Final Stats

MIAMI, Fla. - The Coastal Carolina volleyball team recorded a 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-11) victory over Miami (Fla.) Saturday evening to complete its three-match sweep of the Florida International/Miami Invitational.

It is the second straight year during the Jozsef Forman era that the Chanticleers (3-0) are crowned champions of their season-opening tournament.

Junior outside hitter Leah Hardeman led the Chants with 12 kills at a .276 clip with four digs and a block. Senior outside hitter Natasa Savovic recorded a team-leading nine digs and seven kills.

Senior middle blocker Annayka Legros paced the Chants hitting .700 with eight kills and six total blocks.

Coastal took the first point in the opening set and used a 6-0 run on the serve of Savovic to take a commanding 11-4 lead. Miami never got within four points of the Chants for the remainder of the set as Hardeman tallied six kills and Legros three blocks to lead CCU to a 25-16 set win.

Miami evened the second set several times, including a mid-round 16-16 tie, but Coastal strung together a 7-3 run to put itself in front 23-19 before closing out the game 25-21

The Hurricanes kept pace with Coastal in the early going of the final set before, with the game tied 5-5, the Chants went on a 15-3 run to build an insurmountable 20-8 lead. Hardeman and Legros accounted for four and three kills, respectively, in the final set, while Kate Federico put down two aces and tallied three digs.

The Chants return to action next weekend for the Notre Dame Invitational, beginning with a 7 p.m. match against the host Fighting Irish on Friday.