Score: Kennesaw State 3, Jacksonville 0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-18)
Records: Kennesaw State (18-10, 12-2), Jacksonville (9-18, 5-9)
Key Players: Kristi Piedimonte (39 assists, Six digs and four blocks), Anaiah Boyer (13 kills hitting .367 and 11 digs), Liesl Engelbrecht (Nine kills hitting .368 and six blocks), Katarina Morton (20 digs)
 
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THE STORYLINE:

• The Kennesaw State volleyball team earned a share of its first ever regular season ASUN Championship with a sweep over the Jacksonville Dolphins in the KSU Convocation Center. The Owls finished their ASUN season 12-2 and will now look forward to the conference tournament next week.

SCHUNZEL QUOTE:
"It's hard to put into a quote how far we've come in this four year journey we've been on. We've had too many people to name that have helped us along the way but from the alumni to our coaching staff to the athletic administration and our current players who all bought into Kennesaw State and this vision. I couldn't be more proud and thrilled for everyone to bring home this program's first ever conference championship."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: 
First Set: The Owls controlled most of the first set, but Jacksonville hung around and put some pressure on the Owls late taking a 23-22 lead. KSU responded with a 3-0 run on a kill from Sydni Shelton and back-to-back blocks from Liesl Engelbrecht and Kristi Piedimonte to put the Owls up 1-0.

Second Set: With the set tied early, Kennesaw State took control going ahead 16-13. JU used a timeout, but it didn't matter as the Owls kept their run going closing the set out on a 9-3 spurt to go up 2-0 in the match.
 
Third Set: KSU found themselves down early in the third and used a timeout trailing 9-5. After the timeout, Kennesaw State slowly started withering away Jacksonville's lead to tie it up at 13. The teams went point for point until it was tied at 18, and the Owls took it up another notch. With a regular season championship in their grasp, Kennesaw State closed out the set on a 7-0 run to clinch the program's first ever regular season title.
 
#NESTNOTES

• This is the first regular season championship that the Kennesaw State volleyball team has won. Since Kennesaw State as a whole joined Division I, the school has won seven ASUN Championships. This was the fourth time that a team has clinched the championship at home.
• Junior Kristi Piedimonte totaled 39 assists tonight in the three set match. In the ASUN, she holds the top three spots for most assists in three-set matches. Last night she had 41, against USC Upstate she had 40 and tonight she finished with 39.
• Anaiah Boyer had another double-double leading the team with 13 kills and 11 digs. She hit .367 to go along with the 13 kills and had four blocks as well.
• Liesl Engelbrecht capped a great conference regular season with a dominant night on the offensive side and defensive side. She finished with nine kills hitting .368 and led the team with six blocks.
• Kennesaw State made it very difficult on attackers this weekend finishing with 21.0 blocks in the two matches. They had 11.0 last night and 10.0 against Jacksonville.

UP NEXT
Kennesaw State will now look ahead to the ASUN Championship. The Owls secured a first round bye so there first game will be on Friday, November 18.

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