Jax State Volleyball Goes on the Road to Tennessee Invitational
9/19/2013 4:26:00 PM | Volleyball
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JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State volleyball team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to close out non-conference play with three matches at the Tennessee Invitational hosted by Tennessee.
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The Gamecocks (6-6) are coming off their best weekend of the season after sweeping all four opponents while repeating as the ISTAP Collegiate Cup Champions. JSU will open the tournament against Coastal Carolina (5-5) at 3 p.m. on Friday before facing the Vols (7-4) at 9 a.m. and Georgia Tech (4-5) at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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The Chanticleers enter the tournament after going 3-1 at the KSU Owls Classic. Kindra Baily currently leads the Chanticleers with a .382 hitting percentage. This will be the first meeting between the two schools since JSU beat CCU 3-1 at the Virginaia Tech Hoke Invitational in 2010.
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Georgia Tech is coming off a 1-2 performance at the Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic. The Yellow Jackets fell to St. John's and Troy 3-1 before closing the tournament out with a sweep over Connecticut.
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The Lady Vols had a five-game win streak snapped at their own Comcast Lady Vol Classic last week. Tennessee opened the tournament with a sweep over Austin Peay before falling to Wichita State 3-0, ETSU 3-1 and VCU 3-2.
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JSU junior middle blocker Nicole Merget heads into the weekend leading the Ohio Valley Conference with both a .368 hitting percentage and 1.05 blocks per set. The Canton, Mich., was named co-Offensive Player of the Week after finishing with 36 kills on a .435 attack percentage while helping the Gamecocks repeat as ISTAP Champions.
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Senior Kelly Cole continues to climb up the JSU Division I record book for career digs. The Mishawaka, Ind., native recorded 41 digs at the ISTAP Collegiate Cup to push her career total to 1,081, which moves her to eighth all-time in JSU's Division I history. Cole currently trails Jennifer Brenneman's 1,096 career digs for seventh all-time
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Sophomore Emily Rutherford ranks sixth in the OVC with 3.32 kills per set. Rutherford also leads JSU with four double-doubles after recording 15 kills and 10 digs in the sweep over Alabama State last week.
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All matches will be played at Thompson-Boling Arena. Live Stats will be available for each match and the Gamecocks match with Tennessee will be live streamed on the Tennessee Invitational home page. Â
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State volleyball team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to close out non-conference play with three matches at the Tennessee Invitational hosted by Tennessee.
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The Gamecocks (6-6) are coming off their best weekend of the season after sweeping all four opponents while repeating as the ISTAP Collegiate Cup Champions. JSU will open the tournament against Coastal Carolina (5-5) at 3 p.m. on Friday before facing the Vols (7-4) at 9 a.m. and Georgia Tech (4-5) at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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The Chanticleers enter the tournament after going 3-1 at the KSU Owls Classic. Kindra Baily currently leads the Chanticleers with a .382 hitting percentage. This will be the first meeting between the two schools since JSU beat CCU 3-1 at the Virginaia Tech Hoke Invitational in 2010.
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Georgia Tech is coming off a 1-2 performance at the Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic. The Yellow Jackets fell to St. John's and Troy 3-1 before closing the tournament out with a sweep over Connecticut.
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The Lady Vols had a five-game win streak snapped at their own Comcast Lady Vol Classic last week. Tennessee opened the tournament with a sweep over Austin Peay before falling to Wichita State 3-0, ETSU 3-1 and VCU 3-2.
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JSU junior middle blocker Nicole Merget heads into the weekend leading the Ohio Valley Conference with both a .368 hitting percentage and 1.05 blocks per set. The Canton, Mich., was named co-Offensive Player of the Week after finishing with 36 kills on a .435 attack percentage while helping the Gamecocks repeat as ISTAP Champions.
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Senior Kelly Cole continues to climb up the JSU Division I record book for career digs. The Mishawaka, Ind., native recorded 41 digs at the ISTAP Collegiate Cup to push her career total to 1,081, which moves her to eighth all-time in JSU's Division I history. Cole currently trails Jennifer Brenneman's 1,096 career digs for seventh all-time
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Sophomore Emily Rutherford ranks sixth in the OVC with 3.32 kills per set. Rutherford also leads JSU with four double-doubles after recording 15 kills and 10 digs in the sweep over Alabama State last week.
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All matches will be played at Thompson-Boling Arena. Live Stats will be available for each match and the Gamecocks match with Tennessee will be live streamed on the Tennessee Invitational home page. Â
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