JOHNSON CITY, TENN.-Emily Werner and Ashley
Weers combined for 27 kills as Campbell downed East Tennessee
State, 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 25-10, 25-23) in Atlantic Sun volleyball
action Saturday afternoon inside Brooks Gym.
Campbell improves to 10-5 on the season and 5-1 in conference play
with its fifth straight A-Sun win. ETSU, meanwhile, falls to 5-9
with a 4-2 league mark. With the win, the Camels start 5-1 in
conference play for only the third time in school history, a
program best through six contests, matching the feat in 1998 and
2000.
This year's Camels are also the third fastest Campbell team to 10
wins in CU volleyball history, hitting the mark in 15 matches. The
1998 team hit double digit wins on its 14th try, while
in 1997, the Camels started the year 17-0. The win is also the
Camels' first ever over the Buccaneers, with the Bucs taking all
six previous contests.
Werner, a junior outside hitter, posted a team-high 14 kills on a
Campbell season-high 49 attempts, adding 12 digs in the win. With
her second straight double-double, Werner has five on the season,
and 17 for her career. The junior also added a season-high three
service aces and one block assist for 17.5 points.
A senior middle blocker, Weers recorded 13 kills on 26 attempts
with only one error for a .462 hitting percentage, the Littleton,
Colo. native's seventh attack rate over .400 this season. Weers
added two blocks, one solo and one assisted.
Three other Camels also joined in with multiple block performances,
as the team posted 9.0 total. Junior middle Caitlin Bendy led the
team with six, five assisted and one solo, while junior right side
hitter Caroline Hammersley chipped
in three assisted blocks. Freshman outside hitter Jordan
Reaves tallied one solo and one assisted block. Bendy added
four kills, while Hammersley and Reaves posted nine and five,
respectively. Reaves also collected a season-high 14 digs, while
Hammersley picked up five in the win.
Sophomore setter Hope Leatigaga quarterbacked
the CU offense with 41 assists, a four-set high for any Camel this
season, adding eight digs and a pair of aces. Sarah Hill
and Lauren Garza both registered
nine digs against the Bucs.
ETSU was led by junior right side hitter Whitney Cogburn, who
tallied a match-high 17 scores, with eight digs and three block
assists. Junior middle blocker Alysa Long added 11 kills for ETSU
while McKayla Barber registered 10 scores. Barber, a sophomore
middle, also led the Bucs with a team-high five blocks, including
four assisted and one solo. Senior setter Amanda Youell collected
41 assists in the loss with eight digs and two blocks, while
sophomore libero Jen Neice recorded a game-high 23 digs.
Next up, Campbell will make the short trip to Durham, N.C. on
Tuesday, facing North Carolina Central at 7 p.m. inside
McLendon-McDougald Gym.
