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BALTIMORE – Chicago State volleyball earned their first victory of the 2012 season by defeating North Carolina A&T 3-1 (23-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-23) on Friday (Aug. 31) afternoon. It was the Cougars' first match of the day. Chicago State would go on to drop the day's second contest at the Copping State Invitational 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-21) to Bryant during the night's final match.
North Carolina A&T recap
Sophomore
Mia Townsell (Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas) (Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas) set career highs with 28 digs and three aces. Senior
Sydney Van Munster (Hudsonville, Mich./Portland) (Hudsonville, Mich./Portland/Grand Rapids CC) recorded her second consecutive double-digit kill contest by hammering down 12 kills on a .320 attack percentage. She also added six block assists. The Cougars recorded 43 assists, with junior
Paula Sioto (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Instituto Educacional Raphael Di Santo) (Sao Paulo, Brazil / Instituto Educacional Raphael Di Santo/Martin Methodist College) notching 22 and sophomore
Angelica Brewer (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) adding 17.
Chicago State evened the match at a set apiece by winning the second frame 25-14. A 14-2 push by the Cougars let no hope for the Aggies to rally in the frame.
The Cougars went up 2-1 thanks to a five-point victory in the third set. Townsell recorded 11 digs in the third set alone. A balance offense saw seven Cougars record a kill in the frame.
In the fourth, Chicago State asked for a timeout when North Carolina A&T tied the score at 21. The break worked as the Cougars tallied the next three points. An attack error by North Carolina A&T's TeBorah Hawkins gave Chicago State their 25
th point of the set and their first win of the year.
Bryant recap
Freshman
Alyssa Podwell (Homer Glenn, Ill./Providence Catholic) (Homer Glenn, Ill./Providence Catholic) earned her first double-digit kill contest of her young career by hitting .300 with 11 kills and three block assists against the Bulldogs.
The second set was a heartbreaker for the Cougars. CSU rallied from a 17-13 deficit to take a 22-18 advantage. Podwell had three kills in the 9-1 rally. However CSU would score just one more point down the stretch as the Bulldogs finished the frame on a 7-1 run.
The third set was back and forth with six ties and four lead changes. Back-to-back Bryant points to make it 22-19 seemed to give the Bulldogs the distance they needed to pull away from the Cougars.
Chicago State is now 1-6. The Cougars will play host Coppin State and Youngstown State on Saturday in the final day of the Coppin State Invitational.
