MACON, Ga. – The Citadel volleyball team got double-doubles from Amie Greene, Mellanie King and Sharlissa de Jesus in a 3-1 (25-20, 13-25, 17-25, 25-27) loss at Mercer Monday evening.
 
Score: Mercer 3, The Citadel 1
Records: Mercer (6-5, 5-1), The Citadel (3-8, 1-5)
Location: Macon, Georgia (Hawkins Arena)
 
How it Happened

• Mercer jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead in the opening set before Sharlissa de Jesus unleashed her first service ace of the match.
• The Bulldogs would be trailing 11-9 before de Jesus returned to the service line and hammered three aces as part of a 6-0 Bulldog run.
• Mercer pulled within two points later in the set, but back-to-back kills from de Jesus and Alicia Roberts pushed the advantage back to four.
• The Bulldogs ended the first set on a 3-0 run, highlighted by Mellanie King's set-ending kill.
• The Citadel jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the second set before Mercer went on a 15-5 run to take a commanding lead in the set. The Bears would maintain a double digit lead throughout the set.
• The third set saw the Bulldogs score the first four points before the Bears rattled off eight-straight points for an 8-4 advantage.
• The Citadel would trail by as many as 11 points in the set before a pair of kills from King highlighted a 5-0 run to pull within five.
• Mercer did not allow the Bulldogs to get any closer in taking the set.
• The fourth set went back-and-forth for the majority of the set until the Bulldogs got two kills from King, and another from de Jesus and Kenzie Kellerman to take a 21-18 lead.
• Kills from King and Maya Elassal pushed the advantage to 23-19, but the Bears responded with five-straight points to set up match point.
• A kill from de Jesus saved the first match point and an error by the Bears fended off the second.
• The Bulldogs were not able to fend off the third match point in falling 27-25.

 
Inside the Box Score

• Amie Greene recorded her first career double-double with 32 assists and 19 digs.
• The 19 digs are the most by a setter since Megan Fuhr had 21 digs against UNCG on Nov. 11, 2017.
• Greene added two service aces and a block.
• Sharlissa de Jesus registered her fourth double-double of the season with 14 kills and 10 digs.
• She also added five service aces for the second time in the last three matches.
• Mellanie King recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 12 kills and 10 digs.
• Kenzie Kellerman was the fourth Bulldog in double digits in digs with 15.
• She was also credited with the first kill of her career in the fourth set.

 
Up Next
The Bulldogs are off next weekend before returning to action Feb. 28-March 1 at Wofford.