Texas State Sweeps Volleyball 3-0

Saturday, October 3

San Marcos, Texas

Noon (CT)

Georgia Southern University

5-12, 0-5SBC

Texas State

10-8, 5-1SBC

Georgia Southern

Texas State

Crysten Curry led the Eagles with seven kills.

Photo by: Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics

10/3/2015 6:04:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

The Eagles play host to Georgia State Wednesday on ESPN3

By: Marc Gignac

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Haley Henderson tallied eight kills, and Texas State had 10 blocks as a team in earning a 3-0 sweep (25-21, 25-19, 25-17) over Georgia Southern in a Sun Belt Conference volleyball match Saturday afternoon in Strahan Coliseum.

Crysten Curry led Georgia Southern (5-12, 0-5) with seven kills, and Cathrine Murray posted six kills and six digs. Katie Bange collected six kills, eight digs and 20 assists. Alex Beecher had 21 digs for her sixth consecutive match with 20-plus digs, and Kat Minnerly added 17 digs.

Morgan Lewis tallied six kills, five digs and nine blocks for Texas State (10-8, 5-1), and Sierra Smith recorded 18 digs and three aces.

The story
Texas State held Georgia Southern to .044 hitting for the match. The Bobcats overcame a 15-14 deficit in the first set with a 7-2 run, keyed by two kills from Jordan Kohl and a kill by Lewis. A Megan Chevalier kill trimmed the margin to 21-19, but Texas State scored the next two points. Down 24-20, Georgia Southern fought off one set point, but an Eagle hitting error gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead in the match. The Eagles had a 14-10 lead in the second set before Texas State used a 6-0 run, capped by an ace by Smith, to take the lead. With the scored tied 18-18, Texas State scored four points in a row with the help of two Eagle hitting errors to open a 22-18 cushion. The Bobcats went on to take the set 25-19, and the Eagles wound up hitting -.057 in the frame.

Quotable from Coach Dustin Wood
"We competed today with a lot of fire and passion. We played really well in the beginning of sets but could not sustain it through the end of the sets. We made too many errors in a row at times. We did a great job in the middle, and our defense was outstanding again today. (Alex) Beecher had an amazing weekend and is giving our transition offense so many opportunities to score, but our pins are having trouble getting it done in transition and in system. Kat (Minnerly) and Avery (Stephens) also gave us many opportunities today and did a great job. We're looking forward to Wednesday for our matchup against Georgia State."

Next Up
The Eagles return home to face in-state rival Georgia State Wednesday in Hanner Fieldhouse. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m., and a half point is on the line in the recently-announced Georgia Southern-Georgia State Rivalry Series. The volleyball contest will be the first event in the series, and the contest will be broadcast live on ESPN3. It's also the Eagles' GATA Game, and all Georgia Southern student-athletes will be in attendance.

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