Volleyball Southern Conference

Wednesday's SoCon Volleyball Results

Furman 3, Wofford 0

GREENVILLE, South Carolina -- The Furman volleyball team got double digit
kills from Whitney Purser, Julia Fredrickson and Ally Hock on its way to a
32-30, 31-29, 30-23 victory over Wofford Wednesday night at Timmons Arena.

The Lady Paladins looked to put game one away after leading 29-28, but
Wofford rallied to a 30-29 advantage and game point situation. Furman
answered with three straight points to take the first game 32-30.

In game two, Wofford jumped out to a 27-23 lead only to see Furman rally
for a 31-29 victory. The Paladins put the match away in less dramatic
fashion in game three, scoring a 30-23 victory to improve to 11-10 overall
and 6-1 in Southern Conference play. The loss drops Wofford to 5-12
overall and 1-5 in the league.

Fredrickson paced the Lady Paladin attack with 11 kills, while freshmen
Purser and Hock chipped in 10 each. Freshman Kim Tonkin, subbing at setter
with Michelle Cauldwell injured and Molly Rybak out with mono, contributed
42 assists and five kills in six attack attempts for Furman. Caitlin White
led the Lady Paladins in digs with 11.

Andrea Duke led the Terrier attack with a match-high 14 kills and five
digs. Setter Rhea deJesus added 41 assists.

Furman returns to action Friday when it travels to Davidson for a 7:00p.m.
match with the Wildcats.


Chattanooga 3, Middle Tennessee State 1

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Three Chattanooga players reached double-digit kills
and UTC played a solid overall game for one of its most emotional wins of
the season, a four-game victory over rival Middle Tennessee Wednesday night
at Maclellan Gym 30-27, 24-30, 30-28, 30-20.

Jody Steinberger led the assault with 17 kills, while Kari Krouse added 14
and Liz Inskeep had a career-best 10 on a sizzling .333 hitting average.

Chattanooga (8-9 overall) hung on for a two-point win in the first game and
spread the offense around. The Lady Mocs were aided by seven MTSU serving
errors. The Blue Raiders (7-13) bounced back for a game-two win behind KeKe
Deckard and Karisse Baker at the net with four kills each.

The Lady Mocs grabbed the momentum with a harrowing win in game three as
Inskeep pounded down five kills and Steinberger recorded four. UTC had
three aces in the game. UTC pulled away from the midway point of game four
and continued to stretch its lead throughout. Steinberger and Krouse both
had five kills.

Krouse tied a team season high with 27 digs and Emily McGinnis tied a team
season high with 48 set assists. Kelley Smith was in on four blocks and
Krouse finished with three aces. Steinberger's 57 attacks were a season
high for UTC.

Deckard's 24 kills paced the Blue Raiders, while Baker finished with 10.
Deckard led the defense with 19 digs, while Megan Sumrell had 16, Victoria
Monasterolo 15 and Goldie Bilyeu 12 digs to go with 31 assists. LaToya
Brown, Deckard and Baker each had five blocks.

Chattanooga jumps back into Southern Conference action with back-to-back
road games Friday and Saturday at Elon and UNC Greensboro, respectively.