CHATTANOOGA (October 22, 2025) — The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team saw its six-match win streak snapped during a 3-1 (25-27, 25-16, 25-23, 25-18) loss to in-state rival and Southern Conference-leading ETSU on Thursday night inside Maclellan Gym.
 
Following the loss, Chattanooga moves to 13-9 overall and 7-3 inside SoCon play while remaining in second place in the conference standings. After the win, ETSU remains unbeaten in SoCon play at 10-0 and improves its overall mark to 16-5.
 
Up Next
Chattanooga will be idle for the next week before heading to Spartanburg, S.C., for a Friday (Oct. 31) night contest at Wofford and Greensboro, N.C., for a Saturday night matchup at UNCG (Nov. 1). Match coverage links, when available, will be located on the schedule page at GoMocs.com.

Records/Series
Chattanooga: 13-9, 7-3 SoCon
ETSU: 16-5, 10-0 SoCon
Series: 81^st meeting in the DI era (since 1984)… ETSU leads the series 45-36… Bucs have won the last three.
 
Team Notables

• Chattanooga saw its six-match win streak snapped… streak matched the longest since a W11 in 2015… two other W6 during that span (2015 & 2024).
• The Mocs six-straight SoCon regular season victories were the most in a single season for the program since 1999 (W9)… fourth-longest streak in a single season in program history.
• Chattanooga remains in second place in the SoCon regular season standings at 7-3… Mocs lead Furman (5-3), UNCG (5-3) and Wofford (5-3) who all have yet to compete this weekend.

 
Player/Team Stat Notables

• Chattanooga was held to a .110 hitting percentage tonight… lowest since a .102 mark against UNCG in its last loss back on October 3.
• UTC surrendered 11 service aces to ETSU during the defeat… second-most reception errors in a match this season… most since allowing 11 to Indiana State back on September 19… most in a SoCon match this season.
• The offensive attack for the Mocs were blocked 14.0 times tonight… most blocks hit into this season by a wide margin (4.0 total)… only other double-digit total was during October 17's five-set win at Furman.

 
Quotable
Julie Torbett Thomas, head coach – "I thought it was an incredible environment tonight and it was high-level volleyball at times. We just made too many errors to find ourselves on the right end of a couple close sets, especially against a quality team like ETSU. I was proud of the fight tonight and we definitely showed that we are right there at the top of this league. We'll continue to make strides towards playing our best volleyball at the most important time of the season."

ETSU 3, Chattanooga 1
Set 1 – Chattanooga 27, ETSU 25

• Chattanooga started with an early 2-0 lead, highlighted by a quick offensive attack from Gracie Rose. 
• ETSU leveled the score at 6-6 with a kill from Makayla Bays off an assist from setter Isabelle Iosua. 
• Chattanooga responded with a 6-1 run, pushing its lead to 12-7, highlighted by a Sydney Jackwin service ace. 
• Rose capped off the set for the Mocs with her seventh kill, notching the ultimate 27-25 victory.

 
Set 2 – ETSU 25, Chattanooga 16

• UTC surged ahead with a quick 5-1 lead after capitalizing on multiple ETSU attack errors and another kill by Rose. 
• ETSU responded with a strong rally, highlighted by three Whitley Rammel service aces, to level the score at 10-10. 
• Gianna Blair and Makayla Bays contributed crucial kills for ETSU to help extend the Bucs lead to 15-12. 
• ETSU secured the set 25-16 with Bays delivering the final point on a kill and Bailey Gohlke assist. 

 
Set 3 – ETSU 25, Chattanooga 23

• Chattanooga took an early 2-1 after a kill Gracie Rose and an ETSU service error. 
• ETSU responded with 10 of the next 14 points to build an 11-6 lead and force Chattanooga into a timeout.   
• Chattanooga's Rose and Jackwin led an offensive attack that saw the Mocs chip away at its deficit and tie the set 14-14.
• After an ETSU service error allowed for a 21-19 UTC lead, the Bucs responded with six of the final eight points to claim a 25-23 set win and 2-1 lead in the match.

 
Set 4 – ETSU 25, Chattanooga 18

• ETSU established an early 2-0 lead with a kill from Isabelle Iosua and a service error from Chattanooga. 
• Jackwin capped off a quick 4-0 Mocs run with a service ace to level the score 5-5 over the set's first 10 points.
• The teams exchanged points closely until Bays' service ace pushed ETSU ahead 19-17 and created momentum down the stretch.
• ETSU closed the set on a 6-1 run to claim a 25-18 decision while clinching the 3-1 victory in the match.

 
Chattanooga Top Performers 
Gracie Rose 
- 17 kills; 17.5 points
 
Sydney Jackwin 
- 11 kills; .222 hitting percentage; 10 digs; 2 aces; 13.5 points 
 
Chiara Napoli 
- 25 assists; 2.0 blocks
 
Caiti Barthel 
- 25 digs 
 
Kynli Kirkendoll 
- 7 kills; .208 hitting percentage; 5.0 blocks; 10.0 points

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