THE BASICS:
SCORE: Valdosta State 3, Mississippi College 0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23)
RECORDS: Valdosta State 15-17 (10-6 GSC), Mississippi College 8-24 (2-14 GSC)
LOCATION: Clinton, Miss.
THE LEAD: The Valdosta State volleyball team ended the regular season with a 3-0 win at Mississippi College Saturday afternoon. Freshman
Jessie Mooney had a team-high nine kills with 11 digs to lead the team.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- In a very tightly contested first set, the Blazers broke a 21-21 as the Choctaws committed a pair of errors for a 23-21 lead.
- Mooney tallied a kill for a 24-23, and a miscue from MC gave VSU a 1-0 lead.
- The set saw 17 ties and six lead changes.
- In the second set, MC took an early 10-7 lead, but VSU battled back to tie the set at 13 on back-to-back errors by the Choctaws for a 5-0 run and a 15-13 lead.
- With the set tied at 16, VSU ended on a 9-1 run for a 25-17 win as senior Katie McInnis had an eight-serve run.
- In the third set, VSU took a 12-8 lead early, to see the Choctaws battled back for a 13-13 score.
- VSU then stretched the lead to 17-14 and 20-17 as MC tied the set at 22, but a kill from sophomore Tammy Reyes-Perez and an ace from senior Chloe Chubilleau gave VSU match point.
- Reyes-Perez ended the match with a kill for a 25-23 win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- For the match, VSU hit .314 with 41 kills in 102 swings. The Blazers had 60 digs with 36 aces.
- McInnis had 10 digs for the match, while junior Dariah Powell had a team-high 15 digs, while Reyes-Perez had 29 assists.
- MC hit .180 with 38 kills in 122 swings, along with 48 digs and 37 assists.
- Kendall Platt had nine kills to lead the Choctaws.
- The match saw a total of 32 ties and 15 lead changes.
UP NEXT:
- VSU, who locked up a conference tournament berth last weekend, will await the completion of all of the matches today to see who it will face next weekend in the Gulf South Conference Championship hosted by league champion West Florida.
- Check back with vstateblazers.com for updates on the bracket when available.
