HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The No. 19-ranked University of West Florida volleyball team swept Alabama Huntsville 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-18) on the road Friday night. West Florida (16-2, 9-0 GSC) wins its 12
th straight match and has only dropped two sets during its current winning streak. UWF has now won 20 consecutive matches against UAH dating back to October 25, 2003.
"Alabama Huntsville is a great team, they have a lot of weapons on offense and are very good defensively," head coach
Melissa Wolter said. "They caused us some trouble out of the gate but I was pleased that our players kept their composure. Overall it wasn't our best performance but I thought we played well at points in the match when we needed to."
West Florida will next face North Alabama on the road tomorrow at 2 p.m. in a battle of the top two teams in the GSC volleyball standings. UWF is currently a half a game ahead of UNA in the conference standings after North Alabama swept Valdosta State at home on Friday night.
Junior
Cora Bidlack (Randolph, N.J./Randolph HS) led the Argonauts offensively on the night with eight kills at an impressive .429 clip. Bidlack also added three blocks in the win.
Senior
Autumn Duyn (Venice, Fla./Venice HS) had an all-around performance on the night tallying eight kills, eight digs and four blocks. Sophomore
Rachel Neblett (Austin, Texas/Vista Ridge HS) and junior
Corisha Smith (Inwood, W.Va./Musselman HS) each added seven kills in the win.
Junior
Kathryn Torre (Highland, Ill./State College of Florida) had six kills at a .357 clip with four blocks on the night.
Junior
Tori Martella (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence HS) had a team-high 14 digs while freshman
Hannah Beach (Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain HS) had a career-high 36 assists in the win.
West Florida will next head to Florence, Alabama, to take on North Alabama on Saturday, October 10 at 2 p.m. CT.
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