STATESBORO, Ga. – Katie Bange registered 12 kills, 14 assists and six digs to lead Georgia Southern to a 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-16) Sun Belt volleyball victory over Troy Saturday night in Hanner Fieldhouse.

Stephanie Spencer hit .300 with eight kills and 10 digs, and Megan Chevalier posted 10 kills while hitting .438 for Georgia Southern (10-9, 3-1), which has won its last three matches. Kendra Koetter posted 17 assists and 10 digs, and Alex Beecher added 14 digs and five assists.

Symone Shaw collected seven kills to lead Troy (6-13, 0-4), and Savannah Moore tallied six kills and two blocks.

The story
The Eagles got their offense rolling and hit .270 for the match compared to .068 for the Trojans. GS had a three-point lead late in the first set, but Troy fought back, and a kill by Shaw made the score 24-23. GS called a timeout, and Bange put down a kill off a Koetter assist to give the Eagles the 25-23 win.

Bange had five kills in the second set as GS built an 18-10 cushion, and Chevalier notched five kills in the third to help the Eagles hit .423 compared to Troy's .000

Quotable from head coach Dustin Wood
On tonight's match
"In the first set, we were kind of feeling each other out a little bit, but after we got the first set, our touches were crisper and our offense got going. I think we hit .423 in the third set so I was happy with the way we finished."

On the upcoming home matches
"App is always a fun game, a rivalry game, and I'm sure they are going to bring it, and then we're looking forward to having Coastal in here, the new team in our conference and a really good program. We'll give it our best and compete hard in front of our home fans."

Next up 
The Eagles host Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina in a pair of Sun Belt matches at Hanner Fieldhouse next week. GS faces App at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Coastal Carolina at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. 

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