Final Stats |    Cullowhee, N.C. - Freshman Jo-Leigh Vervelde has been knocking on the door of a triple-double all season for the Catamounts. Throughout the year she has fallen just one or two kills or digs short to accomplish the feat but Friday night inside the Ramsey Center the first triple-double in recorded Catamount volleyball history occurred. Vervelde notched 10 kills, 30 assists and 15 digs in a four-set win over Chattanooga including four kills in the final set to achieve the mark.

After dropping the opening set, the Catamounts found their groove and won three-straight sets to knock off the Mocs who had swept WCU earlier this season in Chattanooga. UTC won the opening set 25-21 before the Cats won 25-16, 25-19 and 25-23 to seal the victory.

UTC falls to 12-15 on the year and 5-7 in SoCon play while the Catamounts improve to 14-12 overall and 7-5 in conference action.

The win was a total team effort as four Catamounts reached double-figure kills and five reached double-figure digs. Seniors Jordan Timmermann and Caitlin Piechota led the Catamounts with 14 kills each. They both secured doubles-doubles with 10 and 14 digs, respectively. Timmermann added three service aces while Piechota had a pair of blocks.

Senior Addy George chipped in 12 kills and two blocks while senior Brandi Anderson had seven kills and a block.

Junior libero Elyssa Mulheron led the team with 18 digs while junior setter Cristina Nazario added 23 assists and 10 digs.

The Catamounts took an early 3-0 lead in the opening set but a 14-4 run by the Mocs gave UTC control of the opening set. The Cats battled late to cut the lead to three but UTC hung on to win the period 25-21. Kristy Wieser led the Mocs with seven kills in the period while Piechota had four for the Catamounts.

In the second set, the Catamounts opened up an early lead and eventually extended the early advantage to a 20-10 lead late in the set. The Mocs worked to cut the lead to 23-16 but a kill by O'Connor and a block from O'Connor and Anderson ended the set, 25-16. George led the charge in the second set with five kills on five attacks. Briana Reid had six kills for the Mocs.

The third set was extremely tight the entire way with neither team taking more than a three point lead until late. Leading 20-18 late in the period the Catamounts used a 5-1 run to close out the set that featured two kills and a block assist from George. Piechota and George ended the period with four kills while Reid and Allie Davenport led the Mocs with three kills each.

The fourth and final set looked to be Chattanooga's until a late rally by the Catamounts swung the momentum. The Mocs held a 17-12 lead midway through the period when the Catamounts began to fight back. With the score in favor of the Mocs 20-17, WCU went on a 3-0 run following a timeout to tie the set at 20. A kill by Reid ended WCU's run but Piechota answered back with a kill of her own to tie it at 21. A Vervelde service ace and a Catamount attack error knotted the match at 22. Back-to-back kills by Piechota and Timmermann gave WCU its first match point of the night at 24-22. Lauren Gainer tried to keep UTC's hopes alive with a kill by another Timmermann kill ended the set 25-23. Timmermann led the Cats with six kills in the final period while Gainer had six for the Mocs.

UTC was led by Reid's 16 kills and 14 digs while Wieser added 11 kills and four digs.

WCU will hit the road for a single match at ETSU on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. before returning home for senior weekend Nov. 7-8.