MT Defeated by UTSA in Three Sets

Friday, October 3

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

7:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

-511 (12 CUSA)

UTSA

-87 (40 CUSA)

Team	1	2	3	Final F
UTSA	25	25	25	3
Middle Tennessee St.	20	20	16	0

10/3/2014 9:28:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee volleyball team (5-11, 1-2 C-USA) suffered a 3-0 setback to UTSA (8-7, 4-0 C-USA) Friday evening at Alumni Memorial Gym.

Junior Chelsea Ross tallied a game-high 16 kills to go along with 10 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. Freshman Haley Morton tallied a team-best 20 assists, her fourth straight game reaching the 20-assist mark, and freshman Jacqueline Lux led the way with 15 digs.

MT started out strong in the first frame with a 12-9 lead before the Roadrunners responded with a 9-3 run to take an 18-15 advantage.
The Blue Raiders would cut the UTSA lead to two, 20-18, thanks to a kill from Ross. However, UTSA scored the five of the next seven points to capture the first set 25-20.

UTSA jumped out to an 11-5 lead in the second set, and eventually took a 22-15 advantage before MT strung together a 4-1 run. Two kills by freshman Maya Miller, a kill by junior Miri Shade and an ace by Freshman Morgan St. Germain pulled the Blue Raiders to within four 23-19.

The Roadrunners stopped any chance of a comeback while scoring two of the following three points in the process to pick up the second set, 25-20, and head into the third frame with a 2-0 lead.

Much like the previous set, the Roadrunners stormed out to an early lead with a 12-4 advantage.The Blue Raiders answered with a 6-2 run with Lux holding serve for three of the points and Ross capping off the run with a kill .

UTSA then scored four quick points to stretch the lead back to eight, 18-10, and never looked back taking the third set, 25-16, and the match.

The Blue Raiders will look to back to .500 in conference play on Sunday when they take on Louisiana Tech at 1 p.m., at Alumni Memorial Gym.