MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo volleyball team defeats the Union University Bulldogs in five sets to move to 5-4 in GSC play.
 
Match Information
 
Score: Montevallo (3), Union 2 (25-22, 21-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-11)
Records: Montevallo (7-12) | Union (3-17)
Location: Trustmark Arena (Montevallo, Ala.)
 
GAME NOTES

• Macy Martin led the Falcons with 15 kills on 46 attacks.
• Morgan Hoffman had 11 kills on a .435 hit percentage while adding eight total blocks and one assists.
• Colton Thompson had a monster game as she had season-high's in kills (8), assists (48), total blocks (5) and points (16.5).

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1

• The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 3-0 advantage but that was quickly erased as Union committed four consecutive attack errors followed by a kill from Morgan Hoffman as the Falcons took a 5-4.
• Tied 10 to 10, both teams exchanged two points as the Falcons got kills from Allie Dishman and Macy Martin.
• After a kill from Morgan Hoffman to tie the set up at 15-15, Union regained the lead after a kill from Marie Torosian.
• Montevallo went on a 4-0 run to take the lead back with multiple kills from Macy Martin and one from Morgan Hoffman and Kamble Frenette.
• Union respond with a four-point swing of their own to take a 20-19 advantage.
• After a kill from Frenette and a kill from the Bulldogs, the Falcons took the next four points on three kills from Allie Dishman.
• A kill from Macy Martin gave the Falcons the first set.
• Colton Thompson had 14 assists in the set.

 
Set 2

• Union took the second set while Montevallo had 14 kills compared to the Bulldogs 13.
• UU had a lower hit percentage in the second set (.163 to .171)
• Montevallo had seven errors while the Bulldogs had six.

 
Set 3

• Montevallo got the advantage early as they took the first five out of six points to take a 5-1 lead.
• After a Grace Petro ace, the Bulldogs fought back and took the lead at 8-7.
• Down 15-14 and after an error on Union, Colton Thompson continued her monster night with a kill and an ace to force a Bulldogs timeout.
• After timeout, Union took the next six out of seven points to go up 21-18.
• Montevallo battled back to make it 23-22 but two straight kills from the Bulldogs ended the set and gave Union a 2-1 lead in the match.

 
Set 4

• With kills from Frenette, Dishman, Martin, Hoffman and Colton Thompson, Montevallo took a 5-2 lead.
• The Falcons kept the lead by forcing errors on the Bulldogs to make it 10-5.
• After a service error by Union, the Bulldogs took three straight points to come within one of the Falcons.
• At 15-13 advantage Montevallo, UM took the next six points with five of which being errors on Union and a kill from Martin.
• The Falcons tied the match up at 2-2 and took the fourth set with an Allie Dishman kill to close it out.

 
Set 5

• Union took the first point of the set with a kill from Sydney Whittaker then Montevallo tied it up with a Kamble Frenette kill.
• Both teams took two points each to make it 3-3.
• Tied 6-6, Montevallo took the lead off a service error by Union and a kill from Brooklyn Hudson.
• The Falcons went up 11-8 highlighted by another kill from Hudson.
• UM extended the lead to 14-10 with kills from Martin and Hoffman.
• Montevallo won the set and the match off a service error on Union.

 
UP NEXT
The Falcons have a quick turnaround as they take on the Christian Brothers Buccaneers on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 2:00 p.m. inside the SAC in Montevallo.