MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Thw AUM women's volleyball team ran into a very efficient Alabama Huntsville squad on Friday, falling to the Chargers 3-0 at the AUM Athletics Complex.
AUM (5-14, 2-8 Gulf South) was coming off a strong 5-set victory over Montevallo from the night before that snapped a lengthy losing streak.
The Warhawks played a very competitive opening set with the Chargers before falling by three. UAH (18-2, 9-1) won its fourth-consecutive following a loss to West Florida and improved to 6-0 away from home.
Greta Corrente led AUM with 10 kills and a .391 attack pct. The Orange and Black had seven blocks.
The players had double-digit kills, with Autumn Mayes producing 16 winners on .536 hitting.
Set 1
AUM scored the first five points and led for the opening half of the set before UAH tied it at 15. The Chargers grabbed their first lead four points later at 18-17. The teams traded side outs for the next eight points before Caroline Moyer got a kill off the top of the AUM block for a 22-20 lead. The Chargers had two service errors but got two blocks on their final three points for a 25-22 win.
Set 2
UAH raced out to a 7-1 lead and never looked back on its way to a 25-15 decision, hitting .484 with two blocks and 14 digs.
Set 3
The final set saw the Chargers hit .314 and hold the Warhawks to just five kills in a 25-16 win.
UP NEXT
As the first half of the GSC season concludes this weekend, AUM will begin the second matchups with the other 10 squads. That starts on Tuesday at Valdosta State. The match at The Complex in Valdosta, Georgia is slated to start at 6 p.m. Eastern Time.
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