Florence, S.C.-- The University of Mount Olive fell to Queens and the University of Charleston during day two of the Francis Marion Invitational on Saturday. This puts the Trojans 5-5 overall.
1st Set
UMO started off strong in the first set by drilling three straight points with a pair of kills from Starr Sergent. The Trojans allowed Queens to take an eight-point run, until a kill from Sergent returned the ball to the side of UMO bringing the score to 8-4. A kill from Ele'sia Williams brought the Trojans within four 9-5. The UMO offense led by Jenna Myer then fought back to be within two 10-8. Two kills from Williams stopped a Royals run bringing the Trojans within a point at 16-15. The Trojans, however, could not find an answer as Queens took set one 25-18.
2nd Set
Mount Olive took the first point in set number two with a kill from Ashlyn Stone. UMO then took a 3-1 lead early in the set, until Queens answered back with a six-point run. A pair of kills from Trojan Amara Eziakonwa brought UMO with in four 8-4. The Trojan offense then went on a three-point run 9-7, but still trailed Queens. UMO did not seem to have an answer for Queens in set two, allowing a four-point run 15-11. After a pair of kills from Eziakonwa, Mount Olive cooled off, as Queens took set two 25-18.
3rd Set
UMO jumped out to a 3-0 lead over Queens with a kill from Williams. After allowing the Royals a seven-point run the Trojan offense took control with a kill from Williams. A kill from Stone brought UMO within one point of Queens 8-7. Mount Olive continued to attack with a pair of kills from Sergent, which brought the Trojans deficit to four, 14-10. The Mount Olive offense tried to make a run, but Queens ultimately took set three 25-21.
University of Charleston Match
1st Set
UMO battled back-and-forth with the Golden Eagles with a pair of kills from Williams and a kill from Sergent to make the score tied at 3-3. An ace from Goodman took the lead for UMO 5-4. The Trojans did not have an answer for the Golden Eagles, allowing them to take a four-point run leaving the score 8-5. A kill from Sergent stopped a run from Charleston resulting in a score of 11-8. After a nine-point run from the UC, the Golden Eagle took set one 25-12.
2nd Set
The Trojans had a slow start to set two. A four-point run from UMO with four straight kills from Sergent brought the Trojans ahead 11-9. The Mount Olive offense did not stop there, a kill from Karoline Cox kept the lead for the Trojans 12-10. After another kill from Cox made the score 16-14 in favor of the Golden Eagles, but there was not much action from Mount Olive to close out the set as they fell 25-16.
3rd Set
A Trojan kill from Eziakonwa brought UMO within one of the Golden Eagles early in the set, 6-5. The Mount Olive offense had a kill from Stone, and Eziakonwa to make the score 13-12. UMO went on a short three-point run with errors from Charleston. After being down by only two 19-17, the Trojans were unable to find an answer for the Eagle offense as Charleston took set three 25-22.
MOUNT OLIVE LEADERS
Starr Sergent led the Trojans with 10 kills.
Alyssa Jackson with four blocks.
Morgan Prots lead with 14 digs.
QUEENS LEADERS
Brooke Farley lead with 29 assists.
GOLDEN EAGLES LEADERS
McKenzie Damon lead the University of Charleston with 10 kills.
UP NEXT
The Trojans stay on the road as that take on Chowan University September 21st at 6:00 PM.
