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Alter
Ray Soldano
0
Furman Furman 7-13,2-8 SoCon
3
Winner Chattanooga UTC 7-17,3-8 SoCon
Furman Furman
7-13,2-8 SoCon
0
Final
3
Chattanooga UTC
7-17,3-8 SoCon
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Furman Furman 14 22 17 (0)
Chattanooga UTC 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Indoor Volleyball Breaks Out the Brooms in 3-0 Rout over Furman

Chattanooga secures series sweep over Furman for the first time since 2016

CHATTANOOGA – The Chattanooga Mocs' indoor volleyball team didn't wait for Halloween to bring out the brooms. The team swept the visiting Furman Paladins 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-17) on Thursday night inside Maclellan Gym.

MATCH RECAP
SET 1 ∙ UTC 25, FUR 14
SET 2 ∙ UTC 25, FUR 22
SET 3 ∙ UTC 25, FUR 17

UTC won the beginning of the first set, holding a 13-10 lead as Furman called the first timeout of the match. At that point, the Mocs were outhitting the Paladins .315 - .095. The Mocs took advantage of the timeout and began to dominate the set. The hosts won 10 of the next 13 points to take a commanding 23-13 lead. The Mocs won the opening frame 25-14, capped off with a block from Chloe Bryan and Marcelle Baez-Carlo. UTC held Furman to a negative hitting percentage while hitting .316.  

The two teams kept the second set close until the Mocs won a pinball-style point to take an 8-6 lead. UTC kept the momentum up 16-10 as Furman called timeout. The Paladins tied the set at 21, but the hosts won three of the final four points to take the frame, 25-22. Gylian Finch slotted back-to-back kills for the Mocs' final two points of the set. She hit .417 with five kills in the second, which led all players. 
 

After the Mocs took a 7-6 lead, they never looked back. UTC held a seven-point advantage as Furman called its last timeout of the match. The Mocs took the 20-13 lead and won five of the next nine points as they took the match on the 11th kill of the night from Maia Rackel. The team hit .316 once again in the third set and held Furman to a .100 clip. Kate Neill posted five kills in the final frame, hitting nearly .500.

The Mocs hit .299 in the match which is the highest mark in SoCon action for the Blue and Gold this season. Baez-Carlo led the squad with a .500 clip, posting six kills on 10 swings with an error. She capped off her night with three blocks and six digs.

Rackel paced the Mocs with 11 kills and finished one dig shy of a double-double. She added two block assists to her line.  Finch and Neill totaled nine kills each and combined for 15 digs with Finch tallying nine. Neill led the match with four block assists, while Finch slotted one of the Mocs' three aces. Bryan added six kills and two blocks.

Defensively, Paige Gallentine did what she does best, she led all players with 20 digs; she also had an ace. Bossong quarterbacked the offense, recording her 10th double-double of the season with 34 assists and 12 digs. Chandler Alter completed the defensive effort with seven digs.

The Mocs led the match in every category except aces, both teams had three. UTC outhit Furman .299 – .087, outblocked the Paladins 7-3, recorded 64 digs to Furman's 57 and had three more assists.

The match featured 14 ties and five lead changes. Furman's Neci Harris was the lone Paladin with double-digit kills, she posted 10 on 25 swings with four errors.

Notes

  • Finch hit above .300 for the second time this season. Her .360 attack clip is the best since she hit .407 last season vs. UNCG on Feb. 1. It's the first match in the senior's four-year career without an attack error.
  • Gallentine has recorded double-digit digs in every match this season.
  • This was the 15th match this season Rackel finished with 10+ kills.
  • The .299 hitting percentage is the highest for the Blue and Gold in SoCon play since Oct. 7, 2017 when the team hit .320 against Mercer.
  • UTC secured its first season series sweep over Furman since 2016 and the second since Head Coach Travis Filar took over. Filar graduated from Furman in 2000.
  • This is the first time UTC's opponent has hit under .100 all season and the first since Furman hit .049 against the Mocs on Feb. 22, 2021.
  • This was the second time this season the Mocs won the first two sets of the match. It marked the first sweep in SoCon action for the Blue and Gold.  

Series history
Furman leads the all-time series 48-27 while the Mocs have won three straight.

Records – CHATTANOOGA (7-17, 3-8 SoCon) | FURMAN (7-13, 2-8 SoCon)

Up next
The Mocs are back in Maclellan Gym tomorrow night as UTC hosts The Citadel. The first 100 fans in attendance will receive free UTC Athletics fanny packs and free food from Jacks!   

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