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Kynli Kirkendoll vs. The Citadel
Ray Soldano
0
The Citadel Cit 0-25,0-15 SoCon
3
Winner Chattanooga UTC 15-12,9-6 SoCon
The Citadel Cit
0-25,0-15 SoCon
0
Final
3
Chattanooga UTC
15-12,9-6 SoCon
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
The Citadel Cit 18 21 16 (0)
Chattanooga UTC 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Sweeps The Citadel 3-0 on Friday Evening

The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team made it back-to-back victories with a clean sweep over the Bulldogs on Friday.

CHATTANOOGA (November 14, 2025) — The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team earned its second win in-a-row with a dominating 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-16) victory over The Citadel during Southern Conference action on Friday evening inside Maclellan Gymnasium.
 
Following the win, Chattanooga (15-12, 9-6 SoCon) posted its second-straight victory and remains in the hunt for a top-four seed based on other results around the league. The Citadel (0-25, 0-15 SoCon) rounds out its regular season action tomorrow night at Samford in Birmingham, Ala.
 
Up Next
Chattanooga wraps up its regular season tomorrow night for a Senior Night showdown against Furman. First serve is set for 6 p.m. (ET) inside Maclellan Gym. The match can be streamed LIVE on ESPN+.

Records/Series
Chattanooga: 15-12, 9-6 SoCon
The Citadel: 0-25, 0-15 SoCon
Series: 46th all-time meeting… Chattanooga is now 46-10 all-time in the series.
 
Team Notables
  • Chattanooga improved to 15-12 overall and 9-6 within SoCon play after tonight's victory… back-to-back victories after snapping a four-match slide last week.
  • Chattanooga can earn its 10th SoCon victory of the season with a win tomorrow… would mark the second season with 10 SoCon wins under head coach Julie Torbett Thomas.
 
Player/Team Stat Notables
  • Chattanooga featured a balanced offensive attack tonight with six players recorded at least three kills… Gracie Rose led the team with 13 kills at a .321 clip… only Moc in double figures.
  • Caiti Barthel recorded a match-high 24 digs during tonight's victory… surpassed 900 digs for her career… added two assists… Mallory Merz chipped in with 13 digs in the winning effort.
  • Kynli Kirkendoll recorded seven block assists during the win… added six kills… Kendyl MacAskill joined in on the block party with five assists… 10.0 total blocks for the team.

Inside the Match
Chattanooga 3, The Citadel 0
Set 1 – Chattanooga 25, The Citadel 18
  • Chattanooga and The Citadel exchanged the first 14 points of the match and sat at a 7-7 tie before the hosts put together an 8-2 scoring run to grab a 15-9 lead at the media timeout.
  • The Citadel pulled as close as two, 17-15, down the stretch before the Mocs closed out the opening frame with a 25-18 victory.
  • UTC matched The Citadel with 11 kills in the opening set but earned the hitting advantage with a .212 percentage compared to an even .000 from the Bulldogs.

Set 2 – Chattanooga 25, The Citadel 21
  • The Citadel grabbed an early 10-8 lead in the second set after recording a 4-1 scoring advantage over the middle stages of the set.
  • The Bulldogs continued to lead at the media timeout, 15-14, before Chattanooga went on a 6-2 scoring run to help build a 20-17 edge. The Mocs would close out the set, 25-21, with a pair of Rose kills.
 
Set 3 – Chattanooga 25, The Citadel 16
  • It was all Chattanooga early on in the third set as the home team created a quick 8-4 lead following a strong attack from Rose and Ashley Reynolds.
  • The Citadel battled over the next batch of rallies as Chattanooga held on to a slight lead, 15-13, at the media break.
  • The Mocs completed the 3-0 match sweep with a 10-3 scoring run from that point, closing out the 25-16 third-set decision.

Quotable – Head Coach Julie Torbett Thomas
"I am always happy to get a win. That win sealed having a winning season. But, we have a lot of work left to do, obviously. I felt like the girls battled, and that's a team that always plays hard the whole time, no matter what the score is, no matter how rough of a season they had this year. They've got some good players out there that I thought did a good job of banging on our block and making us have to play honest defense and making us work for it. But I thought the team did a great job."

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