Volleyball
September 1, 2017
Volleyball Rallies Late to Snag Opening Win
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Catawba rallied late in the fifth set to claim a win its season-opening volleyball match over visiting Montevallo at the Catawba Invitational on Friday night at Goodman Gym. It was the opener for both teams.
After outlasting Catawba in a tight fourth set, Montevallo used a three-point spurt to go up 10-7 in the deciding set. Amanda Nugent killed off the first two of those points for the Falcons. The Catawba Indians would storm back with five straight points to grab the lead for good.
Freshman Macy Eidenberger got the first point, while Allie Grubb and Rachel Stanford combined on a block to make it 10-9. Morgan Hester's kill tied it before another block from Grubb and Stanford pushed Catawba ahead 11-10. Montevallo cut the lead to 12-11 on a kill by Evelina Teran then Catawba scored the final three points, getting a kill from Eidenberger then a kill and solo block from freshman Micah Ensor to end the match.
Kimberly Hurtado led Catawba with 14 kills, while Grubb followed with 11 kills and seven blocks. Libero Allie Benton recorded 34 digs with Stanford handing out 45 assists and posting 16 digs. Brie Blume had 17 kills for Montevallo and was followed by Nugent with 16.
Catawba returns to action for a pair of matches on Saturday. The Lady Indians face Belmont Abbey at 10 am and Chowan at 3 pm.
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| « | September 2017 | » | ||||
| 1 September 1 Volleyball vs. MONTEVALLO 3-2 | 2 September 2 Cross Country in CHICK-FIL-A INVITE W-2nd; M-3rd Tennis (M) @ Belmont Abbey Individual Tourn. Volleyball vs. BELMONT ABBEY 1-3 Volleyball vs. CHOWAN 3-0 Soccer (M) vs. ERSKINE 1-2 | |||||
| 3 September 3 Soccer (W) @ Barton 2-0 | 4 | 5 | 6 September 6 Soccer (M) vs. MOUNT OLIVE 1-3 Soccer (W) vs. LIMESTONE 1-3 | 7 | 8 September 8 Cross Country @ Lenoir-Rhyne Invite W-3rd,M-3rd Volleyball @ Winston-Salem St. 0-3 | 9 September 9 Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1) Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1) Football @ VMI 27-20 Soccer (M) @ Belmont Abbey 0-4 |
| 10 September 10 Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2) Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2) Soccer (W) vs. FLAGLER 0-4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 September 15 Volleyball @ Mars Hill 3-1 | 16 September 16 Volleyball vs. TUSCULUM 2-3 Soccer (M) vs. MARS HILL 0-1 Football @ UNC Pembroke 41-9 Soccer (W) vs. MARS HILL 4-0 |
| 17 | 18 September 18 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 1 (Club at Irish Creek) | 19 September 19 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 2 (Club at Irish Creek) 11th of 16 Volleyball @ Lenoir-Rhyne 0-3 | 20 September 20 Soccer (W) @ Newberry 2-1 Soccer (M) @ Newberry 2-4 | 21 | 22 September 22 Volleyball @ Lincoln Memorial 7 p.m. | 23 September 23 Golf (W) @ Lady Brave Inv - Day 1 (Old South GC) Cross Country @ Bulldog Stampede Soccer (W) @ Coker 4:30 p.m. Volleyball @ Carson-Newman 5 p.m. Football vs. MARS HILL 6 p.m. Soccer (M) @ Coker 7 p.m. |
| 24 September 24 Golf (W) @ Lady Brave Inv - Day 2 (Old South GC) | 25 September 25 Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 1 (CC of Bristol) | 26 September 26 Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 2 (CC of Bristol) Tennis (W) @ Pfeiffer 3 p.m. Volleyball vs. ANDERSON 6 p.m. | 27 September 27 Tennis (M) @ Pfeiffer 3 p.m. Soccer (W) vs. USC AIKEN 5 p.m. | 28 | 29 September 29 Cross Country @ Royals Challenge Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) Volleyball vs. QUEENS 7 p.m. | 30 September 30 Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Football @ Carson-Newman 1 p.m. Volleyball vs. WINGATE 2 p.m. Soccer (W) vs. GEORGIA COLLEGE 3 p.m. Soccer (M) vs. LANDER 7 p.m. |
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