VALDOSTA, Ga. – The University of Montevallo volleyball team fell to Valdosta State on Friday, Nov. 1.
 
Match Information

Score: Montevallo 0, Valdosta State (3) (27-29, 20-25, 20-25)
Records: Montevallo 9-16 (6-9 GSC) | Valdosta State 16-9 (10-5 GSC)
Location: The Complex (Valdosta, Georgia)
 
GAME NOTES

• Nikol Antova led the Falcons with 16 kills on a .303 hitting percentage. Antova added seven digs.
• Katie Wilkerson had a career-high nine kills.
• With 22 assists against VSU, Blakeley Robbins now has 20 or more assists inf ive matches this season.
• Ava Wind led Montevallo with 16 digs.
• The Falcons had their highest hitting percentage of the season at .292.
• Montevallo did not record a block in the match.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Set 1

• Tied at 6-6, the Blazers went on a 7-2 run with two kills, two aces and three Falcon errors.
• Out of a timeout, UM went on a 6-1 run started by a kill from Claire Hayes, three kills from Nikol Antova and a dump off kill by Blakeley Robbins to tie the set at 14-14.
• Valdosta State killed the rally with three straight points.
• While down 18-22, Montevallo came back by winning the next four consecutive points including a kill from Claire Hayes and Aliyah Thompson.
• Both teams exchanged points till 25-24 when the Falcons took the lead off a Blazer attack error.
• Valdosta swung the next two points their way with a service error by UM and an ace.
• Tied 27-27, VSU won the set off a UM service error and an ace.
• The Falcons had 18 kills and a higher hitting percentage despite losing the set.

 
Set 2

• UM opened the second set with kills from Katie Wilkerson and Claire Hayes. Both assisted by Robbins.
• Montevallo went on a 5-0 run including kills by Aliyah Thompson, Danielle Greene and Brooklyn Hudson. Colton Thompson contributed an ace in the run.
• Kills by Greene and Wilkerson forced a VSU timeout. Montevallo was staked to a 12-6 lead.
• After kills by Hudson and Wilkerson, Valdosta State went on an 11-2 run to take the lead.
• The Blazers closed out UM and completed the comeback with a 6-3 run.
• For the second consecutive set, UM had more kills and a higher hitting percentage than VSU.

 
Set 3

• Montevallo took the early lead in the set with after an attack error by VSU and a Katie Wilkerson kill set up by Blakeley Robbins.
• VSU took the lead back with a 4-1 run.
• The Falcons tied the set with kills by Wilkerson and Hudson, an ace by Ava Wind tied the set at 12-12.
• At 14-14, the Blazers took a 6-1 run with three kills, an ace and two Falcon miscues.
• Montevallo stayed alive with two kills by Nikol Antova and two errors on VSU.
• VSU ended the set on a 4-1 run.

 
UP NEXT
The Falcons will be in action on Saturday, Nov. 2 as they take on the West Florida Argonauts at 1:00 p.m. CT.