STATESBORO, Ga. – Edina Begic tallied 22 kills, nine digs and three blocks, and UALR improved to 6-0 in the Sun Belt Conference volleyball standings with a 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 28-26, 25-21) victory over Georgia Southern Sunday afternoon.
Jamie DeRatt posted 19 kills, 13 digs and four blocks to lead Georgia Southern (2-14, 2-5), and
Kym Coley finished with 11 kills and three blocks.
Kat Minnerly had 43 assists and 10 digs, while
Leah Joseph finished with eight blocks and four kills.
Sonja Milanovic had 12 kills and a match-high 22 digs for UALR (12-4, 6-0), and Megan Mathis posted 44 assists.
The Trojans held the Eagles to .104 hitting in the match and recorded 11.5 blocks as Georgia Southern made 33 hitting errors.Â
"The frustrating thing is that we were right there, and we just didn't execute and make the easy plays," said Georgia Southern coach
Dustin Wood. "We made the easy plays difficult, and that's why we didn't come out with a win."Â
With the match tied 1-1 and the Trojans leading 20-17 in the third set,
Megan Chevalier had two kills in a 3-0 Eagle run that tied the score. UALR pushed ahead for a 24-23 cushion, and Georgia Southern fought off three set points and tied the match 26-26 on a DeRatt kill. But Edina Selimovic and Mathis combined for a block and then Selimovic served an ace to end the set.
Coley put down a kill to trim a three-point Trojan lead to 23-21 in the fourth set, but Milanovic put down a kill and Adisa Hodzic ended the match with a kill. The Eagles had five of their 12 team blocks in the set but made nine hitting errors.
DeRatt posted eight kills in the first set as the Eagles hit .219. With the score tied 15-15, Georgia Southern scored five straight points en route to taking the game 25-21.
The Eagles travel to Georgia State for a 6 p.m. Sun Belt Conference contest Wednesday.
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