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TALKING POINTS
» On Tuesday, September 23, the Kennesaw State volleyball team will play Georgia Tech at 5 p.m. in O'Keefe Gymnasium on ESPN3.
» Freshman Libero Katarina Morton was named to the Seawolves Invite All-Tournament Team. She matched her career-high in digs with 24 against St. Francis (NY) and totaled 52 for the weekend.
» Kelly Marcinek stepped up last weekend. She finished the weekend with 43 kills averaging 3.91 kills per set and 21 digs. Her hitting percentage was .243.
» The Georgia Tech coaches won the Atlantic Sun Championship with the Jacksonville Dolphins last season. The Dolphins were 2-0 against the Owls in 2013.
 
THE COMPETITION
Georgia Tech                                 
Georgia Tech (6-6) was 12-20 overall and 6-14 in conference play in 2013. After the season, they made a coaching change and hired the former Jacksonville Dolphins head coach Michelle Collier.
 
So far this season, the team is statistically led by Teegan Van Gunst and Rebecca Martin. Martin leads the team in assists, aces and attack percentage. Van Gunst leads the team in kills with 159 on the season.
 
Last weekend, the Yellow Jackets hosted a tournament with UGA, Alabama A&M and Southern Miss. After losing to UGA, Tech finished the weekend off with two wins to go 2-1 in their home opening weekend.
 
» NEWS AND NOTES
Last Time Out                                    
» The Owls went 1-2 at the Seawolves Invite Presented by Islandia Marriot Long Island. The team lost both of its matches on Friday to Western Michigan and host Stony Brook before beating St. Franics (NY) in four sets on Saturday.
 
Coach Schunzel on Sight Seeing in NYC
» "The vast majority of our team had not been to NYC, many had not even been on public transportation before, and it is without question an eye opening experience. We shuttled around the city on public transportation all day on Thursday, hopping between buses and subway cars and even getting to stop for lunch at street vendors outside of the 9/11 memorial. Going to the 9/11 Memorial and experiencing the somber-ness of the huge reflecting pools where the twin towers once stood, and seeing all those thousands of names on the memorial was something our young ladies will hopefully never forget. That stop really put things into perspective. From there, we took the subway into the heart of the city and walked in and around Times Square. The amount of people from every walk of life, the enormity of the buildings, signs and advertisements everywhere, and seeing the new year's ball were all really neat and different experiences for our team that seeing on TV can't possibly replicate."
 
KSU as a Team                                   
» Against Western Michigan, the Owls collected six more kills and five more assists than the Broncos. They had more kills in two of the four sets and tied Western Michigan in the second set with 10 kills.
» In the first 13 matches this season, the Owls have won the first set in eight of them. The team's record in those eight matches is 5-3.
 
KSU Individually                               
» Marcinek continued her strong play over the weekend collecting double-digit kills in all three matches. That gives her double-digit kills in 10 of the 13 matches the team has played in so far.
» Rachel Taylor set a career high in kills with 10 against St. Francis (NY). She hit .450 and had two blocks in the match as well.
» Setter Kristi Piedimonte finished the match against Western Michigan with 44 assists. That is the most assists in a four set match this season. To round out her stat line, she finished with nine digs and five kills.
» Piedimonte and Morton lead the team in service aces with 19 and 18 respectively. Against St. Francis (NY), the match was tight in the fourth set until Piedimonte stepped up to serve and delivered three aces to give the Owls some breathing room and allowed them to close the match out.  
» Anaiah Boyer continued her strong play this season against Western Michigan. She was second on the team with 15 kills while hitting .387. She finished with 14 digs and four blocks over the weekend.

To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State volleyball news follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlNation and @KSUOwlsVB or by liking Kennesaw State University on Facebook.
 
Fans are reminded that tickets to all 2014 home volleyball contests are free throughout the year.
 
 

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