SC State Women’s Volleyball Drops Season opener to Xavier

Sr., E. Paige Webb recored seven kills with 11 digs in the 2012 season-opener

Box Score

Clemson, S.C.-- SC State fell to Xavier, 3-0, (18-25, 21-25, 11-25), in its 2012 women's volleyball season opener. The match was the Lady Bulldogs first of three matches of the Big Orange Bash hosted by Clemson University. The tournament, which concludes tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 25), is being contested at the Jervey Gymnasium on the campus of Clemson University.

SC State began aggressive scoring the first six-of-nine points of the match. Xavier quickly put their offense to work going on a mini 3-0 run to tie the game at six. The teams then began to exchange points with neither team taking more than a two point lead over the next 12 rotations. Xavier managed to take four point lead at 22-18 before going on to capture the first set, 25-18.

The second set belonged to Xavier early as they jumped out to a 5-2 lead early. The Musketeer's would increase their lead to 17-11 to force SC State into its first timeout of the set. Xavier increased its lead to 23-17 before the Lady Bulldogs put together its offensive run. SC State went on a 4-3 run but to pull within four but get over the hump as they dropped game two 25-21.

Xavier once again picked up its aggression out of the 10 minute intermission, jumping out to a 10-3 lead. The Lady Bulldogs could not find any offense in the set as they would go down by as much as five points (15-5) before dropping Set Three 25-11 and the match 3-0.

E. Paige Webb recorded seven kills to lead the Lady Bulldogs offensively. Dorian Corbett picked up a team high 15 digs in the match. Maya Bell contributed six kills and nine digs while Melanie Williams put up 16 set assists in her collegiate debut. Webb also picked up 11 digs for SC State who fell to 0-1.

Alex Smith and Sarah Brown led Xavier with 11 and 10 kills respectively. The Musketeer's had three players to record double-digit digs as Stephanie Vorherr had a game-high 17 and Aubree Smith picked up 11 as Xavier improved to 1-0.

The Lady Bulldogs will face host Clemson tomorrow at 12 noon before closing out the tournament versus Coastal Carolina at 4 p.m. The match with Clemson will be streamed live via TigerCast at Clemsontigers.com.

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