Volleyball Secures SoCon Regular Season Title With 3-1 Win At ETSU

Saturday, November 16

Johnson City, Tenn.

7:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

21-5,13-1SoCon

ETSU

23-5,14-2SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Samford	25	25	23	25	3
ETSU	20	14	25	23	1

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Kelsi Hobbs had 17 kills in Saturday night's win.

Photo by: Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports

Volleyball Secures SoCon Regular Season Title With 3-1 Win At ETSU

11.16.19 | Women's Volleyball

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Samford volleyball team secured the Southern Conference's regular season championship with a 3-1 win at ETSU Saturday evening.

With the win, Samford improves to 21-5 overall and 15-1 in Southern Conference play. The 15-1 SoCon record is the best record in conference play in program history. The win is the ninth-straight victory for Samford. ETSU falls to 23-5 overall and 14-2 in league matches.

SAMFORD 3, ETSU 1

KEY MOMENTS

ETSU jumped out to a 10-7 lead in the first set.
Samford answered with a 9-2 run to take a 16-12 advantage.
The Bulldogs built a 23-16 lead and held on for the 25-20 set win.
In the second set, Samford took an early 5-2 lead.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to 20-11, and Samford took the second set, 25-14.
In the third set, ETSU took an 11-6 advantage.
The Bucs built their lead to six at 17-11.
Samford fought back to cut the lead to one at 24-23, but ETSU closed out the 25-23 win.
In the fourth set, Samford fell behind, 9-5.
The Bulldogs, however, fought back to take a 17-16 lead.
The teams traded the next several points, until Samford was able to take a 24-22 lead.
With Samford leading, 24-23, a kill by Kelsi Hobbs gave Samford the 25-23 set win and the 3-1 match victory.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Kelsi Hobbs led Samford with 17 kills.
Grace Tiesman had 15 kills and 10 digs.
Lauren Deaton had 12 kills and 13 digs.
Emily Naubert also had 13 digs.
Corinne Meglic had 40 assists in the win.

NEXT UP
The Southern Conference Tournament will be held Friday through Sunday at Wofford's Richardson Indoor Stadium. Samford will be the No. 1 seed in the tournament. The pairings will be announced later tonight.