Final Stats

CONWAY - The Coastal Carolina volleyball team won its penultimate regular season match Friday evening with a three-set sweep of Troy at the HTC Center.

The 25-18, 25-7, 25-12 decision marks the 13th consecutive win for the Chanticleers (23-4, 14-1), with each of the last seven ending in straight sets.

Though Friday's win had no effect on Coastal's standing in the Sun Belt East Division -- having already clinched the division title last week -- the Chants will enter their first Sun Belt tournament as the second seed after Arkansas State clinched the top spot with a win Friday night over Little Rock.

A-State is the only Sun Belt team to defeat Coastal this season, winning a close five-set match in the teams' lone meeting on Sept. 25.

Troy, meanwhile, drops to 3-12, 9-23 and remains outside of the picture for the Sun Belt tournament.

Friday's win was a convincing one for the Chants as Troy managed just four leads during the match, none of which were larger than a single point.

CCU closed the match hitting .472 to Troy's .021, while posting significant advantages in kills (38-23), digs (37-27) and blocks (7-0).

Natasa Savovic's 11 kills led the match, followed by the nine apiece from Leah Hardeman and Annayka Legros. All three players finished with hitting percentages over .450.

Sara Boothe and Kate Federico combined for 35 assists, with the former dishing out 19 and the latter 13. CCU had two players with double-figure digs as Carla Cahill led the match with 12 and Hardeman tallied 11.

Legros was her usual dominant self at the net as she recorded four blocks, two of which were solo efforts.

The opening set was the closest of the match, with Coastal pulling away for its largest lead at the very end. The Chants enjoyed a modest cushion for the majority of the set, but a kill by Hardeman that gave Coastal a 16-14 advantage sparked a 6-1 run that put CCU in firm control of the game.

The second set was never in doubt as Coastal staked an early 9-3 lead before winning six straight points, and later seven straight points, to pull away for a dominant 18-point set win.

The Chants finished off the match with a .600 hitting percentage in the final set while receiving four kills apiece from Savovic and Legros. A pair of CCU blocks and six digs from Cahill helped the Chanticleer defense limit Troy's hitting to .000 in the game.

The Chanticleers return to the court on Sunday to close out the regular season against South Alabama at the HTC Center. Prior to Sunday's game the team will recognize the three members of its senior class; Savovic, Legros and Tahleia Bishop.