Carson-Newman Volleyball Routs Queens, 3-0, Friday Afternoon At Holt Fieldhouse
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman College Volleyball Team (15-7) posted their best hitting percentage of the year (.493) Friday afternoon as it blew past Queens (N.C.) University by a 3-0 (25-8, 25-14, 25-13) score at Holt Fieldhouse.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman
College Volleyball Team (15-7) posted their best hitting percentage
of the year (.493) Friday afternoon as it blew past Queens (N.C.)
University by a 3-0 (25-8, 25-14, 25-13) score at Holt
Fieldhouse.
The Lady Eagles soared to a 1-0 set lead behind ten and eight point
serving runs by seniors Stephanie Cutter
(Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and Jessica Schachleiter
(Cincinnati, Ohio), respectively. Junior Carly
Mozgai (Greensboro, N.C.) recorded 6 of her match-high 12
kills in the first frame, hitting .545 (6-0-11) for the set.
Carson-Newman kept the gas to the floor as it raced to a 6-0 lead
in the second set. Queens pulled within four points at 9-5, but
that was as close as the Royals would get. C-N stretched its lead
to eight points and kept that margin for the last half of the set
as five Lady Eagles tallied at least two kills in the period.
Scoring runs marked the majority of the third and final set as the
Lady Eagles registered three or more straight scores on five
different occasions. C-N hit nearly errorlessly as a team in the
third stanza, posting a .560 hitting percentage (16-2-25) to close
out the contest.
Mozgai led all players with 12 kills on 19 attempts with one error
(.579) and added two blocks as well for the Lady Eagles.
Cutter tallied a match-high 27 kills to go along with six digs and
five kills, respectively for C-N.
Erinn Moore (Longwood, Fla.) had 12 assists and four kills to lead
Queens and Sarah Malpass (Gainesville, Fla.) chipped in a team-high
five digs.
Carson-Newman will return to South Atlantic Conference play on
Tuesday when it travels to Mars Hill College to take on the Lions
at 7:00 p.m.
-Joe Matthews, C-N Sports Information
