STATESBORO – Lauren Reichard tallied eight kills and one block on the evening in Saturday night's 3-0 (10-25, 20-25, 18-25) loss to Arkansas State.

Reichard hit .471 on the evening, while Cathrine Murray added 5 kills and 10 digs. Anna Wenger added two blocks for the Eagles. Landon Jones had two service aces to go along with her 11 assists.

Carlisa May posted a .562 hitting percentage, 21 kills, and had 32 total attacks for the Red Wolves. Ellie Watkins led the team in assists with 40 and had 7 kills.

The story
Arkansas State jumped out to an early lead], after trailing 2-1 and going on a 7-1 scoring run to increase the lead to 9-3. The Red Wolves would continue to pressure the Eagles, going on their second run, 8-1, to increase the lead to 19-6. The Red Wolves would go on to finish the first set 25-10.

In the second set, the Eagles were tied 14-14, before the Red Wolves created a 6-0 scoring run. The Eagles would fight back behind a service ace by Joscelin Morrow, a service error by the Red Wolves and an Anna Wenger and Skylar Ball block. Arkansas State would go on to win the set 25-20 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.

The Eagles battled in the third set, evening the score at 11 all, before the Red Wolves went on a 3-1 run taking a 15-12 lead. The Blue and White continued to pressure pushing the score to 17-16. The Red Wolves went on a 3-0 run and finished off the Eagles in straight sets.

Quotable from head coach Dustin Wood
"Through two weekends on the road for us, I'm not happy with our results but the maturity of our seniors are shining through. Anna (Wemger), Chev (Megan Chevalier) and Cathrine (Murray) are playing some good ball. I'm proud of how they are approaching the game. Our new players and young players need to follow their lead. We do have some young people and new personnel on the floor, but it's the time of year where you need to step up and perform consistently night in and night out."

"Arkansas State is a hot team right now, and I thought we competed well after the first set. We had our opportunity to score a lot more points but decision making was suspect, especially when we knew what was working and having the success we had in the middle and not going there enough."

"We have to regroup and get ready for Thursday. It will be nice to be home and our kids are looking forward to the prep for our home matches."

Next up
The Eagles open a four-match homestand against Coastal Carolina Nov. 2.

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