ATHENS, Ga. – The College of Georgia girls’s volleyball workforce defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks Sunday afternoon at Stegeman Coliseum in a five-set battle (21-25, 25-18, 20-25, 25-14, 15-8). 
 
Winners of six of their final seven matches, Georgia climbs to 18-6 on the season and 9-4 in Southeastern Convention play. 
 
Three Bulldogs tipped the double-digit kill mark within the match led by 21 from senior Kacie Evans. Junior Sophie Fischer (14) and senior Amber Stivrins (12) additionally topped the double-digit mark. 
 
Georgia’s protection shined on Sunday, placing up 19 workforce blocks and 68 digs. Redshirt-sophomore Mackenzie Norris recorded a career-best 11 blocks whereas freshman Tori Harper and Fischer added eight every. The protection held Arkansas to a .191 hitting clip within the match. 
 
Redshirt-junior Alexa Fortin recorded 18 digs to guide the workforce adopted by 15 from sophomore libero Bailey Cox. 22 assists coupled together with her 18 digs was Fortin’s fourth double-double of the season. Fellow setter Clara Brower additionally picked up a double-double with 25 assists and 10 digs, her fifth of the season. 
 
The Razorbacks (15-8, 6-7) got here out of the gate sturdy within the opening set, main by as a lot as 4. Down 18-15, Georgia strung collectively three factors to tie the set and power an Arkansas timeout. Knotted at 19, Arkansas halted the Georgia offense and completed out the set with a 6-2 run, taking the body 25-21. Evans registered 5 kills within the first set. 
 
Georgia discovered an early lead within the second set, going forward 7-2 with back-to-back blocks. The Bulldogs stored the offense rolling, finally discovering a 10-point lead on a 4-0 run capped by back-to-back Evans kills, 18-8. Arkansas labored minimize into the lead, working it down to 6 at 21-15, and forcing a Georgia timeout. The Canine held on to win the set and even the match, 25-18. Stivrins recorded six kills within the second. 
 
Arkansas labored to exhaust each Georgia timeouts by going forward six within the second set, 12-6. Three-straight Bulldog blocks minimize Arkansas’ result in 5 and compelled a Hog timeout, 16-11. Georgia widened its run to 5 after the timeout, making it a three-point match, 16-13. Evans capped a three-point run with an ace, making it a two-point set at 21-19. The Razorbacks responded with three straight to attract set level and held on to win 25-20. 
 
A string of four-straight blocks contributed to a 7-0 Georgia run within the fourth set to go forward 8-2 on the Razorbacks. Later, a 5-0 Bulldog run opened a 10-point lead at 17-7. Georgia stored its foot on the throttle and rolled to a 25-14 win within the fourth to power a fifth and ultimate set. The Bulldogs hit .500 with six blocks within the fourth. 
 
The Canine stored the momentum going within the fifth. Three-straight Evans kills contributed to an early 4-0 run within the fifth, placing Georgia forward 5-1. The Canine by no means regarded again, holding the offense rolling and ending the set on a 4-1 run, taking the fifth 15-8 and the five-set match over the Razorbacks. Georgia hit .529 within the fifth with no assault errors, led by 5 kills on 10 swings from Evans. 
 
Georgia hit a mixed .513 with 10 blocks and 20 digs within the fourth and fifth units. 
 
The Bulldogs return to motion Friday when the workforce travels to Knoxville for a matchup with the Tennessee Woman Vols. First serve on Rocky High is about for six:30 p.m. 
 
Head Coach Tom Black
On what he noticed from the workforce throughout as we speak’s match…
“I noticed a ton of coronary heart. It was a seesaw, hard-fought match. It could be very easy to get inside and go down, however they did not. We made plenty of modifications and received higher all through the match. I am tremendous pleased with the hassle towards a extremely high quality workforce.”
 
On how enjoying in entrance of the followers impacts the workforce…
“It is large. We actually respect Dawg Nation exhibiting up as we speak. Our dream is to have the entire decrease bowl full. I do know we’ll get there in the future and it will be on the backs of those folks. We actually respect it.” 
 
Junior Sophie Fischer
On the workforce’s efficiency…
“We undoubtedly battled and we fought. We have been making ready for this and Arkansas is a good workforce. They threw some issues at us that we needed to face and overcome, and we did a extremely good job.”
 
On the influence of the followers as we speak…
“The followers are nice. It means the world to us for folks to come back help us. With the entire ‘monster block’ factor and from point-to-point, they’re at all times there. We would not be the identical with out them. They offer us a lot power and hold the momentum on our aspect.”