The College of Georgia Volleyball staff handed out two sweeps to Chattanooga and Santa Clara on Saturday morning and night. The matches had been highlighted by senior Kacie Evans who totaled 17 kills and 20.5 factors towards the Broncos within the later sport.
The Bulldogs have began out the season streaking with three sweeps in three video games.
“This staff is actually simply particular. … And taking part in in Stegeman Coliseum, it is unreal, it is simply superior having the followers right here,” mentioned Evans. “It is a complete completely different degree after we’re on our sport, and it actually confirmed within the final three matches. We swept everybody, simply persevering with to maintain taking part in our sport like that.”
The Bulldogs received off to a quick begin within the first set towards Chattanooga by occurring a 5-0 run that featured an ace from freshman Estelle Haugen. Three assault errors by Georgia helped the Mocs to maintain the deficit shut at 8-4. Nevertheless, Georgia continued to dominate on the offensive assault.
With the Bulldogs forward 13-9, they scored six straight occasions to increase their result in 10. Senior Meghan Froemming had three aces throughout the run that pressured Chattanooga to take a timeout.
Georgia completed the set with 5 whole aces, redshirt sophomore Mackenzie Norris and Haugen with one every and Froemming with the opposite three.
The Bulldogs outscored the Mocs 6-4 to complete the set on prime 25-13 go forward 1-0 within the match.
The start of set two was loads nearer as the most important separation of factors between the 2 groups was two. Whereas Chattanooga by no means held a lead within the set, The Mocs tied the set on 4 completely different performs and stayed near the Bulldogs midway by the set.
It wasn’t till Georgia went on their second 6-0 run of the match that helped the Bulldogs acquire some separation.
Chattanooga scored simply six factors to Georgia’s 13 to finish the second set. The Bulldogs then had a 2-0 lead because of the 25-16 set win.
The tight battle featured 5 kills from Norris and 4 from freshman Tori Harper.
Chattanooga stayed with the Bulldogs within the third set as effectively. There have been eight occasions the place the Mocs tied the rating, Chattanooga even took the lead midway by the set the place the rating was 12-11 with the Bulldogs trailing.
An assault error from Chattanooga allowed Georgia to regain the lead at 14-13. The Bulldogs didn’t look again after that. Georgia completed the set with a 12-5 run and received 25-18 to clinch the sweep.
Georgia’s second match of the day was a good contest towards Santa Clara the place neither staff fell farther than three factors early within the first set.
After three straight Georgia kills from Froemming, Evans and senior Sage Powell, the Bulldogs received the separation that they wanted to take management of the set.
Three service errors and a pair of Aces for Georgia pushed the Bulldogs over the Broncos within the first set.
An ace from junior Mallory Downing began the Bulldogs on a path that might shoot them to a 12-7 lead after a 4-0 run. One other ace from Evans that made the rating 17-11 resulted within the Broncos’ fourth timeout of the set.
Trailing 3-5 at first of the third and closing set, junior switch Sophie Fischer and Harper fueled a 4-0 run with back-to-back blocks that allowed the Bulldogs to take their first lead of the set.
The addition of Harper and Fischer has added loads of measurement to Georgia’s roster. In her first ever sport as a Bulldog on Friday night time, Fischer broke the all-time Georgia volleyball report for blocks in a single sport with 11 blocks. Harper has additionally been a powerful presence on the defensive aspect as she has totaled 13 blocks in simply three video games.
“Nobody’s going to be larger than Sophie and Tori after they’re collectively,” Head Coach Tom Black mentioned. “They’re at a degree the place in the event that they get any higher, they are often actually good on this convention.”
Evans capped off the Bulldogs set victory along with her seventeenth kill of the night time. The set completed with a rating of 25-17.
In whole, Georgia completed the match with 9 service aces with Evans on the head which was one of many key stats that helped the Bulldogs full their third sweep of the season.
“I have been attempting to work on it, mainly, all 4 years I have been right here,” Evans mentioned. “I by no means actually felt assured really performing in a sport and Aaron Benning got here as much as me earlier than the match began. He goes, ‘How about topspin?’ I mentioned, ‘Let’s go for it.’ So I went off, simply taking that breath that I wanted and letting it rip. That is all I have to do.”
Georgia shall be again in motion for an additional dwelling match on Friday, Sep. 2 towards Charlotte at 6:30 p.m.
