Blue Raiders Drop Final Match of CofC Invitational, Rhoda Named to All-Tournament Team

Saturday, September 14

Charleston, S.C.

6 PM

Middle Tennessee

3-6,0-0CUSA

College of Charleston

6-4,0-0CAA

Middle Tenn.

Col. of Charleston

9/14/2024 11:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

MTSU fall 1-3 to the College of Charleston

By: Jake Freelund, MTSU Athletic Communications

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Middle Tennessee volleyball came up just short in a thrilling match at Charleston on Saturday, Sept. 13. It was a back-and-forth match throughout all four sets, but the Blue Raiders fell short in the fourth and final set. The scores of the sets were as follows: 21-25, 25-18, 21-25 and 22-25.

Junior Adriana Rhoda was named to the College of Charleston Invitational All-Tournament Team after her outstanding weekend. Across the three matches, Rhoda recorded 59 kills on an elite .333 hitting percentage. To go along with her offensive performance, she tallied five blocks. In the Blue Raider's victory over Robert Morris, the Hutchinson, Minn. native recorded 20 kills on a ridiculous .485 hitting percentage.

The Blue Raiders (3-6, 0-0) had too many errors to overcome as they had 50 on the match. The Cougars were able to capitalize on those errors as they had only 37 of their own. Both teams had very low hitting percentages with Charleston having the slightly better one of .163 to MTSU's .130. Throughout the season, the Blue Raiders have struggled with serving, but those problems were not present tonight as they recorded an outstanding 10 service aces. Laure Jansen and Allyson Eckel led the team with three each.

The Blue Raiders were led by Adriana Rhoda who tallied 17 kills on a .293 hitting percentage. Junior Trae McCutchan had her best performance of the season recording a season-high 12 kills to go along with two blocks. Freshman Aowyn Schrader had her best performance of her career thus far putting up nine kills. Senior Laure Jansen had an outstanding game defensively recording 24 digs on an elite 6.00 digs/set.

By the Numbers

300: In just her ninth collegiate match, freshman Andi Spies has already accumulated 300 assists.
10: The Blue Raiders recorded a season-high 10 service aces in just four sets.
24: Senior Laure Jansen tallied a career-high 24 digs during the match.

Up Next
The Blue Raiders will be back out on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Virginia. The match will be streamed on ACC Network which can be found on the ESPN app. Live stats will be available at StatBroadcast.com.

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