Troy Volleyball Falls at Coastal Carolina

Friday, October 27

Conway, S.C.

5:30 P.M.

Troy University

9-17, 3-8SBC

Coastal Carolina

13-7, 10-1SBC

Troy

Coastal Carolina

10/27/2017 7:39:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Grace Bolin

CONWAY, South Carolina- Troy volleyball (9-17, 3-8 SBC) fell to last year's Sun Belt Champion Coastal Carolina (13-7, 10-1 SBC) 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-22) on Friday.

The Trojans came out strong in the first set taking an early 4-0 lead, but Coastal slowly crawled its way back and eventually came out on top 25-22 to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Troy held on to the lead until the Chanticleers tied things up a 17-17. Both teams battled back and forth, but Coastal broke away for an early match lead.

Set two was a game of runs for both teams as Coastal Carolina got the set started with a few early three-point runs, giving the Chanticleers a 9-4 lead in the second set. Troy made a run of its own to bring the score within two, but Coastal Carolina's offense continued to attack as they eventually closed out the set 25-21 with a kill from Leah Hardeman.

Both teams hit a match-low hitting percentage in the third set, but the Chanticleers pulled away with a scrappy 25-22 win to get the sweep over the Trojans. Troy took several leads in the set, but timely offensive plays from Coastal Carolina earned the Chanticleers their 10^th conference win of the season.

Cheyenne Hayes led the Trojan offense with eight kills and three service aces for 11.5 points. Bethany Cullity posted a team-high hitting percentage with a .364 with her 6 kills in 11 total attempts.

NOTEWORTHY

Troy was hot from the service line with seven aces in the match, the most since defeating Georgia State on September 30 (8). Hayes led with three aces, followed by Cullity with two.
With 14 assists tonight, senior Reina Terry now has 2,620 career assists to rank sixth all-time on the Troy record books.
The Trojans have struggled on the road and move to 1-9 in away matches.
Hayes now lead the Trojans (third in the conference in aces) with 29 aces.

UP NEXT
Troy will travel to Boone, N.C., for its final road match of the season against Appalachian State on Sunday, October 29 at 11:30 a.m., before returning home to close out the season with back-to-back conference series at the Trojan Arena.

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