BOONE, N.C. --
Emma Longley,
Kara Spicer and
Victoria Wilform each had 11 kills, but Appalachian State volleyball dropped a 25-17, 25-23, 25-23 contest to Coastal Carolina on Friday evening in the Holmes Center.
Wilform hit .320 in the contest, reaching double figures in kills for the fourth straight contest and sixth time in the last seven matches. Spicer hit .286 and has now reached double figures in kills 14 times on the season. Longley has now posted 10 or more kills in eight straight matches and 14 of her last 15 contests.
Sam Bickley dished out 34 assists and added five digs. On defense,
Sydney Farthing,
Morgan Flores and
Emma Reilly all had six digs for the Mountaineers (9-12, 5-3 SBC).
Coastal Carolina (18-2, 8-0 SBC), jumped out to a 11-3 advantage, thanks to an early 9-1 run in the opening frame. App State chipped away at the lead and trimmed the Chanticleer edge to four points at 14-10 on a kill from Spicer, before Coastal Carolina used a pair of 3-0 spurts to take control of the set en route to a 25-17 victory.
In Set 2, App State won three consecutive points to take a 7-6 lead. The Chanticleers jumped back in front 12-10, before a kill and block solo from Spicer knotted the score at 12-12. Coastal Carolina answered with a 6-1 run to build a 18-13 advantage. Trailing 24-21, the Black and Gold use back-to-back kills from Longley to pull within 24-23. On the next point, Kyla Manning clinched the set for the Chanticleers with a kill.
App State used a 6-0 run in the third set to turn a 6-5 deficit into a 11-6 lead. The Chanticleers responded with the next five points to tie the score at 11-11. The Mountaineers came right back with three of the next four points, capped by a Spicer service ace, to build a 14-12 advantage. With the Chanticleers leading 18-17, the Mountaineers scored three straight points, getting a kill from Spicer and Wilform in the process, to take a 20-18 lead. Coastal Carolina jumped back in front later in the set 23-22, before a Chanticleer attack error tied the set at 23-23. From there, Coastal Carolina used back-to-back kills to clinch the set and victory.
The Mountaineers registered 37 kills and hit .242 in the contest, while the Chanticleers finished with 42 kills and hit .405.
App State will remain in the High Country for a pair of home matches next weekend. On Oct. 25, the Mountaineers will host UT Arlington at 6:30 p.m. in their Dig Pink match. The Black and Gold then welcome Sun Belt West Division leader Texas State to the Holmes Center on Oct. 27 at 12:30 p.m.
