Four Rebels Finish With Double-Digit Kill Totals, Edie Has Fourth Double-Double
ATHENS, Ga. – Four Ole
Miss Rebels had double-digit kill totals and freshman setter Aubrey
Edie recorded her fourth double-double of the season, but the Ole Miss
volleyball team lost a heartbreaker 3-2 (25-15, 22-25, 27-25, 23-25,
15-9) at Georgia in Athens, Ga.
“After Friday night’s loss
we challenged the team to step up and kind of respond, and they did a
good job of being on the road responding and doing what we asked,” Ole
Miss head coach Joe Getzin said. “It’s tough to win on the road in the
SEC. We put ourselves in position getting to a fifth game, but we kind
of let off the gas a little bit down the stretch.”
Sophomore
Ty Laporte, who logged a career-high 20 kills last season at Georgia,
had a season- and team-high 15 kills Sunday afternoon against the
Bulldogs. Freshman Melanie Crow had a season-high 14 kills, and Edie
had her fourth double-double while recording career highs in assists
(44) and digs (16). Edie finished three kills shy of her first
triple-double. Sophomore Nakeyta Clair had 11 kills and a career-high
tying three solo blocks, which is tied for the fifth most in a single
match in program history. It is the fourth time in her career that
Clair has had three solo blocks, and the second time this season.
Junior Marie-Pierre Bakima had 11 kills for Ole Miss. It was the fifth
time this season that Bakima has finished with 10-or-more kills.
After
Georgia (13-3, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) jumped out to a quick lead
in the opening set, Ole Miss (10-7, 0-4 SEC) fought back to pull within
two points at 13-11. The Bulldogs went on another run soon thereafter
though, and claimed the first set by a score of 25-15. Bakima, Crow,
Edie and senior Kara Morgan each had three kills in the first set for
Ole Miss.
The
Rebels showed their fight in the second set. Ole Miss went on a 4-0 run
early in the second set to take a 6-3 lead over the home standing
Bulldogs. A solo block by Clair later in the set gave Ole Miss its
largest lead at 11-6, and caused Georgia head coach Lizzy Stemke to
call timeout. Georgia responded out of the timeout by going on a 6-0
run to take a 12-11 lead, but Ole Miss fought back to regain the lead
at 19-18. UGA then took the lead again at 22-21, but Ole Miss responded
by closing out the set on a 4-0 run fueled by stellar play from Crow
and Clair. Crow scored two of the final four points, while Clair scored
one and the duo combined for a block assist as Ole Miss won 25-21 to
even the match at one set apiece.
Ole Miss used a 5-1 run
to take an 11-7 lead in the third set, which caused Georgia to call its
first timeout. The Rebels stretched their lead to as many as five
points at 12-7, but Georgia didn’t back down and took its first lead of
the set at 19-18. After trailing for the first time in the set, Ole
Miss went on a 3-0 run to take a 21-19 lead and force Georgia to call
its final timeout. The Rebels could not close out Georgia in the set
though, and fell 27-25.
Down 6-8 in the fourth set, Ole
Miss went on a 4-0 run to take a 10-8 lead and prompt a Georgia
timeout. The Rebels then scored six of the next eight points out of the
timeout to extend their lead to 16-10 and cause the Bulldogs to use
their final timeout of the set. Ole Miss extended its lead to as many
as seven points at 19-12, and went on to take the fourth set by a score
of 25-23 after Crow notched her season-high 13th kill.
The
two teams stayed within two points of each other throughout the first
half of the set. With Georgia leading 8-7, the Bulldogs went on a 5-0
run to take a 13-7 lead and won the set 15-9.
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