Roberts led the team for the second straight game with 17 digs. More production from the newcomers: Dykes posted 30 assists, giving her 57 through two matches.Forster and Coffman both finished with six block assists, marking Forster’s career-high.Esposito had her best set thus far with five kills on ten attempts and no errors. The Bucs won the point every time the two were tied this set, but were able to finish the match on an attack error from NC State. ETSU jumped out to a 10-4 lead before the Wolfpack slowly started crawling back before eventually tying the match at 24. Set 3 (ETSU, 30-28): The longest set of the match, the Bucs needed everyone to contribute to seal the deal on this contest. 128 hitting percentage, and only 11 kills from the Bucs were enough this set to take a much-needed 2-0 lead. The Wolfpack led as many as six, but timely kills from Forster and Esposito brought the Bucs back into it. The Bucs used six blocks and only two attack errors to take the stanza from NC State. Set 2 (ETSU, 28-26): While the set result was the same, the second set was very similar to the first. Josannah Vazquez (Mansfield, Texas) paced the Bucs with six kills, including the team’s final three. 200, but five service errors and two block errors were the difference in this tight set. The first set was as back-and-forth as it could get, with 13 overall ties and only two lead changes. Set 1 (ETSU, 28-26): The blocking started early for the Bucs, posting five in the first set getting production from Coffman, Jenna Forster (Maryville, Tenn.), and Sara Esposito (Pianiga, Venezia, Italy). Vazquez posted her first double-double as a Buc with 11 kills and 12 digs. The match featured 22 ties and 13 blocks, highlighted by Lundyn Coffman (Nolensville, Tenn.) who contributed two solo blocks and six block assists.
The three-set contest lasted just under two hours, but it felt way longer on the court. The Bucs swept NC State in straight sets (28-26, 28-26, 30-28), but those sets were far from short. The last time the Bucs out-killed a team and lost was against Furman on Oct.The Bucs previously faced Iowa State once and West Virginia five times. This is the seventh time ETSU has played a Big-12 opponent, and their first against Texas Tech.111 hitting percentage was their lowest since their match against Mercer on March 21. Roberts and Dykes were two of the three players this match to record double-digit digs.The Bucs featured five newcomers in their starting lineup: Dykes, Coffman, Haley Sanders (Brentwood, Tenn.), Thomas, and Vazquez.Esposito posted another ace to give her two for the match. Vazquez and Forster led the Bucs with three kills that set, while Coffman and Abbey Thomas (Goldsboro, N.C.) each posted two. Texas Tech would eventually put this one away with two Buc attack errors and an ace. Set 3 (Texas Tech, 25-21): In a closer set of 12 ties and two lead changes, the Bucs garnered a 5-0 run highlighted by two kills from Vazquez and one from Jenna Forster (Maryville, Tenn.) to give them their biggest lead of the match midway through the set. Texas Tech got numbers from all of their starters, in which they posted 15 kills, 14 assists, and four blocks in that set alone. Vazquez posted five kills in the frame, bringing her total to ten in the match thus far. Set 2 (Texas Tech, 25-19): In a set that saw nine ties and four lead changes, the Bucs hung close until a late 5-0 run helped propel the Red Raiders to take this set. Lundyn Coffman (Nolensville, Tenn.) recorded two solo blocks in this set, as ETSU recorded all three of its team blocks in this set. Taylor Roberts (Sneads, Fla.) started the game strong with five digs in the first set, she would finish with a match-high 18. Set 1 (Texas Tech, 25-20): Texas Tech got off to a hot start, winning the first four points of the match before ETSU got on the board with a kill from Sara Esposito (Pianiga, Venezia, Italy). Caroline Dykes (Flower Mound, Texas) recorded a double-double in her Bucs debut, while Josannah Vazquez (Mansfield, Texas) led all players with 13 kills in her respective debut. 111 hitting percentage wasn’t enough to keep up with Texas Tech’s. The Bucs outscored Texas Tech in kills (37-36) and digs (43-38), but a. This was the program’s second win against NC State, their second straight over the Wolfpack and the Bucs’ seventh win over a Power-5 program in the last five seasons.ĮTSU fell to the Red Raiders in straight sets (20-25, 19-25, 21-25). 27, 2021) – ETSU’s volleyball team opened its fall 2021 campaign in an entertaining fashion, dropping the first contest to Texas Tech 3-0, but the Bucs responded with a sweep of their own against NC State.
ETSU collects seventh win over Power-5 program since 2017
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