GREENSBORO, N.C. --- The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team dropped its first Southern Conference match of the season, 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-20), at UNC Greensboro on Friday evening inside Fleming Gym.
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Chattanooga moves to 6-10 overall and 2-1 in league play. UNCG improves to 8-8, 2-2 in the SoCon. The Mocs have now dropped their last 10 matches in Greensboro with the last win coming back on Oct. 21, 2006.
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Match recap and stats can be found below.
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Match Recap
UNCG 3, Chattanooga 0
UNCG controlled the match from the start, claiming a convincing 25-12 win in the first set, ultimately setting the tone. The Spartans earned 25-22 and 25-20 wins in the second and third sets in route to a 3-0 sweep.
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Chattanooga was limited to a .078 hitting percentage while UNCG attacked at an efficient .227 percentage. Greensboro also out-killed UTC by a wide 44-29 margin and recorded 11 more assists, 40-29. The Mocs won the blocking (7.0-6.0) and digging (60-58) categories.
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Dani Szczepanski led the offense for the visitors, registering a team-high nine kills on 24 total attacks while committing just two errors for a .292 hitting percentage.
Gylian Finch followed with six kills and two service aces in addition to 10 digs.
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Jaquelyn Langhaim posed as a triple threat for UTC, collecting four kills, 24 assists and eight digs in the three-set match. Langhaim also added three blocks to her stat line.
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Megan Kaufman and
Miranda Elpers held down the defensive efforts by leading the team in digs with 16 and 12, respectively. Kaufman's dig total was a match-high.
Bailey Bennett posted eight digs and a service ace for the Mocs.
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Emily Plumlee totaled three kills on 11 attacks while adding a team-high four blocks.
Eden Murray saw action in the third set and recorded a pair of kills in three attacks.
Ally Ford added four kills and three digs in the three sets.
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Up Next
Chattanooga heads to Johnson City, Tenn., to face in-state rival ETSU (12-4, 1-1Â SoCon) tomorrow at 2 p.m. inside Brooks Gymnasium. Live stats will be available and can be found under the volleyball schedule tab on GoMocs.com.
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