PEMBROKE, NC - UNC Pembroke broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth
and deciding game with a 5-0 run and went on to claim a five-game
(11-25, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 15-7) win over Francis Marion
University, Wednesday night (Nov. 4) in Peach Belt Conference
volleyball action.
After splitting the first two games of the match, the two
squads were tied 19-19 in the third game. UNCP (11-18,
2-10) ran off four straight points en route to winning the
game. However, FMU rallied to win the fourth game and
force a fifth game.
Francis Marion (11-17, 3-9) was led by sophomore Ardelia
Morris with a career-high 18 kills and four blocks. Two
Patriots posted double-doubles with senior setter Jess O'Leary
recording 37 assists and 22 digs and sophomore hitter Ashlyn
Underhill tallying 10 kills and 13 digs.
Sophomore Hallie Legg played libero for FMU and dug
up a team-high 23 balls.
The Patriots will conclude their regular-season slate with road
matches at Armstrong Atlantic State University on Friday at 6 p.m.
and at Flagler College on Saturday at 2 p.m.
UNC Pembroke def. Francis Marion Univ.
11-25,25-23,25-20,19-25,15-7
Francis Marion Univ. (11-17, 3-9 PBC) (Kills-aces-blocks)
- Morris,
Ardelia 18-0-4; Underhill, Ashlyn 10-0-2; Drewry, Liz
5-5-0; Mitchell,
Amanda 4-0-0; O'Leary, Jess 4-1-1; Simpson, Caitlin 3-0-4;
Eggert,
Mallory 3-0-5; Whitehead, Casey 1-0-0; Legg, Hallie 0-1-0;
Totals
48-7-9.0. (Assists) - O'Leary, Jess 37. (Dig leaders) -
Legg, Hallie
23; O'Leary, Jess 22; Underhill, Ashlyn 13; Drewry, Liz
12; O'Connors,
Katie 8
UNC Pembroke (11-18, 2-10 PBC) (Kills-aces-blocks) -
O'Connor, Lizzie
12-0-2; Hartley, Jessica 11-0-2; Anderson, Tiara 8-1-2;
Smith, Sam
7-0-1; Young, Rachel 5-0-3; Varno, Tricia 4-0-3; Peterson,
Shay 3-1-0;
Al-Aswadi, Eman 1-0-2; Haworth, Caitlin 0-0-1; Ridge,
Morgan 0-5-0;
Laza, Andrea 0-1-0; Totals 51-8-10.0. (Assists) - Wylie,
Sam 36. (Dig
leaders) - Laza, Andrea 28; Ridge, Morgan 14; Hartley,
Jessica 8;
Haworth, Caitlin 8
Site: Pembroke, N.C. (English E. Jones Ctr)
Date: Nov 04, 2009 Attend: 471
Time: 2:09
Referees: Peggy Schaffer, Brian Jones
Ardelia Morris
