Courtesy: Dana James Sophomore right side Christina Teter posted a career-high 18 kills against the Lady Bucs.

Chattanooga vs. Charleston Southern Sept. 11, 2010 Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena) Team 1 2 3 4 5 Score Charleston Southern 25 25 21 25 15 3 Chattanooga 20 21 25 27 13 2

Charleston Southern (4-7) (Kills-aces-blocks) - HILL,Amanda 26-3-2; NOKES,Amy 10-0-4; KLINGER,Kayla 9-4-2; HOLEMAN,Cori 9-0-8; TRINDER,Amberle 8-0-4; LaVENICE, Erin 2-0-6; RODL,Tricia 0-1-0; Totals 64-8-14.0. (Assists) - NOKES,Amy 37. (Dig leaders) - HILL,Amanda 19; RODL,Tricia 17; KLINGER,Kayla 14; NOKES,Amy 9 Chattanooga (3-8) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Christina Teter 18-0-1; Jennifer Kuroski 16-0-5; Courtney Barnes 13-1-2; Ellie Kuhn 6-0-8; Kirsten Beasley 4-1-1; Tess Kosycarz 3-1-2; Meagan Ernd 1-0-1; Heather Parman 1-0-0; Totals 62-3-10.0. (Assists) - Tess Kosycarz 53. (Dig leaders) - Paula Passmore 25; Tess Kosycarz 15; Jennifer Kuroski 14.

Match Notes: - Sophomore right side Christina Teter posted a career-high 18 kills. - Freshman setter Tess Kosycarz recorded her second career double-double with 53 assists and 15 digs. - Freshman outside hitter Jennifer Kuroski registered double-double number two as a Lady Mocs with 16 kills and 14 digs. - Sophomore Paula Passmore notched 25 more digs and paced the match. - Junior middle blocker Ellie Kuhn compiled a season-high eight blocks against the Lady Bucs.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For the second time in two days, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team fought back to tie its match after dropping the first two sets, but would come up short against Charleston Southern, 3-2 (25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 15-13). Freshman setter Tess Kosycarz (Temecula, Calif.) registered a double-double with 53 assists and a season-high 15 digs, while fellow classmate outside hitter Jennifer Kuroski (Acworth, Ga.) also posted her second of the year with a season-high 16 kills and 14 digs.

Adding to the Chattanooga offense with a career-high 18 kills was sophomore right side Christina Teter (Signal Mountain, Tenn.), while senior middle blocker Courtney Barnes (Franklin, Tenn.) recorded 13.

For the tournament, Barnes was selected to the all-tournament team posting 55 kills and hitting at a .421 percent clip leading the team. She was tied for second on the team with 16 total blocks, three of them were solo.  

On the defensive front, sophomore libero Paula Passmore (Merritt Island, Fla.) registered a match-high 25 digs leading three Lady Mocs that hit double-digits. Sophomore middle blocker Ellie Kuhn (San Antonio, Texas) achieved a new season-high with eight blocks, while Kuroski added a season-high five. p>

The teams battled to 32 ties and 14 lead changes during the five-set match. The second set that put Charleston Southern up by two in the match saw seven changes in the lead and 12 ties. Five ties and three lead changes occurred during the pivotal fifth set.

The Lady Mocs fell behind early in the first set, but came back to knot the score at 10 on a block by Kuhn and Kuroski.  Charleston Southern opened a two-point lead and kept it until kills by Barnes (2) and Kuroski tied the match up, 17-all. The Lady Bucs recorded a run of their own scoring on six of the next seven rallies and took the set 25-20. Chattanooga committed nine errors and only recorded 11 kills, while Charleston Southern posted 15 kills and five mistakes.

In the second set, the Lady Bucs started with a 5-1 advantage, but kills by Barnes and Parman brought the Lady Mocs to within one at 6-5. After notching kills by Teter (2) and Kuhn, the Lady Mocs tied the score scoring on 5-of-six rallies and two errors by CSU provided a 13-11.

After a timeout, the Lady Bucs regrouped and retook the lead at 15-14. From there both teams matched each other in points until Charleston Southern scored on 6-of-7 rallies to win the set, 25-21. Both teams compiled eight errors in the set, but two late in the set hurt the Lady Mocs the most, who recorded 12 kills.

The fourth set began with both teams staying within two points, but a rally where Chattanooga scored on 10-of-13 rallies provided them with a 17-9 lead highlighted by kills from Kuroski, Beasley, Teter and Barnes.

After a small rally by the Lady Bucs to pull them within four, Chattanooga ended the threat on a kill by Barns and nlocks by Kuhn and Kuroski , 22-14. The Lady Mocs would take the set 25-21 and cut into Charleston Southern's 2-1 match lead. With a .294 attack percentage and 12 kills, both teams were consistent in the set and had stretches where they were in control.

During the fourth set, Chattanooga began with a 7-5 lead and pushed it to 14-7 on kills by Kuroski and Kosycarz. The Lady Bucs continued to push forward and tied the set up at 16 scoring on 9-of-12 rallies.

Chattanooga took a five-point lead, 23-17 on a block by Barnes and Kuroski, kill by Kosycarz. block by Kosycarz and Kuhn and kill by Kuhn. The Lady Bucs tied the score at 23-all following three consecutive service aces.

Finally after the teams traded six rallies, Teter notched back-to-back kills for the set victory, 27-25, to send the match to a decisive fifth set. Chattanooga posted 16 kills and hit .302 in the set, while only committing three mistakes.

With a 7-3 deficit, the Lady Mocs would have to rally in the fifth set to win and Chattanooga did come within two at 9-7 following three-straight kills by Barnes (2) and Kuroski. The Lady Mocs knotted the score at 10 on a block by Kuhn and Kosycarz.

A kill by Teter provided the Lady Mocs with their first lead of the set at 12-11 and she followed with another pushing the lead to two. Charleston Southern battled back tying it at 13 and went on to take the set 15-13.

The home slate for Chattanooga begins on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. against Belmont. The match is a part of the Country Inns & Suites Invitational at Maclellan Gym and continues the following day with a double header against UCF and James Madison beginning at 11:30 a.m.