Courtesy: GoMocs.com Senior Ellie Kuhn posted 21 kills and was named to the all-tournament team.

Chattanooga vs. Winthrop Sept. 3, 2011 Kennesaw, Ga. (Convocation Center) Team 1 2 3 4 5 Score Winthrop 25 26 25 26 15 3 Chattanooga 18 28 17 28 11 2

Winthrop (4-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - TOOR, Becca 15-1-6; BLACKMAN, Brittany 9-0-2; MULLINS, Jennica 9-0-5; WEED, Carolyn 8-0-3; PALMER, Stephanie 7-3-3; FORSYTHE, Delaney 6-1-3; CRUSE, Kristin 0-1-0; LANDSMAN, Lauren 0-2-0; BRUSIE, Catherine 0-3-0; Totals 54-11-13.0. (Assists) - PALMER, Stephanie 43. (Dig leaders) - BRUSIE, Catherine 24; LANDSMAN, Lauren 9; FORSYTHE, Delaney 9 Chattanooga (1-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Ellie Kuhn 21-1-6; Jennifer Kuroski 11-2-1; Christina Teter 11-0-3; Jessi Blackstock 6-0-0; Kasey Talley 5-0-3; Tess Kosycarz 2-2-0; Heather Parman 1-0-0; Andrea Johnson 1-2-0; Melissa Green 0-2-0; Paula Passmore 0-1-0; Totals 58-10-8.0. (Assists) - Tess Kosycarz 50. (Dig leaders) - Melissa Green 22; Paula Passmore 12; Tess Kosycarz 10; Ellie Kuhn 8

Match Notes -

"Ellie is a leader and played like an upperclassman today," said head coach Travis Filar. "She led with her play and voice on the court. She had a phenomenal match and was a go-to player for us."

Chattanooga rallied in the fourth set to send the match to a decisive fifth frame. The match contained 27 ties and 12 lead changes.

Sophomore setter Tess Kosycarz (Temecula, Calif.) notched her fourth career double-double totaling 50 assists and 10 digs. She also added two aces.

Also contributing to the offense was sophomore outside Jennifer Kuroski (Acworth, Ga.) and junior right side Christina Teter (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) with 11 kills each. Freshman outside Jessi Blackstock (Killen, Ala.) registered six kills and five digs during the contest.

Leading the defensive effort was freshman libero Melissa Green (Boca Raton, Fla.) with a season-best 19 digs. Junior defensive specialist Paula Passmore (Merritt Island, Fla.) added 12 digs, while sophomore Andrea Johnson (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) and Blackstock each had five.

Chattanooga as a team totaled recorded more kills (58), assists (55) and digs (73) than its opponent.

"When we realize our potential, we can be a really good team," said head coach Travis Filar." If we are playing up to that potential, then we can be very challenging to play. We have to realize how hard that is and have to realize that it will never be about one person alone. It will always be about the team."

Winthrop was paced by Becca Toor with 15 kills and Stephanie Palmer registered 43 assists. The defense was headed up by Catherine Brusie with 24 digs along with Delaney Forsythe and Luaren Landsman, who each contributed nine.

The first set saw Winthrop jump out to a 10-5 lead before the Mocs came back to 13-12 on back-to-back-to-back kills by Kuhn and a service ace from Kuroski. The Eagles would go on to stretch the advantage to 21-14 and close out the set at 25-18.

The Mocs registered 11 kills during the frame, but made nine costly mistakes.

One of two long sets occurred during the second as the Mocs opened with a 13-10 advantage on a kill by Kuhn, but Winthrop would score four-straight points to take the lead. The Mocs would not be denied as they notched a four-point run of their own, 19-15.

Once again, the Eagles battled back to tie the set at 20 and 21. Kills by Kuhn and Kuroski provided Chattanooga with a 24-22 advantage. Winthrop scored three points in a row to get to set point, but the Mocs fought back on a kill by Blackstock to take the frame 28-26.

There were 11 ties and five lead changes in the thrilling set between the two squads. Winthrop led the frame in kills with 17 compared to 14 for Chattanooga. Kuhn led the Mocs effort recording six kills and three kills were added by Blackstock and Teter.

Chattanooga was unable to continue the momentum going into the third frame as the Eagles began with an 11-7 advantage and went on to close the set with a 25-17 victory. Winthrop recorded 10 kills, but took advantage of 11 errors by the Mocs.

The fourth set was fun to watch for the fans as it saw 11 ties and four lead changes. Starting out with the lead was Winthrop  up 8-4, but the Mocs came back to tie the match at 11 on two aces from Johnson and back-to-back kills from Teter.

As the teams battled for each point till the end, it was Chattanooga staying ahead by a point with ties at 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 before Kuhn ended the frame with two-straight kills. She notched six kills along with Kuroski.

During the set, Chattanooga recorded a season-best 20 kills on just seven errors, while hitting .295.

"I told the team after the match that we played some really great volleyball," said Filar. "We had glimpses of it, but now it is about being consistent."

The decisive fifth set had a feel that it was going to be all Winthrop as it took a 9-2 lead. Chattanooga continued to battle and came within 13-9 on two blocks from Kuhn and a kill by the San Antonio, Texas native.

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.