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Marshall Volleyball Wins Conference Home Opener Against Tulsa, 3-1
9/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 23, 2007
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University senior outside hitter Kelly-Anne Billingy tallied a match-high 28 kills and head coach Mitch Jacobs earned his 300th career victory to help lift the Herd to a 3-1 (30-26, 30-26, 31-33, 30-20) victory over Tulsa in Sunday afternoon's Conference USA volleyball match at the Cam Henderson Center.
With the win,
"The win feels great," Jacobs said of the historic win. "It says that I've been coaching a long time and that I have been somewhat successful. It is great to share some things with your teams, and we've had some great teams here at
Leading 2-1 in the match, the Herd built a 22-14 lead and scored eight of the next 14 points to seal the match.
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In game two,
In the third frame, the teams fought to 12 ties and six lead changes before being tied at 31-31. From there, the Herd suffered two attacking errors and dropped the 33-31 decision.
Cahill finished the match with 15 kills while Ndubisi added 12 in the win for the Herd. Senior libero Maggie Arias tallied 15 digs in the match, while freshman setter Elizabeth Fleming handed out 56 helpers in the match.
The returns to C-USA action on Friday, Sept. 28 when it travels to face
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