CHARLOTTE SWEEPS JMU 3-0 IN VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT OPENER

Friday, September 11

Charlotte, N.C.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

4-4

Charlotte

3-5

James Madison

Charlotte

CHARLOTTE SWEEPS JMU 3-0 IN VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT OPENER

9/12/2009 2:15:00 AM | Volleyball

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 11, 2009 ? Charlotte hit .321 as a team and used a dominant blocking advantage to turn back James Madison 3-0 in the opener of the Comfort Suites 49er Tournament Friday night at Halton Arena.

Charlotte improved to 3-5 while winning by set scores of 25-17, 25-23, and 25-12. JMU had a three-match winning streak snapped and dropped to 4-4.

“We were really flat tonight,” commented JMU head coach Disa Garner. “We didn't bring a lot of emotion. Charlotte played well and really had a good home environment. We never got into a good rhythm. We played a lot better in the second set with some lineup changes. But in the third set we just couldn't bring it. But we've addressed those things and we'll make adjustments tomorrow morning.”

The 49ers hit better than .300 in each of the three sets to combine for the .321 team average. They also totaled 13.5 blocks over three sets with four players posting at least four while JMU did not register a block in the match. Charlotte also used 10 services to take charge, while the Dukes had just one.

Junior middle blocker Jessica Zeroual (Ottawa, Ont./De La Salle) had seven kills and hit a team-high .286. Sophomore outside hitter Holly Wall (Kaukauna, Wisc./Kaukauna) also had seven kills with four digs. Freshman Megan Wiechmann (Sunland, Calif./Village Christian) had 17 assists as the primary setter for much of the match while fellow freshman Sara Dougherty (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) had seven digs after entering as a reserve libero.

Charlotte's Kathleen Hicks was the lone player in the match with double-digit kills with 11 to go with three aces and five blocks. Jenna Litoborski added eight kills. Sheri Davis tallied 26 assists and five kills. Kara Raker and Jennifer Webb led the blocking effort with seven and six respectively while Kaitlin Knight held high dig honors with nine.