Volleyball Rolls Past The Citadel In Three Sets At ECU Classic

Saturday, September 9

Greenville, N.C.

Noon

East Carolina University

6-3

The Citadel

2-8

Team	1	2	3	Final F
The Citadel	18	21	5	0
ECU	25	25	25	3

Volleyball Rolls Past The Citadel In Three Sets At ECU Classic

September 09, 2017 | Volleyball

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The ECU volleyball team rebounded from a tough loss last night, responding with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-5) victory over The Citadel Saturday afternoon inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

Freshman right side Bri Wood turned in a stellar offensive performance, notching 11 kills on 19 attempts with just one error for a .526 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitters Lael Ceriani and Ashton Mares tacked on nine kills apiece with Ceriani ending up hitting .467. Defensively, sophomore libero Brandee Markwith collected a team-high 10 kills and sophomore middle hitter Toya Osuegbu racked up six blocks. Mellanie King paced the Bulldogs with seven kills, but committed eight attacking errors to finish with a -.033 hitting mark.

ECU had full control of things on the stat sheet, tallying more kills (42-22), digs (42-34) and total blocks (8.0-2.0). The teams combined for 13 aces.

Team Records: ECU (6-3) | The Citadel (2-8)

Torbett's Take: "Today was a nice response after a subpar performance in last night's match. Bri continues to grow really nicely as a hitter and Lael turned in a good effort as well. We talked about avoiding a third set slump during the intermission and the team answered the bell."

Set One: The Pirates took the upper hand quickly to begin the match, scoring eight of the first 10 points. The lead reached 10 at 14-4 after a bad Citadel set and ECU would reach set point with a 24-12 advantage before winning the frame by six.

Set Two: The Bulldogs jumped out to a 5-2 cushion in the second stanza, but the Pirates quickly tied things at seven following a kill by senior middle hitter Natalie Montini. ECU was able to break a 12-12 deadlock later in the set with a kill by Wood and would not relinquish the lead. The Citadel was able to keep it close for a while, but the Pirates pulled away in the end and took a 2-0 match advantage into the intermission.

Set Three: Hoping to avoid a slow start to the third frame, ECU was successful in that endeavor. Holding a 3-1 lead, the Pirates scored 10 points in a row to take a stranglehold on the set. The Purple and Gold kept the gas pedal down, only allowing five points to the visitors on the way to clinching the sweep.

News and Notes

Head coach Julie Torbett reached 399 victories for her career and can record her 400th against Winthrop – the program she coached for two years before arriving in Greenville.
Freshman outside hitter Stephie Andruskova made her collegiate debut in the first set and picked up her first career kill as a Pirate.
Wood has tallied double-digit kills in four of her last five matches.
ECU improved to 3-0 all-time against The Citadel.

Up Next: The Pirates will conclude the ECU Classic Saturday evening with a matchup against Winthrop at 7 p.m.