Volleyball Drops 3-1 Decision At Mercer - Samford University Athletics

Monday, February 1

Macon, Ga.

5 PM (CT)

Samford University

1-1,1-1SoCon

Mercer

2-5,2-2SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Samford	23	25	20	19	1
Mercer	25	20	25	25	3

Box Score (PDF)

Photo by: Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports

2.1.21 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

MACON, Ga. – The Samford volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 20-25, 19-25) decision at Mercer Monday evening at Hawkins Arena.

With the loss, Samford falls to 1-1, all in SoCon play. Mercer improves to 2-5 overall and 1-1 in league play.

MERCER 3, SAMFORD 1

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Lauren Deaton led Samford with 24 kills and 11 digs.
Corinne Meglic had 37 assists and 10 digs.
Emily Naubert also had 10 digs for Samford.
Mercer was led by Rayann De Oliveira with 10 kills.

KEY MOMENTS

In the first set, Mercer jumped out to an early 4-1 lead.
Samford answered with a 7-1 run to take an 8-5 lead on an ace by Deaton.
With Samford leading, 15-12, Mercer came back to tie the score at 16-16.
Mercer fought back to take a 20-18 advantage.
Samford came back to knot the score at 23-23, but Mercer scored the next two points to take the first set, 25-23.
The score was tight throughout the first half of the second set.
Samford held a 15-13 advantage at the set break.
After the break, Samford built its lead to 20-15 after a kill by Deaton.
With Samford leading, 24-20, a Mercer service error gave the Bulldogs the 25-20 set win, knotting the match at 1-1.
In the third set, Samford jumped out to a 7-3 lead.
Mercer fought back to take a 12-11 lead.
The Bears pushed their lead to 19-14.
With Samford trailing, 24-20, Mercer closed out the set with a 25-20 win to take the set and a 2-1 lead in the match.
Mercer opened the fourth set with a 7-2 lead.
Samford fought back to cut the lead to three at 11-8.
Mercer pushed the lead out to six points at 20-14.
Samford cut the lead to four at 23-19, but Mercer scored the next two points to take the set, 25-19, and the match, 3-1.