STATESBORO, Ga. – Setter Mallory Warrington collected 42 assists, nine digs and 10 kills, including five in the fourth and final set, to lead Arkansas State to a 3-1 (25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-22) Sun Belt Conference volleyball victory over Georgia Southern Sunday afternoon.

Megan Chevalier led Georgia Southern (0-12, 0-3) with a career-high 17 kills to go along with three blocks, and Kym Coley added 16 kills and four blocks. Jamie DeRatt finished with 15 kills and a team-high 19 digs, and Kat Minnerly posted career highs of 55 assists and 18 digs.

Drew Jones led the Red Wolves (6-5, 1-1) with 17 kills and three blocks, and Sarah Kemp added 12 kills and 14 digs. Markie Schaedig tallied a match-high 29 digs.

The Eagles hit .254 in the match compared to Arkansas State's clip of .216, but it was Warrington who continually hurt the Eagles with setter dumps over the net and into space as the Eagles tried to hold off Arkansas State in the fourth set.

"We out-hit them, and we out-blocked them," said Georgia Southern coach Dustin Wood. "We just weren't disciplined enough. Megan and Jamie – they all hit well; I'll take that any day as a team. It's just the details we're lacking in executing adjustments we make during the game. That was the difference today; they were more disciplined than we were."

Three of the four sets went down to the wire, and Arkansas State won all three. The first set was tied 23-23 after a kill by Eagle middle Leah Joseph, but Kemp put down consecutive kills for the Red Wolves who opened a 1-0 lead in the match.

Georgia Southern hit .444 with just three errors on 36 swings to take the second set 25-18. Warrington broke a 21-21 tie in the third set with a kill, and the Eagles hit a ball out of bounds to fall behind 23-21. Kemp made it set point with a kill, and after a kill by Coley, put down another ball to give the Red Wolves a 2-1 lead in the match.

Arkansas State scored three straight points to break a 13-13 tie in the fourth set and led 23-19. Coley put a kill down for the Eagles, but Jones, Kelsey Reis and Shelby Holmes combined for a block on the next play to make the margin 24-20. Cathrine Murray put down a kill for Georgia Southern and an Arkansas State hitting error made the margin 24-22, but Warrington finished things off with a kill.  

The Eagles return to action with two Sun Belt matches on the road next weekend. Georgia Southern will take on UL Monroe Friday and UL Lafayette Saturday. Both contests are set for 8 p.m. (Eastern) starts.

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