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100624Syd
Luke Napier
3
Winner Centre Centre 13-4,5-0 SAA
2
Berry Berry 6-8,3-1 SAA
Winner
Centre Centre
13-4,5-0 SAA
3
Final
2
Berry Berry
6-8,3-1 SAA
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Centre Centre 22 25 25 24 15 (3)
Berry Berry 25 23 22 26 11 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Seth Stogsdill, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications

Volleyball picks up 5th straight SAA win with 3-2 victory at Berry

ROME, Ga. – In the most thrilling contest of the season so far, the Centre volleyball team remained unbeaten in conference play as they defeated the Berry Vikings in five drama-filled sets.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
 
- The opening set saw the Colonels fall into an early deficit and play from behind the entire way. Centre kept it close throughout, but Berry maintained the lead all the way and took a close one by a score of 25-22.
- Centre and Berry played neck and neck in the second set with seven lead changes and 11 ties, with neither team leaving by more than three. Ultimately it was the Colonels who prevailed as Syd Bietz put home the final kill on a 25-23 victory to even the match.
- The third set saw Centre grab the lead at the midway point and hold the Vikings at bay in the closing stages as the two teams alternated the final eight points. A kill from Abby Swartz shut the door on a 25-22 win for the Colonels.
- In the fourth set, Berry fought to stay alive, leading for almost the entire set and taking a 22-18 advantage. Centre rallied to tie the match at 24-24 to force extra points, but the next two points went to the Vikings as Berry pushed the match to the brink.
- The Colonels blitzed the Vikings in the fifth set as they scored the first seven points. The Vikings chipped away and eventually cut the margin to two at 13-11, but Mack Turner stopped the momentum with a kill and Swartz followed with a kill of her own to lock up the 15-11 victory and the match to keep Centre on top of the league.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 
- Bietz led all players with 23 kills, the most by a Centre player in a game this season. Delia Long added 11 kills while Hollye Tate finished with ten.
- Emily Gardner again averaged over ten assists per set as she finished with 52 in the marathon match.
- After setting a team season high in digs yesterday at Oglethorpe, the Colonels did it again today with 108 digs. June Padilla led everybody with 28 digs, with 19 each from Gardner and Emersyn Pannell.
- The Colonels played their best when it mattered most as they hit .407 in the fifth and deciding set.
 
NEXT UP
 
Centre volleyball will return home to continue conference play as the Colonels host Millsaps on Oct. 12.
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