Gamecocks Sweep UNO to earn Friday Split - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Friday, September 20

Charleston, S.C.

10 a.m.

Jax State

4-6

Charleston Southern

7-5

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Jacksonville St.	23	16	25	21	1
Charleston So.	25	25	20	25	3

Team	1	2	3	Final F
New Orleans	16	30	20	0
Jacksonville St.	25	32	25	3

9/20/2019 6:05:00 PM | Volleyball

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Jacksonville State volleyball team split Friday matches at the Hampton Inn CofC Invitational hosted by College of Charleston.

Jax State (5-6) dropped an early decision to Charleston Southern, before bouncing back with an afternoon sweep over New Orleans.

Senior Kaylee Frear was nearly unstoppable against the CSU Bucs in the first match, hitting .303 with 15 kills and matching her career mark with seven blocks for the ninth time in her four-year stint. Frear was the leader in a trio of Gamecocks with 10-or-more successful swings, followed by Sadie Anderson's dozen and Lena Kindermann's 10.

After JSU dropped the opening two sets, Anderson exploded for six kills in the third to help power JSU to a 25-20 set win. Unfortunately, the Gamecocks were unable to force a decisive fifth set as CSU slowly pulled away in the fourth. Trailing 22-14, JSU used a 5-0 surge to make it interesting late, but were unable to close the gap beyond four points.

Junior Kaylie Milton led JSU's defensive efforts in the early match, and later transitioned into the top attacker against UNO. Milton's team-high 11 kills helped guide Jax State to its third sweep of the season. It was a balanced offense all-around as Anderson collected eight kills, just ahead of Kindermann and Frear with seven apiece.

After a 47-assist match against CSU, junior setter Lexie Libs needed to dish just 31 assists in the afternoon affair with the Privateers. The lineup featured a slight change between matches as senior Maddie Cloutier and freshman Taylor Pribyl were inserted into the starting rotation.

JSU doubled up UNO early at 10-5 en route to a 25-16 set one victory. The second proved to be the highlight of the match. A 7-1 UNO run handed the Privateers a 14-11, which later stood at 21-16 before the Gamecocks began to chip away. The Gamecocks eventually evened the frame up at 22-22 on freshman Pribyl's kill. The Omaha, Neb., native, had a breakout day with a career-best six kills in the opener, before answering with six blocks against UNO.

UNO reached set-point at 24-22, which were fought-off by kills from Kindermann and Frear. The Colorado Springs, Colo., senior gave JSU a couple of set-point opportunities up 26-25 and 27-26 that were staved off each time. The Privateers would then have their chance to put away the set up 28-27 and 29-28, before Anderson kept things going for JSU each time. After all even at 30-30, Pribyl and Kindermann teamed up on a block, followed immediately Pribyl and Milton doing the same thing to emphatically close out the set.

With momentum carrying over from the second set, the Gamecocks jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third and continued on to complete the sweep with a 25-20 decision. JSU out-blocked UNO, 10-6, and held their opponent to just a .162 hitting percentage thaniks in part to Libs and Erin Carmichael along the back row.

JSU takes on tournament host College of Charleston tomorrow at noon central (1:00 ET). The Gamecocks are in search of their first-ever win over the Cougars after falling in the previous five meetings.