---The Bulldogs post a record of 0-2 after the Magic/Music City Classic--
Aug. 26, 2006
Samford vs. Belmont Box Score
Samford vs. Lipscomb Box Score
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford volleyball team dropped their first matches of the season Saturday to Music City opponents, Belmont University and Lipscomb University in the Magic/Music City Classic hosted by Birmingham-Southern College. The Bulldogs played two four-game matches to post an opening record of 0-2.
Samford fell in the first match at noon, 3-1, to the Belmont Bruins from Nashville, Tenn.
“I felt like we came out here ready to play,” said head coach Michelle Durban. “Belmont is definitely a more experienced team, and I think that showed today. We were expecting a battle with them, and we weren’t able to take them out of their offense. That was the biggest thing in that game – they ran a quick offense, and it hurt us.”
In the first game, Samford fell behind early, but quickly tied it up, 10-10, and made it a back-and-forth game. Samford kept it within one point before Belmont pulled ahead with the lead, 27-20, and Samford would eventually fall, 30-21.
Samford came out on top in game two, 30-27. The Bulldogs trailed early, but would come to tie it at 26-26 and go on a 4-1 run to walk away with the win.
In game three, the Bruins led by as much as 14 points and the Bulldogs would not be able to find a way to take the lead before dropping the game, 17-30. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead at 4-2 in the fourth and final game, but would again go back-and-forth with the Bruins before pulling ahead, 17-14. Samford would fight back to tie it up at 18-18 and then finally 26-26 before Belmont pulled away and won it with a score of 30-27.
Sara Sears and All-Tournament team member Kirstein Sosnowski lead the team with 13 digs and eight kills, respectively. Courtney Gay also had 13 digs and Jackie Jaszcz posted nine digs and had the team high attack percentage of .222 for this game.
In the second match, the Bulldogs met up with the Bisons of Lipscomb University at 6 p.m.
“The second match I felt like we were evenly matched with Lipscomb,” said Durban. “In game one and game three, we had over .300 and we still couldn’t pull out a win. I think that we were hoping that they were going to lose it for us, instead of us taking that game.”
Samford trailed early in the first game, 10-4. They brought it within five points later in the game, and went on a 5-0 run to bring the score to 28-26. The Bulldogs, however, could not pull it out and fell, 30-27.
The Bulldogs kept the second game close after trailing by as much as five in the early minutes of the game. They tied it, 16-16, and later took the lead, 28-26, before take this game, 31-29.
In the third game, Samford got behind early and could never get back into the game. They trailed by as much as seven before bringing it within five to bring the final score to 25-30.
In the last game, Samford started out with a burst of energy to keep it close, but started to trail in the middle minutes of the game by no more than four points. The Bulldogs brought it within one point before Lipscomb would go on an 8-1 run. They rallied back to bring it within two but lost, 27-30.
In the second match, Sosnowski, Sears, and Jen Powers lead the team with 15, 12, and 14 kills, respectively. Sosnowski posted an attack percentage of .591. Sears chalked up 19 digs and Gay had 22 digs. The Bulldogs out-blocked each of their opponents 9-5 and 9-6.
Next, Samford will take a Labor Day weekend trip to Orlando, Fla., to participate in the Central Florida Tournament on UCF campus. There the Bulldogs will take on UCF at 1 p.m., and Utah Valley State at 5 p.m., on Friday. They will wrap up the weekend with a match against Furman at 11 p.m., on Saturday.
---SAMFORD BULLDOGS---
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