STATESBORO – Cathrine Murray and Anna Wenger each posted 14 kills, and Georgia Southern hit .283 as a team in a 3-0 (27-25, 25-15, 27-25) volleyball sweep over North Florida Friday night in the Bash in the Boro in Hanner Fieldhouse.

Murray added a match-high 13 digs for the Eagles (2-2), and Wenger assisted on four blocks. Lauren Reichard finished with eight kills and six blocks, and April Luther posted 41 assists and seven digs.

Taryn Griffey led North Florida (3-2) eight kills to go along with three blocks, and Carinne Turner added seven kills and nine digs.

The story
Georgia Southern fought off a set point to take the first frame 27-25 and a 1-0 lead in the match. With GS trailing 25-24, Landon Jones got a kill, and Wenger finished the set with two straight kills.

The Eagles dominated the second frame, hitting .438 while holding UNF to .125, and won the set 25-15 en route to a 2-0 cushion in the match.

UNF overcame a 20-16 deficit in the third and took a 24-23 lead after an ace by Ashley Laborde, which was followed by an Eagle hitting error. GS fought off two set points before Jones came through with another kill, and Murray finished the match with a kill.

Quotable from head coach Dustin Wood
"The focus was better this week than last week, and they put a good week of work in the gym making the improvements on the things we struggled with last weekend. Everybody stayed within themselves. They weren't focused on the scoreboard or anything like that; they were focused on the process and what we're asking them to do."

"Our lowest individual hitting percentage was .243, and everybody was good. I'd rather have a lot of good options. We could disperse the ball how we wanted tonight, and it was fun to watch."

"I think our whole group needed a match like this to show them what they are capable of. It was nothing flashy, but we worked hard and grinded it out and found ways to win in tight sets and finish sets and matches, which will help their confidence. I'm proud of the way they handled themselves in tight situations in the first and third sets and how they controlled the match in the second set."

Next up
The Eagles host Bethune-Cookman (10 a.m.) and Charlotte (7 p.m.) Saturday in the Bash in the Boro in Hanner Fieldhouse.

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