CHATTANOOGA (November 7, 2025) — The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team returned home to Maclellan Gymnasium and snapped its four-match slide with an emphatic 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-21) victory over Western Carolina on Friday evening during Southern Conference action.
Following the win, Chattanooga (14-12, 8-6 SoCon) ended a four-match drought while continuing to hold its traction towards the top half of the league standings. Western Carolina (7-18, 3-11 SoCon) has now dropped its last four after today's defeat.
Up Next
Chattanooga closes out regular season play next weekend with a pair of SoCon home matches beginning on Friday (November 14) against The Citadel and Saturday (November 15) against Furman inside Maclellan Gym. Both matches carry a 6 p.m. ET start time with match coverage links, when available, located on the schedule page.
Records/Series
Chattanooga: 14-12, 8-6 SoCon
Western Carolina: 7-18, 3-11 SoCon
Series: 92
nd all-time meeting… the Mocs and Catamounts are now tied 46-46 in the all-time series.
Team Notables
- Chattanooga improved to 14-12 overall and 8-6 within SoCon play after tonight's victory… the win snapped a four-match slide.
- Chattanooga sits in fourth place in the SoCon regular season standings with two matches left… ETSU clinched the regular season title behind a 13-0 mark thus far… Furman and Wofford sit in a tie for second at 9-4.
Player/Team Stat Notables
Inside the Match
Chattanooga 3, Western Carolina 1
Set 1 – Western Carolina 25, Chattanooga 22
- The Catamounts built an early 10-4 lead over the first 14 rallies of the match before continuing to hold its six-point lead at the media timeout, 15-9.
- After trailing 22-15 later in the set, Chattanooga used a strong defensive presence and offensive attack to cut its deficit to just two, 22-20, following a 5-0 scoring run.
- The deficit was cut to just one, 23-22, before consecutive kills from WCU's Samantha Kranzler ended the set 25-22 and gave the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Set 2 – Chattanooga 25, Western Carolina 22
- Chattanooga opened the set with seven of the first 10 points to build a 7-3 lead before extending the advantage to 11-3 with a quick 4-0 run on the help of blocks from Kynli Kirkendoll and Kendyll MacAskill and kill from Sydney Jackwin.
- The Mocs controlled much of the middle portion of the set as the lead ballooned to as much as 10, 21-11, before Western Carolina responded with an emphatic 9-2 scoring run to cut its deficit to just two, 23-20.
- Chattanooga closed the set out, 25-22, with kills from Gracie Rose and Jordin Glass to tie the match at 1-1.
Set 3 – Chattanooga 25, Western Carolina 21
- Chattanooga scored the first five points of the third set before creating a dominating 10-1 early lead that included two kills from Jackwin and MacAskill each.
- After the Mocs held a 15-6 lead at the media timeout, the hosts continued to extend its edge behind a strong duo attack from Jackwin and Kirkendoll and led 21-8 coming down the stretch.
- The Mocs surrendered a moderate WCU scoring run over the next set of rallies before ultimately closing out the 25-17 set win and taking a 2-1 lead in the match.
Set 4 – Chattanooga 25, Western Carolina 21
- Chattanooga continued to help its cause by starting strong as the home team led 7-3 after the first 10 points of the fourth set.
- The Mocs took a 15-9 lead into the media timeout and exchanged the next six rallies to keep its six-point lead, 18-12.
- Jordin Glass laid down a kill to halt a WCU 6-2 scoring run and give UTC a late 23-20 lead before the squad eventually closed out the set, 25-21, and match with kills from Jackwin and Glass.
Quotable – Head Coach Julie Torbett Thomas
"Hey, it's good to get that win. We went five with them last time, so it was nice to just finish it off in four this time around. I thought we started out a little bit slow, but once we got into rhythm, we made some really great plays out there, and it was a great effort. Solid performances all the way around, really. We're happy to get back in the win column and hopefully peak at the right time going into the last couple matches before the tournament."
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