For First Time Since 2011, Volleyball Sees Three Players Secure 15-Plus Kills as Spartans Down Tennessee Tech

Saturday, September 6

Birmingham, Ala.

1:00 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

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Tennessee Tech

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Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Concluding the Blazer Invitational and the team's final "preseason" tournament weekend, USC Upstate volleyball secured its second consecutive 2-1 weekend, earning another Saturday victory, downing Tennessee Tech in four sets. Earning their second straight victory, the Spartans' offense accomplished something it hadn't in 14 years as three Upstate attackers finished with 15 or more kills.

Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 3; Tennessee Tech 1 (22-25; 25-15; 28-26; 25-18)
Records: USC Upstate (4-3; 0-0 Big South); Tennessee Tech (2-4; 0-0 OVC)
Location: Bartow Arena | Birmingham, Ala.

How It Happened
Entering the weekend without a match featuring three or more players reaching double-digit kills, Upstate fashioned back-to-back such matches to close the Blazer Invitational, seeing three attackers hit the 15-kill threshold Saturday. The feat marks the first match since Sep. 2, 2011, at Radford to see three or more Spartans with 15-plus kills.

Headlining the effort for the Upstate offense, freshman outside hitter Summer Kohler threw down a match-best 18 kills—one shy of her career-high and her third career match with 15-plus kills. Middle blockers, senior Ady O'Grady and freshman Kensley Haneline, joined Kohler to complete the trio, accruing 16 and 15 kills, respectively, the latter a career-best total.

Orchestrating the offense, sophomore setter Kamyla Vega David, for the second time this week in a four-set match, passed out 50-plus helpers, ending the afternoon with 51. In her third career 50-plus-assist match, she secured her 23^rd career double-double, picking up 15 digs.

Freshman libero Sophia Overholt headed a trio of Spartans with 10 or more digs, recording a career-best 19 digs. Joining Overholt and Vega David, sophomore defensive specialist Hannah Campbell completed the trio with 13 scooped balls of her own.

Notable

Seeing Summer Kohler (18), Ady O'Grady (16), and Kensley Haneline (15) each register 15-plus kills, Saturday's match marked the first since Sep. 2, 2011, to see three or more Spartans with 15 or more kills in the same match. The Spartans' last instance before its match with Tennessee Tech saw Mindy Quimby (18), Morgan Thomas (16), and Kelsie Queen (16) do so against Radford.

Up Next for the Spartans
Upon wrapping their final "preseason" tournament of the current campaign, USC Upstate returns to the G.B. Hodge Center Tuesday for a meeting with North Carolina Central. The Spartans and Eagles see a 6 p.m. ET first serve.

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