In the final regular season match of the season and Senior Day, the University of Alabama in Huntsville sent off its seniors with a 3-1 win against AUM Saturday at SportsMED Arena at Spragins Hall.
The Chargers (25-2, 17-1 GSC) kicked off the match with all six seniors, Anna Clare Hutto, Calli Tanielu, Mary Grace Bundrant, Elizabeth Bean, Alex McGeehan and Kayla Ward, in the starting lineup against the Warhawks (3-26, 1-12). The UAH seniors jumped out to a 3-0 start as Bean closed the opening run with a service ace. While AUM scored a pair of points in response, the Chargers' opened up their lead to 10-2 as Bundrant, McGeehan and Tanielu recorded kills, Ward and Tanieule combined for a block and Sydney Durban scored a service ace in the run. UAH pushed its lead further with another run with 10 straight points to take a 21-4 lead before capping the opening set on another Bundrant kill to take the 25-10 win.
AUM struck first in the second set with a 3-1 lead before UAH responded to take a 5-3 lead on a 4-0 run with Bundrant and Cooper Garrett scored kills before Ward finished the run with two kills. While UAH maintained its lead through the early portion of the set, AUM caught up and pushed the Chargers late before taking the set, 25-21, to level the score 1-1.
Set 3 opened up with three UAH points as Ella Schumacher, Emily Redman and Amelia Smith each scored a kill. While AUM broke the Chargers' run, they continued it with another four points to move to a 7-1 lead on kills from Redman and Ward before Durban scored another service ace. UAH continued to open its lead, moving to a 17-8 lead on another Redman kill and Durban service ace. The Chargers closed on another long run with five straight points as Redman opened with a kill before Ella Moore added another kill and Redman closed with two service aces to take a 25-12 win and 2-1 lead.
UAH opened Set 4 on another three-point run with Hutto opening the set with a service ace before Schumacher added another kill on the next rally. AUM challenged the UAH lead and the pair tied nine times, the last coming at 22-22 amidst as five-point run for the Chargers as they finished off the set 25-22 with Redman opening the run with a kill before Schumacher added the next three before closing the set with a match-winning solo block.
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The Chargers will be in action next on Thursday, September 12, in the GSC Volleyball Championship.
