Herd Volleyball Sweeps Panthers on Friday

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University volleyball team (7-9, 1-3 Sun Belt) swept the Georgia State Panthers (5-11, 1-3 Sun Belt), 3-0, (25-20, 25-23, 25-16) in its final match of the week on Friday in the Cam Henderson Center.

"Last night we tried to just lean on Macy (McElahney) and we tend to do that. We find one hitter we try to go after and put a lot of pressure on them," Herd volleyball head coach Ari Aganus said. "Before the chat, we today we told Macy 'focus on you and let's go with defense today.' I think because of that it gave everyone some freedom. She was outstanding defensively today. You lose a couple of games, you lose some confidence and I think the comeback was unbelievable."

Junior Regan Tinkle led the way with a match-high 11 kills on 22 attacks with just three errors for a .364 hitting percentage.

Sophomore Brynn Brown collected 21 assists on 36 sets in the contest as graduate student Kayla Malec blocked four Georgia State attacks.

Graduate student Macy McElhaney recorded a match-high 13 digs as fifth-year senior Kaitlyn Gehler followed with 11.

With the score tied 4-4 in the opening set, the Herd took a 7-4 lead off a kill by Tinkle along with a kill and service ace by freshman Bella Thompson. Marshall then jumped out to its largest lead, 16-10, with an another Tinkle kill and a kill by redshirt junior Olivia Fogo. Despite the Panthers coming back to tie the set 18-18, MU didn't falter as it took seven of the final nine points in the frame with Tinkle's fourth kill of the set ending it 25-20. The Herd did not trail in the set.

The Herd trailed 9-7 in the middle of the second set. However, a pair of kills by Montague and a Macy McElhaney service ace put the home side on top 10-9, as it didn't trail the rest of the way. MU held a 19-13 advantage, but Georgia State rallied back to pull within one, 24-23, although a Panther attacking error secured the set for the Herd, 25-23.

MU took the third set wire-to-wire. It quickly jumped out to a 6-1 lead before Georgia State called a timeout. Marshall took advantage of nine Panther errors in the set as it cruised to a 25-16 victory in the final frame to seal a sweep. Fogo captured the final point of the match on a kill.

UP NEXT
Marshall travels to Troy for a pair of contests on Thursday and Friday. Both matches are scheduled for 7 p.m. EST/6 p.m. CST starts and will be broadcast on ESPN+.

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Team Stats

Regan Tinkle

Megan Taylor

Lydia Montague

Olivia Fogo

Players Mentioned

Brynn Brown

Olivia Fogo

Kaitlyn Gehler

Kayla Malec

Macy McElhaney

Bella Thompson

Regan Tinkle

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