Volleyball Southern Conference

Volleyball Wrap-up for September 26

Western Carolina Edges UTC Volleyball

CHATTANOOGA, TN -- Western Carolina's Christy Attebery had 20 kills and 25 digs and Pamela Stein had a triple-double (18 kills, 22 digs and 10 block assists) to lead the Catamounts to a 3-2 Southern Conference volleyball victory over Chattanooga Wednesday night at Maclellan Gym.

WCU (6-6 overall, 3-1 SoCon) won the first game 30-23 and UTC (6-4, 1-3)won the next two games 30-23 and 30-24 before the Catamounts scratched out a 30-24 win in game four. That forced a deciding game, which the Catamounts won handily 15-4.

Chattanooga hit just .125 for the season, its second lowest average for the season. Kari Krouse had 14 kills and 16 digs to pace the Lady Mocs. Jody Steinberger had 11 kills and a career-high 21 digs, Cheryl Theis 10 kills and 14 digs and Julie Buck had a career-best 11 kills and nine digs. Dominique Mayor added 20 digs, Emily McGinnis a career-high 49 assists and Tracie Grant a career-best nine kills.

After WCU took the first game, the Lady Mocs roared back with solid wins in games two and three behind Krouse (10 kills) and Buck (eight kills). The Lady Mocs were down 16-10 in game four and rallied to an 18-all tie before Western Carolina pulled away. In the fifth game, WCU took a 7-1 lead and never looked back.

Four players had double-digit kills for the Catamounts -- Attebery, Pamela Stein (18), Sara Komosinski (17) and Stefanie Peters (10). Six Catamounts had double-digit digs, paced by Attebery and Peters. Bri Milan-Williams had 59 assists and Stein was in on 10 blocks for the triple-double. WCU had 14.5 blocks on the night.

The Lady Mocs play again Saturday when Wofford visits Maclellan Gym at 2 pm, and they Furman visit UTC on Sunday at 2. Western Carolina hosts Furman at 2 pm in the Ramsey Center and travels to UNC Greensboro on Sunday for a make-up match from September 14.