Box Score MEMPHIS—The Christian Brothers University Lady Bucs edged visiting Alabama-Huntsville in five sets, sending head coach In-Sik Hwang into first place on the school's career win list and extending their winning streak to seven matches.
Early on, the Lady Bucs (17-4, 5-2 GSC) appeared to have the match well in hand, building first-set leads of 9-4, 14-6, and 22-11 on their way to a 25-17 win. After the Lady Bucs had built a 13-9 lead in the second set, the Lady Chargers (7-13, 2-5) answered with 13 of the next 17 points to take a 22-17 lead, winning the set 25-20. The Lady Bucs dominated the third set, jumping out to a 14-2 lead on their way to a 25-16 win. It was the Lady Chargers who controlled the fourth set, however, building leads of 10-3, 16-7, and 22-9 en route to a 25-15 win, sending the game to a decisive fifth set.
The fifth set was back-and-forth throughout, with 11 ties and five lead changes. Neither team led by more than one point until the Lady Bucs ended it with back-to-back kills from
Hailey Gillis (Corpus Christi, Texas/Carroll HS) and
Lizzie McLean (Munford, Tenn./Munford HS).
Hannah Kurtz (Memphis, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) led the Lady Bucs' offense with 13 kills, while Gillis added 11 digs to her 11 kills. McLean pounded 10 kills with four blocks, and
Kelly Nolan (St. Louis, Mo./Rosati-Kain HS) added 10 kills and 12 digs.
Corinne Doder (St. Louis, Mo./Cor Jesu Academy) logged a match-high 24 digs, while
Kelsey Miles (Cordova, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) collected 44 assists.
Kelsey Williams led UAH with 10 kills. Kelly Wilson tacked on 35 assists, while Kaeli McCaghren and Shelby League led the team with 14 digs each.
The win is Hwang's 175th at CBU, moving him past Irene Collins (1989-94) and Jennie Bradford (1976-83), who won 174 matches each.
The Lady Bucs wrapped up the first half of their GSC schedule with a 5-2 mark. They step out of conference play this weekend when they play in the UWF Regional Crossover in Pensacola, Fla., with four matches against Sunshine State Conference foes Friday and Saturday. Their next home match is set for Tuesday night at 7 p.m., when they host North Alabama.
