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Game Result
South Carolina 3 , Houston Baptist 1
Houston, TX
The Gamecocks finished off the Rice Invitational winning two of three matches, closing things out with a win over Houston Baptist. Carolina took three of four sets and Mikayla Shields and Aubrey Ezell were named to the all-tournament team. Ezell's three aces moved her up to a tie for fifth all-time at USC.

Set one was dominated by Carolina, as a six point run with the game tied at 5-5 set the tone. A kill by Brittany McLean got the run started, with five strong serves from Courtney Koehler leading to four attack errors from the Huskies. A kill by Shields at 14-8 kicked off a four point run that also featured a kill by Jess Vastine and two services aces by Shields to put the set away. USC would win the set 25-14.

Things started well in the second set as Carolina got out to a 4-1 lead behind a service ace from Ezell and a kill by Claire Edwards, with the score 14-12 in USC's favor, HBU suddenly went on a seven point run that would lead to a set win for them. Set three saw the Gamecocks retake control of the match. USC had a 5-1 lead early on thanks to a pair of kills by Shields and would hang on from there for a 25-22 set win. Carolina claimed the match with a strong fourth set. It was close at 7-5, but a kill by Edwards started a four point run that pushed the Gamecock lead to 11-5. Another four point run featuring three kills by Brittany McLean all but put the match away, and a final kill by Aubrey Ezell made it a 25-18 set win and a match victory.
USC Stats
AttackSet Serve Block Def Rec
PlayerSPKETAPctAESASEBSBABEDIGBHEREPts
Mikayla Shields 4 15 3 28 0.429 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 18.0
Brittany McLean 4 13 7 34 0.176 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Mikayla Robinson 4 9 3 15 0.400 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 12.5
Claire Edwards 4 8 3 18 0.278 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 11.5
Jess Vastine 4 6 3 24 0.125 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 0 2 8.5
Courtney Koehler 4 1 1 6 0.000 43 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 4.5
Aubrey Ezell 4 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 3 5 0 0 0 18 0 0 4.0
Jesse Turner 3 1 0 2 0.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.0
Addie Bryant 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 2 0.0
Courtney Furlong 1 0 1 4 -0.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Amari Wilson 1 0 1 2 -0.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Houston Baptist Stats
AttackSet Serve Block Def Rec
PlayerSPKETAPctAESASEBSBABEDIGBHEREPts
Kelly Colwell 4 12 4 36 0.222 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 8 0 1 15.5
Mikayla Vivens 4 8 7 28 0.036 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 2 8.5
Megan Patillo 4 5 1 12 0.333 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 8.5
Ashtyn Richey 4 6 6 19 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 7.5
Courtney Kankel 3 2 1 9 0.111 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4.5
Madison O'Brien 4 3 1 10 0.200 30 0 0 2 0 3 1 7 1 0 4.5
Camie Copeland 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 2 2.0
Ebonie Ballesteros 2 1 2 5 -0.200 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0
Kayla Davenport 1 1 1 3 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Makenna Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Hannah Lewis 4 0 0 1 0.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 4 0.0
CiCi Collins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.0
Morgan Dewyer 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0