Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Wednesday, October 25
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
6:00 PM
Middle Tennessee
-718, 29 CUSA
3
vs
0
Tennessee State
6-18, 2-8OVC
1
2
3
F
Tennessee State
26
19
21
0
Middle Tennessee
28
25
25
3
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Team Stats
TSU
MT
Kills
41
42
Errors
10
7
Attempts
87
87
Hitting %
.356
.402
Points
46.0
53.0
Assists
36
39
Aces
4
7
Blocks
1.0
4.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
14
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
2
Blocks
1
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's VolleyballPeonia and York Lead MT to Second Season Sweep over TSU
10/25/2017 9:11:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee volleyball team recorded their second sweep of the season over the Tennessee State Tigers on Wednesday evening in the Alumni Memorial Gym.
Sophomore Dora Peonia and junior Makila York posted for a combined 27-kills in the match to pace the Blue Raider offense.
Notable
Peonia averaged 4.67 kills per set while hitting on a .444 clip over the Tigers. The Castel Bolognese native also picked up six digs and three service aces during her outing while York notched a .480 hitting percentage over TSU to average 4.33 kills per set.
Similarly, junior Bailey Mason posted her best outing this season hitting on a .375 clip with eight kills and two errors. The Forsyth, Ill. product also added five digs and two aces on the evening.
From her setter position, freshman Maddie Sweeney notched a career-best performance tallying 33 assists. Sweeney also picked up five digs and a service ace during her three set appearance.
Sophomore Brienna Tankesley paced the back row posting 11 digs in the match to average 3.67 digs per set.
Also recording kills for the Blue Raiders included redshirt-sophomore Alyssa Mathis (4) and freshman Josie Maxim (2).
Quotable
"One of our goals this match was to come in with low errors and we definitely achieved that through our performance over Tennessee State tonight. The girls did an excellent job in pushing forward when they needed to and remained focused throughout the entire match, which is something to be proud of. Our girls definitely fought hard tonight which correlates directly with their confidence on the court. I think that they are starting to understand that when they are playing their best ball and lowering their error count, it immediately boosts their confidence and shows that they want to fight harder on the court. With the end of the season approaching my hope is that this can translate into our remaining five games and they continue to push no matter the opponent". – Assistant Coach Jenna Orner
Set by Set
In the first frame, the Blue Raiders jumped out to a 5-3 lead over the Tigers with two kills from York and a service ace from Peonia. However, TSU created a 4-0 run over Middle Tennessee to take the lead, 7-5. From there, the set remained close with five lead changes and four Blue Raider set points before a kill from Peonia clinched the first, 28-26.
Redshirt-sophomore Alyssa Mathis opened the scoring in the second frame recording the first kill of the set. The Blue Raiders and Tigers went back-and-forth before Middle Tennessee took the lead by six (22-16) with a kill from Peonia. The Tigers battled back within four (22-18) but were unable to get any closer as the Blue Raiders clinched the second frame, 25-19.
After the intermission, the Blue Raiders opened the third and final set with a 4-0 run over the Tigers. However, the Tigers fought back with a 7-3 run to tie the third set at seven. Similarly, the set went back and fourth with the teams recording six lead changes, before two TSU errors gave MT a three-point advantage (18-15). Kills from York and Peonia expanded the Blue Raider lead to three (24-21) before the Blue Raiders clinched the match, 25-21, after Tennessee State received a red card for un-sportsmen like conduct.
Up Next
The Blue Raiders travel to El Paso, Texas to continue their conference slate to compete against UTEP in the Memorial Gym on Sunday, Oct. 29th at noon.
Sophomore Dora Peonia and junior Makila York posted for a combined 27-kills in the match to pace the Blue Raider offense.
Notable
Peonia averaged 4.67 kills per set while hitting on a .444 clip over the Tigers. The Castel Bolognese native also picked up six digs and three service aces during her outing while York notched a .480 hitting percentage over TSU to average 4.33 kills per set.
Similarly, junior Bailey Mason posted her best outing this season hitting on a .375 clip with eight kills and two errors. The Forsyth, Ill. product also added five digs and two aces on the evening.
From her setter position, freshman Maddie Sweeney notched a career-best performance tallying 33 assists. Sweeney also picked up five digs and a service ace during her three set appearance.
Sophomore Brienna Tankesley paced the back row posting 11 digs in the match to average 3.67 digs per set.
Also recording kills for the Blue Raiders included redshirt-sophomore Alyssa Mathis (4) and freshman Josie Maxim (2).
Quotable
"One of our goals this match was to come in with low errors and we definitely achieved that through our performance over Tennessee State tonight. The girls did an excellent job in pushing forward when they needed to and remained focused throughout the entire match, which is something to be proud of. Our girls definitely fought hard tonight which correlates directly with their confidence on the court. I think that they are starting to understand that when they are playing their best ball and lowering their error count, it immediately boosts their confidence and shows that they want to fight harder on the court. With the end of the season approaching my hope is that this can translate into our remaining five games and they continue to push no matter the opponent". – Assistant Coach Jenna Orner
Set by Set
In the first frame, the Blue Raiders jumped out to a 5-3 lead over the Tigers with two kills from York and a service ace from Peonia. However, TSU created a 4-0 run over Middle Tennessee to take the lead, 7-5. From there, the set remained close with five lead changes and four Blue Raider set points before a kill from Peonia clinched the first, 28-26.
Redshirt-sophomore Alyssa Mathis opened the scoring in the second frame recording the first kill of the set. The Blue Raiders and Tigers went back-and-forth before Middle Tennessee took the lead by six (22-16) with a kill from Peonia. The Tigers battled back within four (22-18) but were unable to get any closer as the Blue Raiders clinched the second frame, 25-19.
After the intermission, the Blue Raiders opened the third and final set with a 4-0 run over the Tigers. However, the Tigers fought back with a 7-3 run to tie the third set at seven. Similarly, the set went back and fourth with the teams recording six lead changes, before two TSU errors gave MT a three-point advantage (18-15). Kills from York and Peonia expanded the Blue Raider lead to three (24-21) before the Blue Raiders clinched the match, 25-21, after Tennessee State received a red card for un-sportsmen like conduct.
Up Next
The Blue Raiders travel to El Paso, Texas to continue their conference slate to compete against UTEP in the Memorial Gym on Sunday, Oct. 29th at noon.
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