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Resilient Bearcats Come From Behind for 3-1 Win over Charleston Southern

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CINCINNATI - After falling behind 1-0, the University of Cincinnati volleyball team won three straight sets to beat Charleston Southern 3-1 (23-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-23) on Friday night from Fifth Third Arena. The match was the first of three for the Bearcats in the UC Invitational.

The Bearcats responded from the first game with a 25-12 pounding of the Buccaneers in the second.
A solo block by senior Me'Ashah Nicholson (Shiloh, Ill./Belleville Althoff) served as the final point for the Bearcats in the fourth.

// Notables

  • With the win, Cincinnati improves to 7-3 on the season while Charleston Southern falls to 5-8.
  • The Bearcats have now won five straight matches spanning three separate weekends. It is the longest win streak for Cincinnati since winning 12 consecutive matches in 2011.
  • Nicholson closed her strong performance with nine kills and eight blocks, the latter being a season high for any Bearcats player.
  • Redshirt junior Caitlin Ogletree (Montgomery, Texas/Montgomery) recorded a career-high 43 assists and a career-high five service aces to lead the Bearcats.
  • Cincinnati recorded nine service aces, a season high for the team.
  • Junior Emma Roberson (Brooks, Ky./Evansville) recorded 14 kills and has produced double-digit kills in four consecutive matches.
  • Junior Morgan Allred (Carrolton, Texas/Hebron) notched a team-high 17 kills and has produced double-digit kills in three consecutive matches.
  • Senior Jamie Netisingha (Westmont, Ill./Hinsdale Central) had 20 digs. She has recorded double-digit digs in every match this season for the Bearcats.

// Set Breakdown
Set 1: CSU 25, UC 23

  • Ogletree started off the match with a service ace to put UC ahead 1-0.
  • Head Coach Molly Alvey called a timeout after the Buccaneers jumped out to an 8-4 lead following three straight points on two kills and a UC attacking error.
  • The Bearcats climbed to within 20-18 with back-to-back kills by Allred.
  • Cincinnati fought off two set points for Charleston Southern before finally falling 25-23.

Set 2: UC 25, CSU 12

  • Allred tallied three kills to lead her team to an early 9-5 lead.
  • The Bearcats' lead expanded to 17-7 after a four-point run with two kills by sophomore Ciara Hill (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) and two CSU errors.
  • The Bearcats closed their dominant game with a kill by Roberson to win 25-12.
  • Hill had five kills in the set while Allred added four.
  • Ogletree dished out 10 assists in the game.

Set 3: UC 25, CSU 18

  • Two forceful kills by Roberson and a block by Hill and Nicholson gave the Bearcats a 6-2 lead early in the game.
  • Ogletree rocketed her third service ace of the match to put her team ahead 12-9. A kill by Roberson extended to lead to 13-9 before the Buccaneers called a timeout.
  • The Buccaneers scored three straight points to pull within 20-17 but the Bearcats scored five of the next six points to win 25-18 and go ahead 2-1 in the match.

Set 4: UC 25, CSU 23

  • The Bearcats raced to a 3-0 lead but CSU worked to tie the score at 5-5 and took a 7-6 lead on a UC attacking error, forcing Alvey into her first timeout of the game.
  • Kills by Nicholson and freshman Cortnee Bowser (Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt) re-tied the score at 12-12 and back-to-back service aces by Netisingha gave the Bearcats a 14-12 advantage.
  • The score was tied at 22-22 when a block by Nicholson and Hill and a kill by Hill gave the Bearcats match point at 24-22.
  • A point later, Nicholson ended the match with an emphatic solo block to give UC the win.

// Up Next
The Bearcats continue the UC Invitational with two matches on Saturday, Sept. 20. Cincinnati will face Central Michigan at 11:30 a.m., and will play Tennessee State at 7 p.m., both from Fifth Third Arena.

// Follow the Bearcats
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// Ticket Information
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