BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell will travel to its final regular season
tournament of the season this weekend, taking on North Carolina
State, Elon and UNC Wilmington in the UNCW Hilton Garden Inn Beach
Bash.
Campbell and Elon will start off the tournament inside UNCW's
Hanover Hall at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. UNCW and NC State will follow
at 7 p.m. Saturday's action will begin with Elon and UNCW at 11
a.m., followed by the Camels and NC State at 1:30 p.m., and Elon
vs. NC State at 4:30 p.m. Campbell and UNCW will wrap up the
tourney at 7 p.m.
The Camels (2-10) come into the weekend on a three match losing
streak following a 3-1 loss at High Point Tuesday night. Seniors Allyson
Goldbach and Emily
Werner tagged 11 kills apiece in the contest, while Heather
Wilson posted 22 assists and Kelsey
Campbell registered 18 digs.
Goldbach, an outside hitter from Jupiter, Fla., is averaging 2.47
kills per frame on the season, adding 2.28 digs a set. Werner, who
became the 10th Camel ever to 1,000 career kills on
Tuesday, is recording 2.35 kills and 1.56 digs per set. The libero
duo of juniors Campbell and Lauren
Garza average 3.30 and 3.11 digs per stanza, respectively.
After beginning the season 5-0, Elon (7-5) has dropped five of its
last seven matches, most recently a 3-0 setback at Charlotte.
Junior outside hitter Caroline Lemke paces the Phoenix at 2.77
kills per set on a .329 hitting percentage. Junior Traci Stewart
and senior Sarah Schermerhorn, meanwhile, collect 2.59 and 2.45
scores per set. Junior setter Megan McMahon notches 9.63 assists
per frame.
NC State (8-1) has already matched its 2009 wins total, putting
together a sweep of last weekend's Hilton RTP Invitational in
Raleigh. The Wolfpack took wins over Georgia Southern, Mercer and
Morehead State inside Reynolds Coliseum. Junior outside hitter
Becah Fogle fuels NCSU at 3.67 kills per set, while junior middle
Margaret Salata adds 3.13 kills a frame. Sophomore setter Megan Cyr
averages 11.87 assists, while junior libero Kelly Wood collects
3.53 digs per set.
The Seahawks (3-7) are coming off a 0-3 weekend at the Butler
Volleyball Invitational, falling to Xavier, Army and the host
Bulldogs. Senior outside hitter Kelli Clear leads the Seahawks at
2.68 kills per set, while freshman outside Samantha Seifert added
2.25 scores a frame. Clear adds 2.82 digs a set, with junior
defensive specialist Delanie Dolan gathering 3.94 digs.
Campbell will be back at home on Tuesday night, Sept. 21, taking on
North Carolina Central at 7 p.m. inside the John W. Pope Jr.
Convocation Center.
