MOBILE, Ala. – Hannah Harris collected 13 kills, a match-high 18 digs and two blocks to lead South Alabama to a 3-2 (25-14, 23-25, 20-25, 25-16, 15-10) Sun Belt volleyball victory over Georgia Southern Friday night in Jag Gym.

Eagles of the Match
Baylor Bumford notched 13 kills and four blocks while hitting .480 for the Eagles, and Maddie Bryant tallied 12 kills, 11 digs and two blocks.

Key Moments
Hannah Maddux capped a 4-0 run with an ace for the Jaguars as South Alabama (16-7, 7-2) opened a 7-3 lead early in the fifth. Trailing 8-4, Bryant helped the Eagles (6-14, 1-8) score five of the next seven points with a solo block, an ace and a kill that would trim the margin to 10-9. Hannah Harris halted the run with a kill, and South Alabama went on to win four of the next five points to take the set 15-10. 

Trailing 1-0 in the match, the Eagles battled back from five-point deficit in the second. With the score tied 23-23, Bumford put down a kill off a Madison Brown assist, and Skylar Ball and Maddi Ruble combined for a block to give the Eagles the set, 25-23.

Key Stats
Georgia Southern falls to 0-4 in five-set matches this season, and South Alabama improves to 12-0 at home. 

Quotables from Head Coach Chad Willis
"We're proud of the fight and saw a lot of positive things in good portions of a real battle tonight on a solid team's home court. Up 2-1 on the road, I thought in the fourth set, we sort of let our foot off the gas and struggled with first contact. We'll focus on our effort and execution in sets two and three as signs of the kind of potential we can continue to build upon moving forward."

Next Up
The Eagles travel to Troy for a 7:30 p.m. ET match on ESPN+ tomorrow.