PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Florida Volleyball team advanced to the 2019 GSC Championship Match against West Georgia tomorrow at 1:00 PM CT at the UWF Field House. This afternoon, the Argos defeated Union in three sets, 35-33, 25-15, 25-16. 

UWF came out to play, but so did Union. The first set was an outstanding display of perseverance and just plain good volleyball. In the set, there were 24 tie scores and 11 lead changes. The two teams went back and forth eventually ending with a service ace by Junior Ashton Marshall to put the set away 35-33. The Argos then stepped it up and put away the next two sets keeping UU under 20 points.

Senior Jordyn Poppen lead the offense with 19 kills followed by Veresia Yon with 15 kills on 24 attacks and no errors hitting .625 overall. Senior Ebony Powers lead the team in digs with 21, but also was dominant on the net with 11 kills on 25 attacks, one error hitting .400. 

Sophomore setter Taylor Vaneekeren played all the way around in the majority of the match racking up 43 assists, nine digs, and two blocks with one jaw dropping solo block. Phoebe Hozeska lead the team in blocks with six on the match followed by Yon and Powers each with four blocks. The Argos out-blocked the Bulldogs 11-7 and earned three aces while UU had one ace. 

With their win, the Argos will continue onto the 2019 GSC Championship Match. This will be UWF's 11th championship match appearance and they have won eight of those 11 matches for the GSC Championship Title.

Last year, the Argos faced West Alabama in the final match in a five set battle. The Argos won their eighth GSC Championship Title last year. UWG has been to the GSC championship match two times in their history and won a single GSC Championship title in 2007.

West Georgia reached the title match with a win over the second seed Alabama Huntsville. UWG took down the Chargers, 25-22, 25-18, 25-18, 25-20. The bracket can be found online on the 2019 GSC Volleyball Championship page on the GSC website.

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