Box Score Oct. 27, 2017 Final Stats
CONWAY - The Coastal Carolina volleyball team won its penultimate home match of the season in three sets (25-22, 25-22, 25-22) over Troy Friday night at the HTC Center.
Coastal's seventh straight victory improves the Chants to 13-7, 10-1, while Troy drops to 9-17, 3-8. Friday's three-set sweep was the fifth of the season for Coastal.
Coastal closed the match hitting .213 to Troy's .109, while also holding advantages in kills (37-32), blocks (11-6) and digs (38-35).
Leah Hardeman led all players with 11 kills, and added nine digs. Kinga Windisch put down eight kills on 17 attempts with a single error to lead the match in hitting at .412. Windisch also led Coastal's blockers with five, including three assists and a pair of solo efforts.
Sydney Alvis tallied 12 of Coastal's 38 digs, and Sara Boothe dished out a match-high 22 assists.
The Chants began the match hitting .379 in the first set, their highest hitting percentage of the match. Coastal battled through six ties and three lead changes, and didn't take the lead for good until a Troy error put the Chants in front, 20-19. Three CCU kills and two Trojan errors provided the final points needed for Coastal to take a 1-0 match lead.
Coastal led for the entirety of the middle frame, but was never comfortably in front as Troy kept the margin to within five points throughout. Each team put down 11 kills in the set, but Coastal was buoyed by three blocks and a pair of service aces. Lulic accounted for two of the blocks, while Hardeman and Kyla Manning provided the aces.
The final frame saw Coastal rally from a slight deficit after Troy had taken a 17-14 lead, its largest advantage of the match. Following a CCU timeout the Chants took four of the next five points, all on kills, to even the set at 18 points each and force Troy into a timeout. Coastal's momentum carried through the break as the Chants grabbed the following two points on a Windisch ace and Troy error to claim the match's final lead.
Coastal returns to the HTC Center for the final time this season on Sunday to host South Alabama for a 12:30 p.m. match. Prior to opening serve, the five members of Coastal's senior class will be honored.
