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KENNESAW, Ga. – It was a productive outing for the Kennesaw State volleyball team during the opening day of the 2013 Owls Invitational as KSU went off for back-to-back wins, defeating Tennessee Tech 3-2 in the morning tilt before coming out and taking down Stony Brook in the night cap, 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 22-25, 26-26).
 
KSU improves its overall record to 3-5 on the year after the two wins, the first two on its home floor at the KSU Convocation Center this season.
 
During the win over the Seawolves (3-7), KSU earned 51 team kills, 13 alone from freshman Kelly Marcinek and nine each from Cierra Royster and Keyaira Stevenson with 32 assists by Sara Metroka.
 
The Owls hit a match-best .303 during the opening set, taking the 25-19 win to go up 1-0 in the contest before taking a much closer second set, 25-23.
 
Stony Brook took its lone set win of the night during the third, but not without dramatics as the Owls rattled off a 5-1 run late in the set to cut the Stony Brook lead down to just two points. But the Seawolves persevered, taking the 25-22 win.
 
After falling behind 1-0 in the fourth, the Owls took two straight points to take the lead for good on a SBU attack error along with a Keyaira Stevenson kill to set the score at 2-1 KSU. Senior Sara Metroka then put it away in extra points on a kill to give KSU the 26-24 fourth set win.
 
Defensively, libero Camille Pedraza came up with a match-high 25 digs while Megan McGuinness, Stevenson and Royster each put up a pair of blocks as the Owls held Stony Brook to just a .176 attack percentage.
 
Pedraza was also good for three service aces during the win.
 
The Owls are back on the floor tomorrow as they play host to Coastal Carolina at noon ET and Samford at 7:30 p.m. ET to wrap up the weekend.

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Fans are reminded that tickets to all 2013 home volleyball contests are free throughout the year.
   

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