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JACKSONVILLE – Sophomore Emily Rutherford posted her eighth double-double of the season with 11 kills and 14 digs but the Bruins of Belmont still managed to pull off the sweep (26-24, 25-16, 25-22) over the Jacksonville State volleyball team on Friday night at Pete Mathews Coliseum in Ohio Valley Conference action.
 
With the loss, the Gamecocks fall to 10-10 overall and 3-2 in OVC play. The Bruins improve to 2-3 in conference play and 9-12 overall after holding the Gamecocks to a .111 attack percentage on the night while offensively posting a .212 attack percentage.
 
Senior Abbey Heredia finished with 26 assists while senior Kelly Cole led the Gamecocks defensive effort with 19 digs.
 
The Bruins were led by Allison McCoy with 12 kills on a .458 attack percentage. Setter Hannah Miranda added a double-double of 37 assists and 10 digs while Jen Meyer added eight kills and 24 digs.
 
Trailing 19-14 in the first set, the Gamecocks used kills from Rutherford and junior Alina Agamy to go with three Bruin errors to cut the deficit to 22-19. Following an attack error by the Gamecocks, freshman Kacy Clinkenbeard picked up two of her five kills in the set to pull JSU within 23-22.
 
A kill by Myer gave the Bruins a 24-22 lead and a chance to clinch before back-to-back errors tied the match up at 24-24. From there, the Bruins regained composure and used kills from Gabe Scarlett and an attack error by the Gamecocks to pull off the 26-24 opening set victory.
 
In the second set, the Bruins posted a .300 attack percentage while holding the Gamecocks to a .065 attack percentage despite five kills from Rurtherford. Belmont was led by McCoy with four kills while Gable and Jessica Vestal both added three kills apiece to help the Bruins race away with the 25-16 victory.
 
With the third set tied 14-14, the Bruins went on a 4-0 run behind kills from Jocelyn Youngdahl, Vestal, and Alex Martin to take an 18-14 lead. Following back-to-back kills by Rutherford that cut the JSU deficit to 18-16, the Bruins called a timeout and answered with kills from Miranda and McCoy to extend the lead 20-16. From there, the Bruins managed to pull away for the 25-22 victory to clinch the sweep over the Gamecocks.
 
The Gamecocks will be back in action on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Tennessee State at Pete Mathews Coliseum.