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GREENVILLE, N.C. - The University of Cincinnati volleyball team went on the road and swept the Pirates of ECU 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) on Sunday afternoon. Three Bearcats players recorded double-digit kills while Freshman Jade Tingelhoff (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South) notched her 13th-career double-double with 43 assists and 12 digs in the three-set match.
// NOTABLES
- With the victory, Cincinnati improves to 17-10 on the year and 9-7 in the American Athletic Conference while ECU falls to 11-16 and 4-12.
- Tingelhoff had 43 helpers and 12 digs for her 13th-career double-double. She currently ranks fifth on the All-Time Freshman Assists list with 835 and needs 362 more to pass Caylin Mahoney (2011) for fourth on the list.
- Freshman Abby Williams (Loveland, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) notched 19 digs and has recorded double-digit digs in all but one match this season. She moves into third place on the All-Time Freshman Digs list with 448 in her first season at UC. Melissa Zenz set the freshman record with 627 digs in 2005.
- Freshman Carly Nolan (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake South) finished with a match-high 17 kills, six digs and three blocks. She is one kill away from cracking the top-10 in All-Time Freshman kills. She currently has 321 kills while Becky Stahl owns the record with 467 kills in 2001.
- Freshman Jordan Thompson (Edina, Minn./Edina) finished with 16 kills and has hit double-digit kills in 22 matches this season. She currently has 390 kills on the season, good for sixth on the All-Time Freshman kills list, and needs just seven more to pass Becky Tenkman (1995) for fifth place.
- Senior Morgan Allred (Carrolton, Texas/Hebron) finished with a season-high 10 kills and added three blocks to the Bearcats' effort.
- The Bearcats hit .300 for the match and have hit at least .300 five times this season. UC managed a .308 attacking percentage in the first match against the Pirates on Sept. 25 at Fifth Third Arena.
// ALVEY'S ADDITIONS
"I am very proud of our team" said head coach Molly Alvey. "This week of travel is so difficult and our players stepped up to the challenge today. Jordan Thompson and Carly Nolan had great offensive matches and Morgan Allred played a huge role for the team today with some big swings and some big digs. Lindsey Dinkelacker had some clutch digs at key moments in the match as well. Today was a team effort and again, I am very proud of the team today. ECU has been playing well and we executed our game play well."
// SET BREAKDOWN
Set 1: UC 25, ECU 18
- The Bearcats went from down 5-6 to ahead 9-6 with a four-point scoring run that included kills by Nolan and junior Lise Alaiwan (Villeneuve Loubet, France/Kedge Business School), a block by Alaiwan and Tingelhoff and a service ace from junior Lindsey Dinkelackey (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Louis).
- UC broke the game open with a six point run to grab a 17-11 lead. Thompson registered two kills and a block for UC during the run while redshirt junior Alison Kimmel (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) added a service ace to keep the rally alive.
- Back-to-back kills by Thompson and Nolan ended the game with a 25-18 UC victory.
Set 2: UC 25, ECU 22
- The Pirates scored the first two points of the game, but the Bearcats responded with a four-point rally, including two blocks from Allred and Alaiwan, to go ahead 6-3.
- Thompson hit consecutive kills to take a 16-12 lead and force an ECU timeout. Out of the break, Alaiwan slammed a kill to increase the UC advantage to 17-12.
- Three straight ECU points allowed the Pirates to get within 23-22, but a kill by Allred gave UC set point and a Williams service ace won the game for the Bearcats, 25-22.
Set 3: UC 25, ECU 18
- Two ECU kills and a UC attacking error gave the Pirates a slight 8-5 lead, but kills by Nolan and sophomore Cortnee Bowser (Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt), an ECU error and an Alaiwan ace sent the Bearcats right back into the lead at 9-8.
- The score remained close until a four-point Cincinnati scoring run, including kills by Nolan and Bowser, broke open a 21-16 UC lead.
- On UC's first match point opportunity, Thompson hit her 16th kill of the day to give UC a 25-18 win in set No. 3 and a 3-0 match victory.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati heads to the Sunshine State for its final road trip of the season on Nov. 20 and 22. First the Bearcats will visit USF in Tampa at 7 p.m. on Friday before traveling to Orlando to match up with UCF at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
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