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South Carolina 3 , Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
Columbia, SC
The Gamecock volleyball team opened up their 2018 season with a win over the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders. USC won all three sets, dominating the first one 25-12, then edging out the Islanders 25-23 and 25-21 in the final two sets. Junior Courtney Koehler had 27 assists to lead both teams in that category while junior Mikayla Shields and soph Jess Vastine tied for the lead in kills with ten. USC jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first set as Koehler, Shields and Mikayla Robinson all had kills, while Robinson and Brit McLean had key blocks. The lead would go to 8-1 before the Islanders would start to get their feet under them.

The two teams traded points through the second set until A&M ran off three unanswered to go up 14-8. Kills from McLean and Vastine pulled Carolina closer, but USC wouldn't grab a lead until a four point run to go up 20-19. Robinson had two kills in that run. USC would take the final three points of the set to win on a kill by Shields, a key block by Claire Edwards and Courtney Koehler and an attack error by the Islanders.

The third set saw a 6-6 tie become an 15-6 Gamecock lead, with two kills by Edwards kicking off the run. The Islanders would climb back into the game and actually tie it at 21, but a kill by Shields broke the tie and the two service aces from Aubrey Ezell finished the set off.
USC Stats
AttackSet Serve Block Def Rec
PlayerSPKETAPctAESASEBSBABEDIGBHEREPts
Mikayla Shields 3 10 2 17 0.471 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 12.0
Jess Vastine 3 10 4 19 0.316 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 11.5
Mikayla Robinson 3 8 3 14 0.357 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 9.5
Claire Edwards 3 7 1 15 0.400 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 8.5
Brittany McLean 3 4 3 17 0.059 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 7.0
Aubrey Ezell 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 4.0
Courtney Koehler 3 2 1 5 0.200 27 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 3.5
Emma Lock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Savannah Murray 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Addie Bryant 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Jesse Turner 1 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lauren Bowers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Stats
AttackSet Serve Block Def Rec
PlayerSPKETAPctAESASEBSBABEDIGBHEREPts
Rachel Young 3 7 1 11 0.545 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.5
Madison Green 3 6 5 17 0.059 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 8 0 1 7.5
Chloe Simon 3 5 6 15 -0.067 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6.0
Eloise VanVelthooven 3 6 2 17 0.235 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 6.0
Mackenzie Coates 3 2 0 4 0.500 20 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 5.5
Kayla Valigura 2 0 1 2 -0.500 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Liza Buzhanski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Kaylee Payne 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Jenna Krenk 3 0 0 1 0.000 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.0
Sam Dumity 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0