KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State had no trouble in the opening day of the KSU Owls Invitational, completing 3-0 sweeps over North Carolina Central and Tennessee State in the team’s 2012 home opener.
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The Tigers of Tennessee State proved no trouble for the Owls in the final match of day one as the Owls flew away with the 3-0 win (25-22, 25-12, 25-21), hitting .402 as a team in the process.
Senior Baylee Strachan (Sioux City, Iowa/Winthrop) collected an impressive five blocks and 10 kills in the ballgame, adding to the offensive efforts by Turea Jones (Santa Rosa, Calif./Santa Rosa JC) and Keyaira Stevenson (Columbia, S.C./Ridgeview High School) who each finished with 13 kills as well.
The Owls now sit at 6-3 on the year after the two wins with a pair of games tomorrow against Tennessee-Chattanooga and Troy.
KSU came out swinging in their first appearance at the KSU Convocation Center, going up 6-2 on an Emily Bean kill in the opening set. The Owls then scored the final three points of the round to take it, 25-22.
The second set was much the same, with Kennesaw State grabbing a quick 7-2 lead. A 9-1 run then gave the Owls the 25-12 win on an attack error by the Tigers.
Stevenson gave the Owls a 10-5 lead in the third and final set of the match with a kill and an assist from Sara Metroka (New Castle, Ind./New Castle Chrysler High School). A late TSU run was not enough to hold off the Black and Gold as head coach Karen Weatherington’s team took the set and the match, 25-21.
Metroka had a match high 42 assists while libero Camille Pedraza (Marietta, Ga./Kell High School) came up with 11 digs.
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Jones totaled 10 kills and nine digs to lead Kennesaw State to a 3-0 sweep (25-12, 25-22, 25-16) over North Carolina during opening day play of the Owls Classic at the KSU Convocation Center on Friday.
The win improved the Owls to 5-3 on the season, while the Eagles fell to 1-9.
Dayana Arufat Rondon and Christine Anthony each recorded eight kills to lead North Carolina Central.
Kennesaw State came out strong in the first set as the Owls posted a .526 hitting percentage, registering 11 kills on 19 attempts with just one error. KSU finished the game with a .321 attack percentage.
North Carolina Central managed just a .040 hitting percentage in the opening set and finished the contest hitting just .023.
The Owls will take on Tenn.-Chattanooga at noon tomorrow with a night cap against Troy set for 7 p.m.
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