Oct. 28, 2008

Box Score

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Western Carolina volleyball (6-19) overcame an 0-2 deficit at halftime, battling back to defeat East Tennessee (8-15) 3-2 (17-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-16, 15-12) Tuesday for the team's first road win of the season in the final non-conference match of the season. The Catamounts are also riding their first winning streak of the year, having won their last two matches.

"I challenged the team at halftime to go out and fight for the win," said Head Coach Stephanie Dragan. "They took my challenge and put together an amazing performance. I am so proud of them."

After committing 13 errors in the first two games with a .121 attack percentage in game one and a zero attack percentage in game two, Western Carolina had a combined eight errors in games three through five. In the crucial game five, to cap off the Catamount comeback, the club didn't commit an error.

After tying the match at two games a piece, Western Carolina continued to fight for the win. In game five, tied at seven, the Catamounts took the lead for good thanks to a kill by Amanda Kerr. WCU went on an 8-5 run in the final points of the game to take the match and clinched it off a kill by freshman Brittany Lysik.

Kerr led the club with 12 kills followed by Rebecca Stoltz with 11 and Carrie Minogue with 10. Junior setter Katie Hennessey had 37 assists and 13 digs and also had two service aces.

Western Carolina returns to Southern Conference action on Saturday traveling to Greensboro, NC to take on UNC Greensboro. Match time is set for noon.