Courtesy: GoMocs.com
Sophomore Jennifer Kuroski totaled 14 kills for the Mocs
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Chattanooga at Kennesaw State
Sept. 3, 2011 |
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| Kennesaw, Ga. (Convocation Center) |
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Chattanooga
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25
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17
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23
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17
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Kennesaw State
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21
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25
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25
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25
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Chattanooga (1-5)
(Kills-aces-blocks) - Jennifer Kuroski 14-0-0; Ellie Kuhn 11-0-0; Christina Teter 11-0-2; Jessi Blackstock 6-0-0; Kasey Talley 5-0-0; Tess Kosycarz 1-3-2; Melissa Green 0-2-0; Paula Passmore 0-1-0; Totals 48-6-2.0.
(Assists) - Tess Kosycarz 43.
(Dig leaders) - Melissa Green 19; Meagan Ernd 7
Kennesaw State (3-3)
(Kills-aces-blocks) - LANG, Alyssa 16-1-1; YOUNG, Justine 10-0-2; BEAN, Emily 7-2-3; KNIGHT, Holly 6-2-3; MARTIN, Chade 6-0-2; STEVENSON, Keyaira 6-0-0; METROKA, Sara 3-1-2; STRACHAN, Baylee 1-0-0; PEDRAZA, Camille 0-1-0; Totals 55-7-8.0.
(Assists) - METROKA, Sara 46.
(Dig leaders) - PEDRAZA, Camille 21; LANG, Alyssa 15; BEAN, Emily 8; STEVENSON, Keyaira 8
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Match Notes
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KENNESAW, Ga. - The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team came
out with fire in a first set victory, but Kennesaw State (3-3) battled back to take
the match, 3-1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-17), at the Owl Invitational. Sophomore
outside Jennifer Kuroski (Acworth, Ga.) recorded 14 kills during the
contest.
Chattanooga (1-5) is back in action at 5 p.m. this afternoon to
complete the Owl Invitational against Winthrop. Live stats and live blog can be
found on the volleyball schedule page.
"We were a different team today and I really liked what I saw," said head coach Travis Filar. "When we come out with that much energy, it is very contagious, that kind of energy and fight just happens to produce really good volleyball. Now the challenge for us it to trust and believe that we can make that more consistent in our play. We still have to defend significantly better in serve-receive because I thought that we served really well and took Kennesaw State out of system enough."
A rotation of ten players was used during the contest as the
insertion of youth continued from the Sept. 5 match against Oral Roberts. Receiving
their first starts of the season were sophomore setter Tess Kosycarz (Temecula,
Calif.), freshman Jessi Blackstock (Killen, Ala.), while freshman Melissa Green
(Boca Raton, Fla.) made her first start as libero.
Totaling 11 kills each were senior middle blocker Ellie Kuhn
(San Antonio, Texas) and junior right side Christina Teter (Signal Mountain,
Tenn.). Blackstock registered 6 kills, while freshman middle Kasey Talley (Boiling
Springs, S.C.) added five.
The offense was run by Kosycarz, who tallied 43 assists, a
season-high for the Mocs. She also had three service aces and two block
assists.
Green led the defensive effort with 19 digs and junior
Meagan Ernd (Munster, Ind.) notched seven. Junior Paula Passmore record six
along with Talley. Also seeing action was sophomore Andrea Johnson (Soddy
Daisy, Tenn.), who dug up 5 attacks playing in the final two sets.
The first set saw 13 ties and six lead changes as the teams
battled for each point. With a tie at 16, Chattanooga began to break away from
the Owls with Green on the service line recording two aces and a kill by
Kuroski as it took a 20-16 advantage.
From there, Kennesaw State continued to battle and knotted
the match at 20 and 21 before Kosycarz served the Mocs to a 25-21 victory that
included two aces.
The Mocs tallied six service aces in the first frame and
totaled 11 kills as Kuroski and Kuhn led the way with four each.
Set No. 2 started similar to the first as each team had rallies
of three or four points, but the frame was tied up at 13 on a kill by Kuhn. The
Owls then took control of the set scoring on 12 of the next 16 rallies to
secure a 25-17 win.
Coming on for Chattanooga was Kuroski, who registered four
kills, as the squad hit 11 kills for the second time in the match. Kennesaw
State's offense began to click as it notched 16 kills during the frame and hit
.355.
Following the intermission, the
Mocs started out slow and coach Filar used two early timeouts to change the
momentum. With KSU up 16-10, Kuhn and Green led service attacks that enabled
the Mocs to cut the deficit to 17-14.
Chattanooga was down 21-15 before it started battling and
fought back to 22-19 with back-to-back kills from Blackstock. The Owls played
for set point at 24-19, but the strong serve of Ernd enabled the Mocs to score
four-straight point before the frame was closed out, 25-23.
"It definitely gave us momentum going into the fourth set," said Filar. "Again just like last night, I reminded them that it was a great fight, but we are putting ourselves in holes."
The momentum that the Mocs earned at the end of the third set continued in the fourth as they
scored the first four points with Kosycarz on the service line and kills from
Kuhn, Kuroski and Talley. Chattanooga kept the lead, but was unable to extend
it as the Owls knotted the frame at 10.
From there, Kennesaw State took control of the set and match
in recording the 25-17 victory. The Owls notched 17 kills during the set, while
Chattanooga had 11.
Kennesaw State was led by Alyssa Long with a match-high 16
kills and Justine Young notched 10. Setter Sara Metroka had 46 assists for the Owls.
A match-high in digs was registered by Keyaira Stevenson with 21.
The annual Country Inns & Suites Invitational is next
week with the Mocs hosting East Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and UNC
Asheville. Times for the event have been altered on Saturday as Chattanooga
plays the Golden Eagles at 10 a.m. and the Bulldogs at 4 p.m. ETSU faces the
Mocs on Friday night at 6 p.m. All matches will have live stats and video
(subscription only on MocsVision) with links available on the volleyball
schedule page.
