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Dungen, Sydney Erreguin, Karina
Dineh Bohan
Jr. Sydney Dungen gets ready to set the ball in a match in 2018.
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Winner Western Colorado WCU 1-2
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East Central ECU 0-4
Winner
Western Colorado WCU
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Final
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East Central ECU
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Colorado WCU 25 26 25 24 (3)
East Central ECU 21 28 18 15 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Wraps Up Opening Weekend of 2019

PITTSBURG, Kan. – The East Central University volleyball team wrapped up the Gorilla Classic and the opening weekend of the 2019 season with 3-1 (21-25, 28-26, 18-25, ??-25) loss to Western Colorado University.

Scoring
  • Set One: L, 21-25
    • The match was tight from the start
      • No team lead by more than two points until late in the set
      • 12 tie scores, nine lead changes
  • Set Two: W, 28-26
    • The Tigers (0-4) jump out to an early 3-0 advantage and kept up the pressure
    • Led by as many as six (10-4)
    • The Mountaineers (1-2) fought back and tied the set at 14
    • The teams then traded the next four serves before WCU starting a 3-0 run to take the lead (19-16)
    • The Mountaineers kept the lead around three for the next few points
    • ECU then started a 4-0 run to tie the set at 23 and take a 24-23 lead
    • The set was forced into extra points before the Tigers claimed the win
      • ECU was within one point of the win after an attack error by WCU
      • Set-point came on a service ace by So. Taylor Greenameyer
    • Six tie scores, four lead changes
  • Set Three: L, 18-25
    • The Mountaineers pushed through for an early 7-2 advantage
    • The Tigers were only able to get as close as three the rest of the set
  • Set Four: L, 15-25
    • WCU took an early 3-0 lead
    • The Mountaineers kept up the pressure and increased the lead to as many as nine
Tiger Quick Hits
  • The Tigers saw three players with double-digit kill totals
    • Sr. Kaytlyn Coffey – 16 kills, .314 attack percentage, 3 service aces, 9 digs, 3 block assists
    • Fr. Zaniya Norvell – 12 kills, .273 attack percentage, 2 service aces, 1 block assist
    • Fr. Shainell Taylor – 11 kills, 1 service ace, 7 digs
  • ECU tallied 10 service aces, with six players earning at least one
    • Coffey – 3 service aces
    • Norvell, Greenameyer and Jr. Sydney Dungen – 2 service aces
    • Taylor – 1 service ace
  • Dungen earned 29 assists and Greenameyer 7
    • Dungen: 1 kill, 29 assists, 2 service aces, 6 digs, 1 block assist
    • Greenameyer – 4 kills, 7 assists, 2 service aces, 4 digs, 1 block assist
  • Jr. Kasey Beeler led the team in digs
    • Tallied 16 of the Tigers 48
  • ECU earned 7.0 total blocks
    • So. Kellie Smith – 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block solo, 5 block assists
  • The Tigers won their first set of the season
 
Up Next
  • The Tigers will continue their 10 match road trip to start the 2019 season
    • Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Dallas Baptist – 6 p.m.
  • ECU will make the short trip to Durant, Okla. to participate in the South Central Classic
    • Hosted by Southeastern Oklahoma State
      • Sept. 13 – 9 a.m. – Central Oklahoma
      • Sept. 13 – 1 p.m. – Union
      • Sept. 14 – 1 p.m. – UT-Tyler
      • Sept. 14 – 5 p.m. – Cameron
  • The Tigers will wrap up the road trip with its first Great American Conference match of the season
    • Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Northwestern – 7 p.m.
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