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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Kennesaw State volleyball team capped off a perfect weekend at the High Point Invitational Sunday afternoon, defeating hosts HPU in straight sets, 25-23, 25-16, 25-22.
 
How it happened: The Panthers (1-5) took the early advantage, 8-5, before a 5-1 swing for KSU (5-2) put the Owls right back into it 10-9. The two teams traded runs before a kill from Lexi Broadwater sparked a 5-0 run to give KSU a 21-16 lead. HPU eventually tied the set back up 22-22, but a kill from Jasmine Brown and two errors by the Panthers gave KSU the set victory, 25-23.
 
The Owls asserted control in the second set, taking a 9-6 lead following a 4-0 run which featured kills from Quin Sutphin, Lauren Chastang and Broadwater. KSU extended its lead to 19-12 behind a pair of 3-0 runs and back-to-back kills from Sutphin. A kill from Emma Schurfranz followed by a block by Chastang closed it out as KSU finished the set hitting .360 to win 25-16.
 
After jumping out to a 3-0 lead to open the third set, the Owls and Panthers proceeded to trade points deep into the set. Tied 19-19, KSU earned the edge as a kill from Chastang opened up a 5-1 run to give the Owls match point 24-21 before an error clinched the sweep for KSU.
 
Notes: Jasmine Brown led the Owls with nine kills, hitting .389 for the match … Lauren Chastang snapped her five game double-double streak, recording eight kills and five digs … Karlee Groover logged 12 digs, her seventh straight match with double-digit digs … the sweep is only the second of the season for KSU.
 
Quotes: Head Coach Keith Schunzel
On the Owls' perfect weekend…
"Super proud of our team. We played three teams this weekend that all have legitimate shots to win their league and we came away with three victories and a tournament title. What might be even cooler is that all of our opponents had drastically different styles and strengths and we adapted to each, which is hard to do and shows a lot of maturity."
 
On the Owls' play…
"While there's certainly things we want to improve on and we always want to play as aggressive yet error free as possible, all in all our team showed some awesome toughness and resilience all weekend."
 
Up next: The Owls return to Kennesaw to host Samford and South Alabama in the Owl Invitational this weekend. KSU kicks off the two-day tournament against Samford Friday (Sept. 13) at 7 p.m.