Charlotte Blanks USM, 3-0, In C-USA Volleyball Tournament
11/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Charlotte Blanks USM, 3-0, In C-USA Volleyball Tournament
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 16) - Seventh-seeded Charlotte maximized its homecourt advantage
with a 3-0 win over 10th-seeded Southern Miss in the first round of the
Healthy Choice Conference USA Tournament Thursday night at Halton Arena.
The
quarterfinals get underway Friday at 1 p.m. with eighth-seeded Saint Louis
facing top seed South Florida. At 3 p.m., fifth-seeded DePaul meets
fourth-seeded Houston. No. 6 Tulane squares off with third-seeded
Louisville at 6 p.m., and the 49ers return to action at 8 p.m. against
second-seeded Cincinnati.
Charlotte wasted no time getting its offense in gear, hitting a composite
.333 (43-11-96) in the three games. Christy Galvin and Courtney Burg led the
way with 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Galvin and Burg also added 10 digs
apiece. Southern Miss coach Steve Sykes knew that the 49ers would be ready
for the home crowd at Halton Arena.
"It's always an advantage to be playing at home, especially in the
conference tournament," he said. "We got off to a slow start and never
really recovered."
According to Charlotte coach Lisa Marston, her club became a little sluggish
early in a game three. The first-year mentor hopes that this is the lone
incident.
"We had a little bit of an energy drop off at the start of the third game,
which we won't be able to do against Cincinnati," she said. "But we got it
back and finished up strong."
Lindsay Westendorf and Kendall Reid-Webster had eight and six kills,
respectively. Bridget Files added five kills and seven digs and hit .333 on
the night.
SOUTHERN MISS 4 4 4
CHARLOTTE 15 15 15
STATISTICAL LEADERS:
Kills: Galvin (CHA) 11
Attempts: Galvin (CHA) and Reid-Webster (USM) 26
Assists: Ozkan (CHA) 26
Digs: Galvin (CHA) 10, Burg (CHA) 10
Hitting Percentage: Akgun (CHA) .471 (8-0-17)
Service Aces: Ozkan (CHA) 4