Volleyball Falls to Charlotte in Four Sets

Sunday, September 29

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

1:00 PM CT

Middle Tennessee

-69,01 CUSA

Charlotte

-107,20 CUSA

Charlotte

Middle Tenn.

9/29/2019 4:07:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.—The Middle Tennessee volleyball team fell to Charlotte in four sets by scores of 21-25, 25-20, 23-25, 13-25. The Blue Raiders fall to 6-9 overall and 0-1 in the conference, while the 49ers improve to 10-7 on the year and 1-1 in the league.

Freshman Kayla Henley led the team in attacks with 15 total on the match, and dished out 10 digs to record her fourth double-double on the year. Dora Peonia finished with 11 kills and 15 digs to record her eighth double-double on the season. Bri Tankesley led the team defense with a total 16 digs on the match. Taylor Hammill tallied 45 assists and 12 digs, her sixth double-double, and recorded five kills.

Set-By-Set
The Blue Raiders had a 3-2 lead at the start of set one before Charlotte went on a 3-0 run to take the lead. The 49ers held on to the lead throughout the set, but MT kept it close and came within two at 19-17. Charlotte continued with the lead and eventually took the set, 25-21. Mikaela Weidmann led the offense in set one with four kills.

A Henley kill gave the Blue Raiders the first point of set two, followed by back-to-back kills from Weidmann and Henley again to take a 3-1 lead. MT continued to lead for the rest of the set, and had a 17-13 lead at one point after a Weidmann kill. A Peonia kill gave the Blue Raiders set point, followed by a Charlotte attacking error to claim the set, 25-20. Urte Neimantatie led the attacks with six kills and Tankesley saw eight digs alone in set two.

In set three, the Blue Raiders had a 5-3 lead after a Peonia kill, but the 49ers tied it up 5-5. The two teams went point-for-point until Charlotte went on a 3-0 run to take the lead. The Blue Raiders came within one at 22-21 with a swing from Henley, but Charlotte went on a 2-0 run and eventually took the set 25-23.

Charlotte got to a 4-0 lead before MT put a point on the board. The 49ers went on a 3-0 run to take a bigger lead, 9-3. Charlotte kept the lead the rest of set four, and claimed the set 25-13 to take the match.

Team Notes

Dora Peonia has led the team attacks on four occasions and has recorded eight double-doubles on the season.
Urte Neimantaite dished out a career-high 19 kills against Tennessee Tech and has one double-double. She has also led the team attacks on seven occasions.
Taylor Hammill is 71 assists away from hitting the 2,000 assists mark. She has also recorded six double-doubles this season. Hammill is ranked 20^th in the nation for total assists and third in the conference for assists per set.
Hammill has a season-high 52 assists and 18 digs.
Bri Tankesley is 70 digs away from the 1,000 digs mark with 930 total. She also recorded a career-high four aces against Alabama A&M and a season-high 24 digs against Southern Illinois. Tankesley leads the team in aces with a total 18 on the season.
Kayla Henley has recorded four double-doubles on the season. She also tallied a career-high 19 digs against Western Illinois.
Marley Banton is ranked fourth in the conference for service aces per set. She has a total 16 aces and an average 0.41 aces per set.
Mikaela Weidmann leads the team in blocks with 44.0.

Up Next
The Blue Raiders are headed to Bowling Green, Ky. this weekend to face the WKU Hilltoppers Friday at 6 p.m. for another conference match up.

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