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Winner Methodist MUVB 9-8, 1-4 USA So.
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Mary Baldwin MBU 4-12, 0-5 USA So.
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9-8, 1-4 USA So.
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Mary Baldwin MBU
4-12, 0-5 USA So.
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Team 1 2 3 F
Methodist MUVB 25 30 25 (3)
Mary Baldwin MBU 22 28 15 (0)
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Winner Southern Virginia SVU 13-3, 5-1 USA So.
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Southern Virginia SVU
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Methodist MUVB 18 23 9 (0)
Southern Virginia SVU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Monarchs Sweep…and Swept

STAUNTON, Va.  Methodist volleyball experienced mixed emotions Saturday at a USA South Athletic Conference quad match, sweeping host Mary Baldwin University, 3-0, in the opening match but getting swept by Southern Virginia University, 3-0, in the third match of the day.

The victory over MBU extends a winning streak over the Fighting Squirrels to 25 matches.

JUST THE FACTS
Final scores: Methodist def. Mary Baldwin, 3-0 (25-22, 30-28, 25-15); So. Virginia def. Methodist, 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-9)
Records: Methodist 9-9 (1-5 USA South), Mary Baldwin 4-12 (0-5), So. Virginia 13-3 (5-1)
Location: Staunton, Va.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The pivot points in the opening match against host MBU were late in the first set, and the second set as a whole.
  • Trailing 20-15 in the first set, Methodist got on a 6-0 run to take the lead. Jeanana Fowler had a pair of kills in the run, Erica East had one, and Ellie Atkins dropped in three service aces.
  • Mary Baldwin would halt the run with a side-out point, but the Monarchs scored four of the next five points -- capped by another Fowler kill -- to take the set.
  • Fighting to stay in the match, the Fighting Squirrels lived up to their name in the second set, battling the Monarchs through 10 ties and four lead changes.
  • Methodist opened on a 5-0 string, but MBU responded with a six-point run to take the lead.
  • The Monarchs led late, 23-20, but MBU rallied to a set point with four unanswered. Methodist would fend off that point, but the Fighting Squirrels would twice more own a set point, each time, though, thwarted by a Monarch point.
  • Tied at 28-28, Methodist earned a point on an MBU service error and would then clinch the set on a Geneva Barriger kill.
  • Methodist never trailed in the third set, and used an 8-0 run through the middle of the set to earn the set, and match victory.
  • The momentum from the win over MBU did not continue into the match with Southern Virginia. The Monarchs opened the first set with three points, but the Knights used several runs of at least three points to take command and take the set.
  • Methodist fell behind 5-0 to start the second set, rallied with six straight when down 18-10, but SVU would again take command with a run of its own to go up 2-0 in the match.
  • A 14-1 SVU surge when the match had been tied at 3-3 in the third was the fuel the Knights needed to finish off the set and match.
FACTS/FIGURES
  • During Methodist's 25-match win streak against MBU, the Monarchs have allowed the Fighting Squirrels to win just four games.
  • Barriger led the attack in the MBU match with 11 kills, while Kendall Craig chipped in with 9 and Fowler added 8.
  • The trio of Janie Harmelink (4), Atkins (3) and Hannah Hewett (4) combined for 11 service aces in the win.
  • Craig's six kills against SVU led Methodist in that match. Fowler notched five and Barriger four in the loss.
UP NEXT
  • Methodist will host a USA South tri-match Saturday, October 9 with Greensboro College and William Peace University visiting the Riddle Center.
  • Mary Baldwin will square off with So. Virginia -- the teams did not meet up in Saturday's quad-match -- on Tuesday night in Buena Vista, Va.
    
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