NCAA Womens Volleyball

Tennessee Wesleyan University – Volleyball Forces Fifth Set Against Johnson

TWU

Volleyball – Tue, Oct. 4, 2022 at 11:00 PM

TWU

14-25,27-25,16-25,28-26,3-15

Johnson University

Final 1 2 3 4 5 F
Tennessee Wesleyan (1-19, 0-11) 14 27 16 28 3 2
Johnson (Tenn.) (7-6, 5-4) 25 25 25 26 15 3
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee Wesleyan Indv. Leaders Johnson (Tenn.)
#10 Amya Sutton – 11 Kills #15 Sydney Smith – 17
#04 Kamari Jackson – 6 Blocks #11 Emma Hannaford – 2
#03 Megan Thompson – 16 Digs #03 Gentry McReynolds – 19
#13 Shante Smith – 4 Aces #16 Kallie Powell – 3
Tennessee Wesleyan Team Statistics Johnson (Tenn.)
.090 Hitting %: .222
9.0 Blocks: 3.0
81 Digs: 86
7 Aces: 10

Knoxville, Tenn.- The women’s volleyball team went back on the road for a match on Tuesday. The team traveled north to Knoxville to take on the Johnson University Lady Royals, a conference opponent.

The first set saw Johnson move ahead 6-1 through the first seven points. A kill by Olivia Miller helped the team cut the lead down to three with the scoreboard reading 8-5. The opponents extended their lead though, moving ahead 16-9 over the next few minutes. Johnson went on to take the first set 25-14.

The second set saw kills by Kamari Jackson and Madison Coffey help the team tie the score 3-3 early in the set. The score remained close as three more ties occurred until a run of points by Johnson made the score 12-7. TWU went on a run of their own, seeing points from Amya Sutton, Shante Smith, and Jackson help the team take a 13-12 lead. The opponents were not able to pull away in the set. After a 19-19 tie, the set saw six more ties. The final tie, 25-25, was broken by a Megan Lee kill and block assists by Miller and Lee to give the Lady Bulldogs set two by a score of 27-25.

The third set went to the opponents. Through the first 10 points, Tennessee Wesleyan held a 6-4 lead on a Megan Thompson service ace. Johnson went used a 10-4 run to move ahead 14-10. Two straight points, including a service ace by Olivia Bolin helped the team cut the lead to two points. The opponents scored 11 of the next 15 points to take the third set 25-16.

Facing the potential end of the match down 2-1, the Lady Bulldogs overtook the lead in the third set 10-9 on a Madison Miner kill. The team held on to the lead over the next several minutes, holding an 18-13 lead on Coffey’s kill. The momentum shifted a bit though as Johnson came back and took a 22-21 lead. TWU did not falter,…

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