivia Cerick added two kills and Alexis Kopicki, Chelsey Blume and Sierra Harvey each registered one kill in the match. Rami Mullen led the Cobras with 10 assists on the night, while Ashley Carson also finished the night with nine assists. Camryn Tate (four), Gabrielle Milo (two), Cerick (one) and Maddie Gardner (one) also contributed assists on the night. Milo, Carson and Tate each posted a team-high seven digs on the night, while Mullen finished with six. Cerick and Everton each recorded five digs on the night, while du Bray and Fuller each chipped in one. Fuller led the blocking effort with two block assists, while Blume and Harvey each posted one.

 Coker is back in action tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 28) at the DeLoach Center to face Lincoln Memorial. First serve is set for 2:00 p.m.

McDonald's Player of the Game - Emily Everton