Volleyball Falls In Five-Set Thriller At No. 25 Alabama

Tuesday, September 11

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

7:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

4-7

#25 Alabama

10-0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Samford	25	21	25	19	10	2
Alabama	18	25	23	25	15	3

Box Score (PDF)

Volleyball Falls In Five-Set Thriller At No. 25 Alabama

9.11.18 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Samford volleyball took undefeated and 25^th-ranked Alabama to a fifth set before eventually falling, 3-2 (25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 19-25, 10-15) Tuesday evening at Foster Auditorium. Samford falls to 4-7 with the loss, while Alabama improves to 10-0.

NO. 25 ALABAMA 3, SAMFORD 2

KEY MOMENTS

The first set was close early on until, with Samford leading, 13-11, the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to take a 21-11 lead.
Alabama fought back to cut the lead to six at 24-18, but a kill by Kelsi Hobbs closed out the 25-18 set win for Samford.
The second set was also neck-and-neck most of the way.
With Samford trailing, 20-19, Alabama scored five of the final seven points to win the set, 25-21.
In the middle of the third set, Alabama used a 5-1 run to take a 20-16 lead, forcing a Samford timeout.
Coming out of the timeout, Samford used a 9-3 run to take the 25-23 set victory.
Alabama jumped out to an early 7-3 lead in the fourth set.
The Crimson Tide built its lead to six points at 22-16, and eventually took the set, 25-19.
The teams traded points through the first half of the fifth set.
With the score tied at 9-9, Alabama closed the match with a 6-1 run for a 15-10 set victory and the match win by a score of 3-2.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Krista Boesing led Samford with 19 kills. She now has 1,035 career kills, the 11th-highest total in school history.
Kelsi Hobbs had 14 kills, while Shayla Phillip followed with 13.
Lauren Deaton led the team in digs with 19.
Taylor Anderton tallied 48 assists for the Bulldogs.