Volleyball Sweeps Chattanooga

Sunday, March 7

Charleston, S.C.

3 p.m.

The Citadel

4-10,3-8SoCon

Chattanooga

5-8,3-8SoCon

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Chattanooga	22	18	23	0
The Citadel	25	25	25	3

Box Score (.pdf)

Photo by: Cameron Pollack / The Citadel

3/7/2021 8:33:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel volleyball played its first home match in nearly a month when the Bulldogs swept Chattanooga, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-23) Sunday afternoon inside McAlister Field House.

Score: The Citadel 3, Chattanooga 0
Records: The Citadel (4-10, 2-7), Chattanooga (5-8, 3-8)
Location: Charleston, South Carolina (McAlister Field House)

How it Happened

After the teams split the first eight points, Jaelynn Elgert recorded a pair of service aces as part of a 4-0 run.
UTC climbed back within a point, but a pair of kills from Mellanie King, and one each from Amie Greene and Kenzie Kellerman helped push the lead to five.
The Mocs would use a 6-2 run to take a 19-18 lead, but the Bulldogs responded with a 4-1 run for the 22-20 advantage.
King set up set point with a call, and an error from the Mocs gave the first set to the 'Dogs.
The second set opened with three kills from Sharlissa de Jesus to open an 8-3 advantage for the Bulldogs.
The Citadel used its defense to open a 19-9 advantage in the set. Maddy Cardenas and de Jesus combined for a block, before de Jesus teamed with Gina Delancey for a stuff on the next point.
Delancey and Makaya Middleton made it three-straight blocks.
The Mocs scored four-straight points to pull within six, but the Bulldogs stopped the run and got a kill from Middleton to take the set.
UTC got off to a quick start in the third set as they opened an 11-6 lead.
Three-straight kills from de Jesus swung the momentum back to the Bulldogs and helped spark a run to tie the set, 16-16.
With the teams exchanging points and remaining tied, 21-21, The Citadel rattled off the next three points. The run was aided by a pair of hitting errors from the Mocs.
Two-straight points for UTC made it a one-point set, but the 'Dogs went to de Jesus and she put away the match with a thunderous kill.

Inside the Box Score

The duo of Mellanie King and Sharlissa de Jesus each record double-doubles in the victory.
King finished with 15 points and 15 digs, while de Jesus had 15 kills and 13 digs. de Jesus also added four block assists.
Maddy Cardenas tallied seven kills, while Makaya Middleton had six and Gina Delancey five.
Delancey had a team-high five block assists.
Amie Greene dished out 40 assists and contributed six digs.
Kenzie Kellerman registered her fourth match with at least 20 digs when she finished with a team-high 23.
Jaelynn Elgert served up three aces in the match.