LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Edina Selimovic tallied 13 kills, seven blocks and three digs to lead Little Rock to a 3-1 (22-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-21) Sun Belt Conference volleyball win over Georgia Southern Saturday night in the Jack Stephens Center.

Cathrine Murray notched a career-high 25 kills to go along with 11 digs and a block to lead Georgia Southern (8-17, 3-10), and Megan Chevalier tallied 10 kills and two blocks. Stephanie Spencer finished with nine kills and two blocks, and Kat Minnerly recorded 15 digs and nine assists. Katie Bange had 32 assists, 12 digs and three blocks, and Alex Beecher finished with 17 digs.

Miona Milovanovic was credited with 10 kills and five blocks for Little Rock (11-12, 7-6), and Taylor Lindberg finished with 40 assists, 11 digs and three blocks. Marina Avram had nine kills, and Carolee Dillard added eight kills and six blocks.
 

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The story
Little Rock had 16 blocks and 51 digs as a team to hold the Eagles to .137 hitting while swinging at a .286 clip on their side of the net. The Trojans also posted six service aces. Georgia Southern hit .224 in the first set and led wire to wire to open up a 1-0 lead in the match. The Eagles jumped out to a 4-0 lead and pushed the margin to 22-12 at one point following a kill by Crysten Curry. Little Rock came back with a 9-2 run, keyed by four blocks by the Trojans, to trim the margin to 23-21. Chevalier got a kill for the Eagles, and after Little Rock scored a point on a Selimovic kill, Spencer put a ball down to end the set. The Trojans hit .500 in the second set, jumped out to a 6-0 lead and led by as many as 10 points en route to tying the match 1-1. The Trojans continued the hot hitting in the third and posted a .353 percentage on their way to taking the set 25-13 and opening a 2-1 lead in the match. Down 19-12 in the fourth, the Eagles went on a 5-2 run, with two kills by Murray, to trim the margin to 21-17. Little Rock pushed for two straight points, and Georgia Southern whittled the margin down to 24-21 before Milovanovic put down a kill to end the match.
 

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Quotable from head coach Dustin Wood
"It was a tough one tonight! We started out well in the first set - we passed and served very well and executed our offense great. Our outsides did a great job of making changes and scoring and eliminated errors.  In the second set, they started to serve tougher. Our passing broke down with our defensive specialists, and we never recovered. They won the serving and passing battle tonight. Our setters didn't do a good job tonight in transition, and we struggled to put free balls away. We are looking for each position group to play well at the same time. It's been one position playing well during matches and the other positions on the floor hurting us."
 

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Next Up
The Eagles travel to Appalachian State for a Sun Belt contest Friday. First serve is slated for 6:30 p.m. The Eagles also take on Georgia State Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in Atlanta.
 

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Sun Belt Conference Tourney
Georgia Southern will host the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Hanner Fieldhouse Nov. 20-22. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting GSEagles.com/SBCVBall. Passes for the entire tournament are available for just $25 for adults and $10 for youth 12-and-under. Single-day passes can be purchased for $10 (adults) or $5 (youth), and students at all Sun Belt Conference schools gain free admission.

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