MOUNT VERNON, Ga. - The Lady Barons Volleyball team continued their dominance to start the season with another road win against Claflin University. The Lady Barons won in three straight sets to take another win and start the year three and zero. The Lady Barons have started their season with their feet on the gas pedal and show no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Coach Obed Quiles shared his thoughts on the team's performance after the game: "We did a great job serving today and were able to take them out of system because of it. Offensively, we did a good job moving the ball. There will always be things we can work on offensively, but the team will learn and help each other as we get more comfortable. Now, we need to put this win behind us and focus on our next opponent."
First Set
The Lady Barons started the match against Claflin with a strong performance, winning the first set 25-8 and looking in control the entire time. The Lady Barons had a great 12 kills, with only one error in the first set. Claflin did their best, but their five kills and nine errors left them struggling to keep up with our Lady Barons.
Second Set
The Lady Barons allowed themselves to play more into Claflin's game, showing a much closer result in set two. Despite that, they still held on to win 25-22 and continued their winning ways. Sporting another 12 kills and five errors this set, they were enough to put them over Claflin's 11 kills and six errors. Claflin did everything possible to even up the sets and could not stop the Lady Barons.
Third Set
The Lady Barons could feel the end was near and showed poise and determination as they went about claiming another sweep. The third set went similar to the second set and saw a closer game on the scoreboard. The Lady Barons managed to break ahead and cruise to victory 25-19 on the backs of another impressive 12 kills, with seven errors. Claflin could not keep up as the Lady Barons forced them into making ten errors and only had four kills.
Stats
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The Lady Barons had 12 kills in each set.
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The Lady Barons finished with seven aces on the day.
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Claflin and the Barons each ended with two blocks apiece.
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The Barons had 33 assists, with an impressive 28 coming from Raphaela Felisberto
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Jordan Kinsley led the game with 24 of the Lady Baron's 58 digs on the night.
Next Up
The Lady Barons play at home tonight versus Savannah State University.
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