GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Coastal Carolina volleyball team defeated East Tennessee State in a back-and-forth, five-set match Saturday afternoon to close out the Coastal Carolina Classic at UNC Greensboro's Fleming Gym. The Chanticleers won all three of their matches throughout the weekend to be crowned tournament champions and have now won each of their first two tournaments to start the season.
 
The Chants' remain undefeated this year at 6-0, tying the program record for best start to a season set by the 1996 team. Coastal's opening set win on Saturday also extended a program record of 16 straight sets won to begin a season.
 
Coastal's Brigitta Petrenko, Anett Nemeth and Kyla Manning were voted to the CCU Classic All-Tournament Team.
 
Petrenko averaged a tournament-high 9.00 assists per set and recorded six aces. The freshman setter has now received consecutive all-tournament honors after being voted to the Cavalier Classic All-Tournament team last weekend.
 
Nemeth led Coastal with 3.64 kills per set, 85 total attacks and nine aces. The sophomore opposite also hit a combined .329 over the three matches and finished second for Coastal in total blocks with 14.
 
Manning averaged 2.30 kills per set while hitting .255, landed seven aces and averaged over a dig per set.
 
Coastal and ETSU exchanged set victories – 25-18, 22-25, 25-15, 23-25 – before the Chants won the deciding game in extra points, 17-15.
 
A 9-2 run in the final set gave the Chants an 11-7 lead, but ETSU responded by winning five of the next six points toe even the score at 12-12. ETSU reached match point first, but the Chants won the next two points on an ETSU error and Mariia Levanova kill. The set was tied one final time at 15-15 before Nemeth landed her 23rd kill of the match, and Ani Bozdeva assisted on a block with Christina Nance to give Coastal the win.
 
Nemeth's 23 kills led the match, as did her nine blocks. The sophomore also hit at a team-best .348 rate and recorded seven digs. Manning tallied 12 kills while hitting .320, and led Coastal with four aces.
 
Petrenko recorded a 49-assist, 11-dig double-double, both of which are career highs for the freshman. She also landed three service aces.
 
The match featured plenty of blocking, and Coastal finished with a 20-18 advantage at the net. Along with Nemeth's nine blocks, Christina Nance had four and Ilse Sinnige three.
 
Coastal hit .262 as a team for the match, including an impressive .450 in the final set.
 
The Chants return to action next weekend at the Towson Invitational. The tournament begins with a pair of matches on Friday, Sept. 13 against Albany and Towson, and concludes on Saturday with an 11 a.m. match against Youngstown State.