LAGRANGE, Ga. – The LaGrange College women's volleyball team won in three sets over visiting Huntingdon College in Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) action on Wednesday evening at the Mariotti Gymnasium in LaGrange, Georgia.
THE BASICS
Score: Huntingdon 0, LaGrange College 3 (25-20, 26-24, 25-20)
Records: Panthers 9-5, 3-1 CCS | Hawks 4-7, 2-2 CCS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After winning the first set, the Panthers found themselves in a back-and-forth struggle in the second, tied 24-24. Back-to-back kills by sophomore right-side hitter Alex Krabs (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and junior outside hitter Ella Sprouse (Sneads, Fla.) to close out, going ahead two sets to none. In the third and final set, the Panthers picked up four service aces – including two by Krabs, for a career-high – to put the match away.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Sprouse, who on Monday earned her second CCS Player of the Week award, led the Panthers with 15 kills, seven digs and a .379 kill percentage. Krabs added ten kills for the night while sophomore middle-blocker Kaitlyn Smith (Buckeye, Ariz.) added eight.
- LaGrange junior setter Julia Damico (North Port, Fla.) finished with 16 set assists and two service aces. With her ace to put the Panthers up 2-0 in the third set, Damico hit exactly 100 career aces for her career, becoming the first Panther to reach that milestone since the 2017 season.
- LaGrange junior libero Gabby Bellamy (Sneads, Fla.) posted a match high 22 digs, averaging 7.33 per set.
- Huntingdon sophomore middle-hitter A'Kirra McElveen (Montgomery, Ala.) led the Hawks with match-high .412 hitting percentage for seven kills.
UP NEXT
- LaGrange is back on the court on Saturday when they play Asbury University in a 12:00 p.m. match.
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