2012 Carson-Newman Volleyball News
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head volleyball coach Shannon Mincey has announced seven volleyball camps and clinics throughout the month of July geared toward players from elementary school through high school.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head volleyball coach Shannon Mincey has added a middle blocker and a defensive specialist to the Eagles’ 2013 signing class.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman volleyball coach Shannon Mincey has announced the hiring of former Eagle middle hittler Sabina Papala as a graduate assistant coach. “I look forward to working alongside Sabina,” Mincey said. “Her personality is enjoyable to work with and she is a hard worker. Her life experience will be an asset to us coming from Poland and playing for so many schools.”
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head volleyball coach Shannon Mincey announced the signing of two players during the early signing period. The Eagles bring 5-9 right-side hitter Jessica Sokol and 5-9 libero Taylor Lowe into the fold for 2013.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (11-16, 5-13 SAC) won the first set over Wingate (26-2, 16-2 SAC) 25-23, but the Bulldogs stormed back to capture the next three, picking up a four-set victory over the Eagles (23-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-13). Carson-Newman needed a victory over the conference leading Bulldogs to secure a spot in the SAC tournament.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (11-15, 5-12 SAC) and Catawba (13-12, 9-8 SAC) were tied nine times in the fifth set, but a three point service run by the Indians’ Kaitlyn Whitmir broke that ninth tie and propelled Catawba to a 15-13 win in the fifth set and 3-2 win in the match (28-18, 23-25, 15-25, 25-15, 15-13).
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (11-14, 5-11 SAC) found itself down 13-10 in the fifth set against Lincoln Memorial (19-11, 10-5 SAC) Tuesday night at Holt Fieldhouse, but Kiayna O’Neal (Katy, Texas) went on a four-point service run to help propel the to a come-from-behind five-set victory (19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 30-28, 20-18).
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman senior libero Angelle Hayes (Brentwood, Tenn.) netted the first SAC player of the week for a C-N volleyball athlete this season. Hayes collected 57 digs across the Eagles three matches, averaging 4.75 digs per set.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (10-13, 4-10 SAC) will try to string together consecutive match victories as it makes a bid for the final spot in the SAC tournament. The Eagles sit a half game in front of Anderson heading into Saturday afternoon’s match with Lenoir-Rhyne (16-8, 8-5 SAC).
HICKORY, N.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne (17-, 9-6 SAC) used a stingy defense to hold Carson-Newman (10-14, 4-11 SAC) to a .033 attack percentage in a 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-22, 25-14) of the Eagles at Shuford Gymnasium. Kiayna O’Neal (Katy, Texas) and Sabina Papala (Laziska Gorne, Poland) each produced a team high nine kills.
BREVARD, N.C. – Carson-Newman (10-13, 4-10 SAC) got a career high 14 kills from Emily Schultz (Atlanta, Ga.) as the Eagles battled back and forth with Brevard (10-15, 1-13 SAC) to come out on top in five sets (20-25, 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13) Thursday night at Boshamer Gym. It’s the second five-set match in a row the Eagles have won after losing their first five, five-setters.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (9-12, 3-9 SAC) celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its Dig Pink match Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Holt Fieldhouse versus Tusculum (16-10, 10-4 SAC). The Eagles will wear pink uniforms and proceeds from the night will go toward finding a cure for cancer.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Tusculum Pioneers (17-6, 11-4 SAC) used a balanced attack and a solid back row defense to take out Carson-Newman (10-13, 3-10 SAC) in four sets (25-19, 22-25, 25-17, 25-14) Tuesday night at Holt Fieldhouse. The match was a meeting of the top two liberos in the South Atlantic Conference in Carson-Newman’s Angelle Hayes (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Tusculum’s Caitlyn Dean.
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MARS HILL, N.C. – Carson-Newman (9-12, 3-9 SAC) used a balanced attack and solid play from its back line of defenders to stop a five-game losing streak with a five-set (17-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13) victory over Mars Hill (12-10, 5-7 SAC). The win was the first for Carson-Newman in a five-set match in 2012.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Anderson (11-12, 4-9 SAC) used a strong attack to take a three-set (25-20, 25-14, 25-19) victory over Carson-Newman (8-12, 2-9 SAC) Saturday afternoon at Holt Fieldhouse. The Trojans Shannon Gillespie was the only attacker for either team with more than 10 kills, notching 15 for AU. Gillespie finished with a .361 attack percentage.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (8-10, 2-7 SAC) volleyball turns the page to the second half of its South Atlantic Conference Schedule with a pair of weekend contests against Newberry (12-10, 6-5 SAC) Friday and Anderson (10-11, 3-8) Saturday.
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