THE BASICS:
SCORE: Valdosta State 3, Mississippi College 2 (25-18, 25-14, 17-25, 25-27, 15-7)
RECORDS: Valdosta State 7-11 (3-3 GSC), Mississippi College 7-10 (1-5 GSC)
LOCATION: Valdosta, Ga. (The Complex)
THE LEAD: The Valdosta State volleyball team fought off a pesky Mississippi College squad for a 3-2 victory Friday evening at The Complex. VSU won the first two sets of the match, but saw MC roar back to force a decisive fifth set.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Blazers jumped out to an early 12-3 lead in the first set as they had complete control of the frame early. 
• MC pulled within 16-12 on an attack error, but kills from senior Katie McInnis and an ace from senior Chloe Chubilleau pushed the lead back to six at 18-12.
• VSU won the first set 25-18.
• The Blazers then won 10 of the first 15 points in the second set and hit .320 for the set, while holding MC to -.029 for the set as the Choctaws committed 10 miscues and just three for VSU.
• Four serves from freshman Aurora Nero gave VSU a 20-7 lead as the Blazers won the second set 25-14.
• The Choctaws took their first lead of the match on an attack error for a 2-1 lead in the third set as it was much more of a back-and-forth set.
• MC built an 18-13 lead on a kill from Jamie Boros and swelled the lead to 21-13 on another kill from Boros, while settling for a 25-17 win. 
• MC hit .519 for the set, while VSU hit .263 as the two teams combined for just five errors in the frame.
• The fourth set saw a match-high 12 ties and four lead changes as neither team could gain much of an advantage.
• VSU lead 11-7 on a kill from senior Lindsey Robinson and then led 17-11, but MC scored six-straight points to tie it at 17.  
• The Blazers regained the lead at 18-17 on a kill from freshman Jessie Mooney and VSU had match point on a kill from senior Kayla Widera, but two errors by the Blazers and a kill forced the fifth set.
• Like in the first two sets, VSU jumped out to the early lead scoring six of the first eight points and went on for the 15-7 win.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Chubilleau and Mooney had double-doubles as it was Chubilleau's fifth and Mooney's third.
• Chubilleau had 10 digs and 10 kills, while Mooney had a team-high 15 kills and 10 digs.
• VSU hit .284 for the match with 66 kills on 155 swings, along with seven aces and eight total blocks.
• VSU setter sophomore Tammy Reyes-Perez had 51 assists for her second-most of the season in a five-set match.  Nero added 14 digs.
• Widera had six solo blocks in the match and one assisted.
• MC hit .193 with 52 kills in 145 swings, along with six aces and 11 total blocks with five solo.
• Boros had a match-high 17 kills and six digs, while Kendall Platt added 16 kills.  

 
UP NEXT:

• VSU continues its five-match home stand Saturday at 2 p.m. versus West Alabama at The Complex.
• Check vstateblazers.com for links to live stats and streaming of the match.