Campbell is ff to its best A-Sun start in 5 years with a 2-2 league mark. The
Camels broke the school block assist record with 28 in the 3-2 victory over
Stetson. They broke the old mark of 24, which had been reached twice, most recently
last year. Campbell wraps up its season-long six match homestand Tuesday night
against North Carolina Central before hitting the road for its first A-Sun road
contests of the season. The Camels are 6-5 since switching to a two-setter rotation.
In the previous nine eight matches, they were 2-6.
The Lady Bucs are off to a 4-0 start in conference play for the first time
since 1991, having won seven consecutive matches and 10 of their last 11. ETSU
kept its win streak alive with a pair of thrilling five-game victories last
week, rallying from a 2-0 game deficit against Chattanooga in non-conference
play, and holding off Jacksonville in five games to remain unbeaten in A-Sun
action.
The Gardner-Webb volleyball team went 2-1 last week. After dropping a non-conference
match to Appalachian State, the Bulldogs posted A-Sun wins over Stetson (3-0)
and Mercer (3-1) to improve to 3-1 in league play. Against the Hatters, GWU
had three players in double figures for kills and two in digs to go along with
Regina Feagin's 43 assists. Game one of the match saw the Bulldogs post their
largest margin of victory on the year, 21 points. Katie Matykowski's six service
aces placed her second all-time on the single match list in GWU history. This
week, the Bulldogs host Winthrop on Tuesday, Oct. 10 before heading to Nashville,
Tenn., to take on Belmont and Lipscomb this weekend.
The Jacksonville University volleyball team split a pair of matches to open
the A-Sun schedule on the road last week. They recorded a conference-record
23 blocks against East Tennessee State, but ended up falling to the Buccaneers,
3-2. Melissa Merchant led the Dolphins with 12 blocks, tying the record for
the most blocks in a conference match since 2003. The 23 total blocks by JU
shatters the previous school record of 20 set in 1997 against Lamar. Sara Bendorf
had 14 kills to lead JU to a 3-0 win over Kennesaw State on Oct. 7.
The Owls dropped their eighth straight match after being swept by UNF and Jacksonville
over the weekend. Freshman Jenny Black led the way for the Owls, posting 16
kills and eight digs.
Cara Wilber had a team-leading 12 kills, which also tied her for the match high,
Saturday against Belmont in a three-game match. She added 12 digs giving her
four consecutive games with double-doubles in kills and digs. Ann Mullins, who
leads the A-Sun in digs, finished with a team-leading 14 against Belmont. Jessica
Turner posted a season high for service aces with three against Belmont. The
Lady Bisons have a busy week ahead with a non-conference game Tuesday at home
against Tennessee-Chattanooga and A-Sun games Friday and Saturday at Allen Arena
against Campbell and Gardner-Webb.
Mercer split during the weekend, earning its first conference win against Campbell,
3-0, and falling to Gardner-Webb, 3-1. Senior libero Liz Kane broke the Mercer
career record for digs. The previous record was held by Katie Plummer (2001-2004)
with 1,640 digs. Kane's eight digs against GWU put her total at 1,647 to take
the number one spot. Setter Kelly Jansen recorded her first double-double in
the match against Gardner-Webb. Jansen dished out 55 assists and registered
10 digs. Junior Drennan Dexheimer recorded a career-high six service aces against
Campbell. The Bears will take on Charlotte Tuesday night in North Carolina to
start a three-match non-conference run.