2008 Woodie Awards
UNCG captures first conference victory
Spartans win two out of three in SoCon action
Stephanie White
Issue date: 9/26/06 Section: Sports
The UNCG Volleyball team snapped a two game losing streak on Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Fleming Gym against the Wofford Terriers. The 3-0 victory marked the first Southern Conference win of the season for the Spartans.
UNCG (11-6, 2-3 SoCon) dropped a 3-2 match to Chattanooga on Saturday before bouncing back for its first conference road win since 2003 on Sunday at Western Carolina.
Before the Wofford victory UNCG had previously lost their first two conference games. When asked how the team prepared to bounce back from the losing streak, second-year head coach Shawn Garus commented, "We prepared by first trying to address the issues that held us back in our road losses last weekend, and then we tried to move forward and focus on the positives that we were able to deal with that could exploit some of the weaknesses that Wofford has."
The win over the Terriers marked the first time since 2003 that the Spartans beat Wofford. Senior Theresa Hart led the match with 20 kills while sophomore Kaitlyn Nortz recorded her ninth straight double-digit game with 15 kills and freshman Branagan Fuller drove in 10 kills. Freshman setter Lisa Fawell dished out an impressive 49 assists in the win while freshman Kayleigh Knerr put up a solid defensive effort with 13 digs.
UNCG looked to be in familiar territory in the first game, trailing by as much as nine points to the Terriers. At the 24-15 mark, the Spartans started to fight back as they went on a 12-3 run to tie the game at 27 apiece. UNCG capitalized off of Knerr's outstanding service game as she served seven straight points for the Spartans, including the point that allowed UNCG to take the lead at 28-27. The game saw one more tie at 29-29 before Hart drove in her eighth kill of the game, which was followed by a Wofford attack error that gave UNCG the game, 31-29. The match was a piece of cake from there as the Spartans sailed through Game 2 with a 30-19 victory and finished off the match with an easy 30-21 win over the Terriers.
Hart put away a career-best 29 kills in the Chattanooga match, but the Spartans lost in five games for the third time in the last four SoCon matches.
Hart and Nortz led the way again against Western Carolina, recording 18 and 16 kills, respectively.
After winning game one 31-29, UNCG dropped the next two to go down a game. The Spartans bounced back however, winning game four 30-27 before finishing off the Catamounts 16-14 in the finale.
UNCG returns to action at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30 against Appalachian State in Fleming Gym.
UNCG (11-6, 2-3 SoCon) dropped a 3-2 match to Chattanooga on Saturday before bouncing back for its first conference road win since 2003 on Sunday at Western Carolina.
Before the Wofford victory UNCG had previously lost their first two conference games. When asked how the team prepared to bounce back from the losing streak, second-year head coach Shawn Garus commented, "We prepared by first trying to address the issues that held us back in our road losses last weekend, and then we tried to move forward and focus on the positives that we were able to deal with that could exploit some of the weaknesses that Wofford has."
The win over the Terriers marked the first time since 2003 that the Spartans beat Wofford. Senior Theresa Hart led the match with 20 kills while sophomore Kaitlyn Nortz recorded her ninth straight double-digit game with 15 kills and freshman Branagan Fuller drove in 10 kills. Freshman setter Lisa Fawell dished out an impressive 49 assists in the win while freshman Kayleigh Knerr put up a solid defensive effort with 13 digs.
UNCG looked to be in familiar territory in the first game, trailing by as much as nine points to the Terriers. At the 24-15 mark, the Spartans started to fight back as they went on a 12-3 run to tie the game at 27 apiece. UNCG capitalized off of Knerr's outstanding service game as she served seven straight points for the Spartans, including the point that allowed UNCG to take the lead at 28-27. The game saw one more tie at 29-29 before Hart drove in her eighth kill of the game, which was followed by a Wofford attack error that gave UNCG the game, 31-29. The match was a piece of cake from there as the Spartans sailed through Game 2 with a 30-19 victory and finished off the match with an easy 30-21 win over the Terriers.
Hart put away a career-best 29 kills in the Chattanooga match, but the Spartans lost in five games for the third time in the last four SoCon matches.
Hart and Nortz led the way again against Western Carolina, recording 18 and 16 kills, respectively.
After winning game one 31-29, UNCG dropped the next two to go down a game. The Spartans bounced back however, winning game four 30-27 before finishing off the Catamounts 16-14 in the finale.
UNCG returns to action at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30 against Appalachian State in Fleming Gym.
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