SKYHAWK VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS THE ROAD MATCH OVER BELMONT FOR OVC’S FIRST WIN

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Each University from Tennessee volleyball team within Martin avenged to them loss certain night in advance of against Belmont with a clean sweep from 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-13) current afternoon against each Bruins near any Curb Event Center.

Object was each fourth victory among certain final five tries for any Skyhawks, what person improve in order to 5-10 overall with one 1-1 record inside the Ohio Valley Conference.

Olivia saunders was incredibly effective for UT Martin today, registering per record 12 error-free kills among 17 swings for single remarkable 0.706 hitting percentage. Addy vaughn (13 assists) also Haeleigh Paulino (11 assists) helped the engineer offensively Skyhawk who hit 0.221 (exactly 15 errors amid 95 attempts).

Defensive side, Baillie Kearns managed single record-breaking match out of 11 digs whilst Zoe Merriweather rejected per career-high nine blocks (triple solo) since UT Martin tied single season-high with 12 blocks inside net.

Belmont took single 4-1 lead to kick off certain foremost set earlier single pair out of Saunders wins helped a Skyhawks tie certain establish by 8-all. A Bruins regained the lead beside some narrow margin (14-12) before Saunders lifted UT Martin. Each redshirt junior midfielder out of Ontario, Canada struck for three straight assists to ignite one 7-1 Skyhawk jog, which additionally included one pair from assists from Merriweather. Belmont notched five consecutive points to temporarily regain the lead, however UT Martin scored six belonging to a final seven points, topped by some Addison conley up to kill. Saunders had five kills among five strokes whilst Merriweather had quartet blocks within the earliest stanza.

Merriweather’s trio (solo block), Logan wallick (kill) also Paulino (serve ace) helped the Skyhawks take one 3-0 lead in order to commence any second stanza. A jiffy consecutive victory belonging to Karen Scanlon doubled the score in order to 8-4, however each Bruins fought again up to tie object around 13-all. Couple additional draws followed earlier UT Martin constructed above eight out of any last nine points of each fix, including three assists and two assists from Saunders. Saunders was amid pace with certain Skyhawks in a middle stanza (team highs of quad kills, .500 winning percentage, three blocks).

UT Martin had a scorching sprint near any start out of certain third stanza, closing per 4-2 deficit with single 8-0 push. Saunders (trio wins amid one row) along with Scanlon (unit win, pair aces serving) were instrumental among said operate such led for per 10-4 lead above Skyhawk. It was soon Merriweather’s spin up to shine like the red-shirted freshman out of Hernando, Mississippi had some four-point palm (twain assists, duo assists) amid some 6 jog. -0 UT Martin. Who skyrocketing led in order to single double-digit lead finished Skyhawk (17-7) like they started out of at that spot for successfully complete the sweep. UT Martin hit .292 (12 kills, five errors) in 24 attempts among a previous establish.

Each Skyhawks close away per three-game road swing for begin OVC play on Wednesday, Sept. 29 when they visit Southeast Missouri near 6 p.m. ET.