Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Sunday, October 15
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
1:00 PM
Middle Tennessee
-616, 26 CUSA
3
vs
2
Charlotte
-176, 43 CUSA
1
2
3
4
5
F
Charlotte
22
25
25
20
17
2
Middle Tennessee
25
23
18
25
19
3
Team Stats
CHA
MT
Kills
42
75
Errors
20
39
Attempts
135
181
Hitting %
.163
.199
Points
65.0
96.0
Assists
39
72
Aces
3
12
Blocks
20.0
9.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
24
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
20
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
3
Blocks
0
Kills
7
Aces
3
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's VolleyballBlue Raiders Hold off 49ers in Five-Set Thriller
10/15/2017 5:31:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee volleyball team clinched its second conference win over Charlotte in a dramatic 3-2 victory in the Alumni Memorial Gym on Sunday afternoon.
Junior Makila York and sophomore Dora Peonia paced the Blue Raider offense, posting a combined 44-kills in the match over the 49ers.
Notable
York led the way with a career-best 24 kills (4.8 k/s) while hitting on a .362 clip. Meanwhile, Peonia picked up her second double-double of the season with a career-high 20 kills and 10 digs along with three service aces.
Similarly, junior Bailey Mason (9) and freshman Josie Maxim (7) notched a combined 16 kills for the Blue Raiders while Mason added a career-best 16 digs in the match.
From her libero position, sophomore Brienna Tankesley matched her career-high of 23 digs to average 4.6 digs per set. The Landisville, Pa. native also added two service aces over Charlotte.
Sophomore setter, Taylor Hammill also notched a new career-best with 62 assists during the match while contributing seven kills and seven digs.
Overall the Blue Raiders maintained a +30 edge in kills (75-42) and posted a +7 edge (64-57) in digs over the 49ers. Middle Tennessee's defense held Charlotte to a .163 attack percentage, who normally averages a .244 attack.
Also recording kills for MT included redshirt-sophomore Alyssa Mathis and freshman Leilani Mayer who inked four kills apiece.
Quotable
"This is a great feeling right now, the need to win was definitely a motivator tonight and the desire to win was surreal while going out on the court with a confident attitude definitely played a key part in my performance this afternoon. In the fifth set, we took the match because we remained focused and we repeated that in every huddle to keep our focus and remain aggressive in every aspect". – Junior Makila York
"Charlotte is obviously a very good team who is well-coached and incredibly athletic—so, it is a big win for us. Moving into next weekend, I think it's always hard playing on the road on someone's home court. Southern Mississippi is notoriously a very tough place to play at so we have our work cut out for us and hopefully we can carry this afternoon's performance into this weekends match. Last time against UAB we came out extremely aggressive in the first set and let our foot off the gas and this time around we have to keep it down all the way and compete at a higher level". – Head Coach Chuck Crawford
Up Next
The Blue Raiders are back on the road next weekend traveling to Southern Miss on Friday Oct. 20th before rounding off the weekend at UAB on Sunday Oct. 22nd.
Junior Makila York and sophomore Dora Peonia paced the Blue Raider offense, posting a combined 44-kills in the match over the 49ers.
Notable
York led the way with a career-best 24 kills (4.8 k/s) while hitting on a .362 clip. Meanwhile, Peonia picked up her second double-double of the season with a career-high 20 kills and 10 digs along with three service aces.
Similarly, junior Bailey Mason (9) and freshman Josie Maxim (7) notched a combined 16 kills for the Blue Raiders while Mason added a career-best 16 digs in the match.
From her libero position, sophomore Brienna Tankesley matched her career-high of 23 digs to average 4.6 digs per set. The Landisville, Pa. native also added two service aces over Charlotte.
Sophomore setter, Taylor Hammill also notched a new career-best with 62 assists during the match while contributing seven kills and seven digs.
Overall the Blue Raiders maintained a +30 edge in kills (75-42) and posted a +7 edge (64-57) in digs over the 49ers. Middle Tennessee's defense held Charlotte to a .163 attack percentage, who normally averages a .244 attack.
Also recording kills for MT included redshirt-sophomore Alyssa Mathis and freshman Leilani Mayer who inked four kills apiece.
Quotable
"This is a great feeling right now, the need to win was definitely a motivator tonight and the desire to win was surreal while going out on the court with a confident attitude definitely played a key part in my performance this afternoon. In the fifth set, we took the match because we remained focused and we repeated that in every huddle to keep our focus and remain aggressive in every aspect". – Junior Makila York
"Charlotte is obviously a very good team who is well-coached and incredibly athletic—so, it is a big win for us. Moving into next weekend, I think it's always hard playing on the road on someone's home court. Southern Mississippi is notoriously a very tough place to play at so we have our work cut out for us and hopefully we can carry this afternoon's performance into this weekends match. Last time against UAB we came out extremely aggressive in the first set and let our foot off the gas and this time around we have to keep it down all the way and compete at a higher level". – Head Coach Chuck Crawford
Up Next
The Blue Raiders are back on the road next weekend traveling to Southern Miss on Friday Oct. 20th before rounding off the weekend at UAB on Sunday Oct. 22nd.
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