Scores: Kennesaw State 0, Jacksonville 3 (23-25, 24-26, 21-25)
Records: Kennesaw State (9-4, 1-1), USC Upstate (4-10, 1-1)
Key Players: Kristi Piedimonte (32 assists and 12 digs), Katarina Morton (18 digs), Anaiah Boyer (14 kills)
 
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KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State volleyball team dropped its first Atlantic Sun match to Jacksonville 3-0 on Friday, October 2.
 
The Dolphins led 19-12 before KSU started chipping away at the lead. With Maddie Jones serving, KSU went on a 4-0 run cutting the deficit to two at 21-19. The Owls got within one twice late in the set, but didn't get over the hump as the Dolphins closed out the set 25-23.
 
The second set was close all the way until the very end when JU grabbed a 22-18 lead. The Owls responded with a 5-1 run of their own to tie the game at 23. KSU held off one set point to tie the score at 24, but the Dolphins won two in a row to take a 2-0 lead at the break.
 
With the score tied at 17 in the third set, Jacksonville surged for a 3-0 run to take a 20-17 lead and forced Kennesaw State to take a timeout. KSU cut the lead to one twice, but the Dolphins wouldn't be denied closing out the match in three.

Coach Schunzel on his Team's Play Against the Dolphins
"That match can be summed up pretty easily. The team on the other side of net played every facet of that game more aggressively than our team did. Jacksonville didn't play perfect, but they played with a purpose and on a mission and it showed. Our team, on the other hand, was just on the court for way too much of the match. To put it simply, we played just ok, both physically and mentally. We served and passed it ok. We attacked it ok and we defended ok, and unfortunately, too many of our players were fine with that. Playing just ok doesn't give you a great chance to win conference matches. We don't need to play great all the time, but we need to play better and more aggressively than we did tonight. We need to learn that winning in a strong conference like ours is very hard. It takes big, smart, aggressive swings from your attackers. It takes strong leadership from numerous positions. It takes making some big plays after 20. It takes playing free and loose and allowing yourself to let go and just go for it. Tonight JU had those things and we didn't. We will learn one way or another, and tonight we learned the hard way. It certainly doesn't get any easier from here on out, and I know that we have the right people on this roster, but we better learn how this works real quick and figure out the level at which we need to train and compete at."
 Kennesaw State Head Coach Keith Schunzel

 Notes
- Kristi Piedimonte finished the match with 32 assists and 10 digs. This is her third double-double in a row. She has four on the season.
- Anaiah Boyer led the team with 14 kills tonight. It is her fifth time this season having double-digit kills.
- Amariah Boyer led the team with four blocks tonight. To start conference play, Am. Boyer has totaled 11.0 blocks in the eight sets.
- Katarina Morton finished with 18 digs and six assists. It is the third time in a three set match that she has had at least 18 digs this season. The six assists are the most she has had this season.
 
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