Volleyball Defeats Savannah State 3-1

Monday, October 24

Savannah, Ga.

6 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

12-12

Savannah State

1-23

Georgia Southern

Savannah State

Anna Wenger notched seven kills.

Photo by: Tim Cowie

10/24/2016 9:06:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

The Eagles host Little Rock and Arkansas State this weekend.

By: Marc Gignac

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Katie Bange posted 10 kills, 17 assists, eight digs and four aces to lead Georgia Southern to a 3-1 (25-18, 25-9, 14-25, 25-13) volleyball victory over Savannah State in the Eagles' last non-conference contest of the season Monday night.

Megan Chevalier and Anna Wenger each recorded seven kills for Georgia Southern (12-12). Reilly Bosworth collected six kills and two blocks, and Alex Beecher finished with 19 digs.

Caitlyn Masoe tallied seven kills, 11 assists and six digs for Savannah State (1-23), and Justice Dilworth had seven kills.

The story
The Eagles hit .307 for the match while notching 48 digs to hold the Tigers to .089 hitting, including .000 in the second and fourth sets.

The Eagles hit .522 with 14 kills and just two errors to win the second set but were held to .077 in the third set as Savannah State trimmed the lead in the match to 2-1.

Georgia Southern won the first three points of the fourth set on Kendra Koetter's serve and jumped out to a 10-3 lead on an ace by Bange. The Tigers fought back and cut the margin to 13-10 on a Dilworth kill, but Georgia Southern closed the match with a 15-3 run.

Quotable from coach Dustin Wood
"I'm very happy with some of our individual performances tonight. We had the opportunity to see some possible lineup changes to help us down the stretch run in conference play."

"Our setters did a much better job tonight with their location and running our offense. It was good to see what Anna (Wenger) could do tonight getting more playing time coming off an injury a few weeks ago. We are seeing her getting more and more comfortable with the offense and system, which is helping her to produce."

"Katie (Bange) and Chev (Chevalier) got back in the groove tonight on the oppo. Joscelin (Morrow) did a great job of being steady tonight in the back with her serving, passing and defense."

"We are looking for a good week of practice this week, and we look forward to bringing in some very good teams to Hanner this weekend."

Next up
The Eagles host defending Sun Belt champion Arkansas State and Little Rock in a pair of league matches this weekend.

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