HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville volleyball team wrapped up play at the UAH Classic at Kelly Court at Spragins Hall on Saturday with a 3-0 win over LeMoyne-Owen before dropping the weekend finale to Ouachita Baptist by a 3-2 score.
Â
Next Time Out
- The Chargers return to action next weekend at the Auburn Montgomery Tournament in Montgomery, Alabama, with matchups slated against Tuskegee and Southern Wesleyan on Friday as well as a single match on Saturday against Talladega.
Â
UAH 3, LOC 0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-4)
Turning Point
- UAH cruised to a 25-11 win in the opening frame to take the initial lead and would not look back as the Chargers won the final two sets by scores of 25-15 and 25-4 for the three-set victory over LeMoyne-Owen.
Â
Inside the Box Score
-
Hannah Lawless and
Caroline Sanford shared the team lead in kills with eight each.
-
Jordan Grammer and
Kennedy Sellers rated second on the roster with six kills each while hitting .357 and .333, respectively, for the match.
- Nine Chargers registered at least one kill.
- Four different UAH players had two service aces, including Lawless,
Haley Hop,
Sabrina Duncan and
Katie Sharp.
- Hop anchored the Chargers defense with 11 digs, with a collection of five other teammates registering at least four digs.
- The Chargers recorded a .261 hitting percentage for the match, while holding LeMoyne-Owen to a -.067 swing rate.
-
Katie Sharp finished with a match-best 25 assists in addition to one kill and five digs.
Â
Noteworthy
- UAH has held opponents to a .050 hitting percentage or lower in two of its first three matches.
Â
OBU 3, UAH 2 (28-26, 23-25, 23-25, 29-27, 15-12)
Turning Point
- A back-and-forth affair for the majority of the contest, Ouachita Baptist was able to make a final push for the five-set victory by recording the last three points in fifth frame to notch the 15-12 win in the stanza.
Â
Inside the Box Score
- The UAH attack was led by
Anna LeDuc's match-best 23 kills on a .266 hitting percentage, while also registering a double-double with 19 digs.
-
Isabelle Barnes also had a strong overall performance finishing second to LeDuc with 14 kills while boasting a team-best seven total blocks.
- Both
Caroline Sanford and
Lorah Yonce chipped in nine kills apiece, with Sanford owning a team-best .333 hitting percentage.
-
Haley Hop headlined the Chargers defense with 29 digs, while a total of five UAH players had 10 digs or more including LeDuc (19),
Kennedy Sellers (16),
Sabrina Duncan (14) and Yonce (12) in addition to Hop's 29.
- LeDuc, Sellers and Yonce each had two service aces apeiece.
- Duncan had a career-best night with a game-high 60 assists and 14 digs for a double-double.
- Hop rated second on the roster with six assists.
Â
Noteworthy
- Duncan's 60 assists were the most in her career.
- Barnes has totaled five or more total blocks in each of the first three games for UAH this season.