CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team suffered from a number of unforced errors and dropped a tough 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-20) decision to Western Carolina during its 'Green Out' night inside Maclellan Gymnasium on Saturday.

Chattanooga falls to 5-11 overall this season and 0-3 in SoCon play. Western Carolina improves to 10-7 overall and a perfect 4-0 in league action.

BOX SCORE » WCU 3, Chattanooga 0
» S1 | 25-21, WCU
» S2 | 25-21, WCU
» S3 | 25-20, WCU

Western Carolina raced out to a 7-3 lead in the match's first ten rallies ahead of a Chattanooga answer that accumulated six of the next eight points, pulling the set even, 9-9. Both teams went back-and-forth in the scoring and locked at 20-20 before the Catamounts finished on a 5-1 run to claim a 25-21 opening set victory.

In the second set, the Mocs built an early 7-2 lead on the help of kills from Dani Szczepanski and Maddie Halsey, but failed to sustain the advantage after allowing a lengthy 10-1 sprint from WCU to find themselves behind, 12-8. Rebounding with eight of the next 11 points, UTC pulled ahead 16-15 on a Gylian Finch ace, forcing a timeout from the visitors. Tied 20-20, the Catamounts once again finished with five of the set's final six points to claim a 25-21 decision and a 2-0 lead in the match.

WCU used another efficient attack to build a 7-2 lead, laying down four kills and serving a pair of aces during the early stretch. The lead grew to seven, 10-3, before UTC used a 7-2 run of its own to pull within two, 12-10. The two-point deficit would be as close as the squad could get down the stretch. Trailing 17-15, the Mocs allowed eight of the final 13 points to the Catamounts, seven of which were kills, and fell 25-20 in the set and 3-0 in the match.
 
MATCH NOTABLES
- Chattanooga drops to 5-11 overall and 0-3 in SoCon play… current losing skid sits at six matches… first 0-3 start to SoCon action since 2011.
- Dani Szczepanski continued her double-digit kill streak to nine matches… career-long streak… 10+ kills in all but four matches this season… has recorded 10+ kills in last five matchups against WCU.
- Maddie Halsey dished out 32 assists tonight… 30+ assists in all but three matches played this season… carries an even 10.00 assists per set average this season… added 14 digs to post fifth double-double of 2019.
- Megan Kaufman recorded 16 digs in the three set match tonight… double-digit digs in all but two matches this year… crossed 200 digs for the season and carries a 3.68 dig per set average… 1,134 career digs sits just 79 digs shy of moving into 10^th all-time at UTC.

UP NEXT
Chattanooga (5-11, 0-3 SoCon) continues Southern Conference play this Wednesday evening, Oct. 9, at Mercer (8-10, 1-4 SoCon) for a 6 p.m. ET matchup inside Hawkins Arena. Match coverage links are available on the schedule page.

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