SCORE
Georgia College 3, Montevallo 0 (25-20, 23-25, 25-17, 17-25, 13-15)
RECORDS
Montevallo (6-4 overall, 0-1 in Peach Belt Conference)
Georgia College (5-3 overall, 1-0 in Peach Belt Conference)
LOCATION
Centennial Center (Milledgeville, Georgia)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bobcats outlasted the Falcons 3-2 in a hard-fought, five-set battle that went down to the wire and could have gone either way in the Peach Belt Conference opener for both teams.
Montevallo overcame a 10-3 deficit in the opening set on its way to a 25-20 win over the Bobcats in the frame. The Falcons ended the set with a commanding 22-10 run, with sophomore Kristy Bohan recording five of her team-high 17 kills while leading Montevallo to victory in the set.
The second set remained a tight battle throughout, with the Bobcats' 22-16 lead midway through the set accounting for the largest lead by either team in the frame. Back-to-back kills by junior Chandler Cooper late in the frame helped the Falcons push the Bobcats to their limit before Georgia College escaped with a 25-23 win in the set.
Montevallo opened the third set with a 16-5 run on their way to a 25-17 win in the frame. The Bobcats went on a 4-0 run midway through the set to trim the Falcons' lead to 22-15 before Bohan contributed three kills down the stretch to end any hopes of a comeback by Georgia College in the frame.
The fourth set featured a 6-2 run by the Bobcats and a 5-2 run by the Falcons early in the frame, but Georgia College managed to capture the set with a 25-17 win to tie the match at 2-2. A 10-5 run late in the frame helped the Bobcats push the match to a fifth set.
Georgia College opened the fifth and final set with a 3-0 run, but the Falcons fought back from the early deficit and a kill by Bohan gave Montevallo a 5-4 advantage, its first lead in the frame. The Falcons took a 11-9 lead on a service ace by Bohan, but the Bobcats were clutch down the stretch as they ended the match with a 6-2 run to clinch a 15-13 win in the final set.
STAT OF THE MATCH
Montevallo posted a .517 attack percentage in its 25-17 win in the third set, marking the Falcons highest attack percentage in a set this season.
BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Senior Briana Marquez posted her third double-double of the season with a team-high 47 assists to go along with 11 digs.
Senior Rebekah Phelps finished one dig shy of her career high with a season-high 19 digs in the setback against the Bobcats.
With the loss, the Falcons fell to 5-2 in Peach Belt Conference openers since joining the conference prior to the 2009 season.
UP NEXT
Montevallo continues Peach Belt Conference play Saturday morning on the road at GRU Augusta in Augusta, Georgia. First serve is set for 12 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Central.
