STATESBORO, Ga. – Kelsey Reis and Shelby Holmes each posted 11 kills to lead Arkansas State to a 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-22) Sun Belt volleyball victory over Georgia Southern Friday night in Hanner Fieldhouse.

Lauren Reichard tallied 11 kills to lead Georgia Southern (12-13, 4-5), and Alex Beecher collected 20 digs.

Reis added four blocks, and Holmes chipped in three for Arkansas State (19-7, 8-1), which won its seventh straight match. Kenzie Fields had 10 kills and five digs, and Markie Schaedig finished with a match-high 21 digs.

The story
Arkansas State hit .469 in the first set, but the Eagles held the Red Wolves to .025 hitting in the second set and outhit them .200 to .156 in the third set. The Red Wolves posted five aces and out-blocked the Eagles 9-6 in the contest.

Arkansas State ran off nine straight points on Schaedig's serve to run away with the first set, and the Red Wolves broke an 18-18 tie with five straight points on her serve in the second set. Georgia Southern rallied and cut the lead to 23-22 on a solo block by Stephanie Spencer, but Holmes and Fields got consecutive kills to win the set.

With the Red Wolves ahead 23-21 in the third, Jessica Uke put down a kill for match point and after Cathrine Murray and Reichard combined for an Eagle block, Reis ended the match with a kill. 

Quotable from head coach Dustin Wood
"We came out overanxious a little bit. We didn't change anything we did, it's just execution, and it showed. We held them to .025 in the second set, which will win us sets, and our setters did a good job of putting us in one-on-one situations. We just made too many errors."

"They did the little things better than us tonight. They gave us some opportunities, and we didn't take advantage. They are a championship level team, but we're right there if we can clean up the little things."

Next up
The Eagles host Little Rock Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. in Hanner Fieldhouse.

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