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Wake Forest Rolls Past East Carolina in Three Sets
9/13/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 13, 2008
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest grabbed the momentum early and never let it go as the Demon Deacons cruised to a sweep of East Carolina in the second match of the Black & Gold Challenge.
The win was the second straight for the Deacs as they improve to 5-3 on the season. East Carolina falls to 8-3 with the loss.
Freshman Kadija Fornah led the offensive attack once again for Wake, recording eight kills. She also chipped in with three block assists.
Sophomore Lauren McIntyre had another good match, recording seven kills and hitting a solid .417. Fellow sophomore Kristen White added six kills and four block assists.
Freshmen Carlin Salmon and Madison Vain also got into action. Salmon finished the match with five kills while Vain was very effective with her swings, recording five kills in seven attempts. As a team, the Deacons had a hitting percentage of .392 for the match while the Pirates managed just -.022.
With ten digs in the match, sophomore libero Megan Thornberry has now recorded double-digit digs in seven of the eight matches this season.
ECU took an early lead in the first set at 10-7 but a kill and a service ace on back-to-back points from McIntyre sparked a 4-1 run to tie the score at 11-11.
The Deacons then seized control as two kills from McIntyre and Fornah gave Wake an 18-15 lead. Then three kills by White and a Cambrey Oehler service ace paced a 7-0 Deacon run to end the first set 25-15. McIntyre and White each had five kills in the set.
The second set was all Wake Forest as the Deacons steam rolled their way to a 20-11 victory. Fornah added four more kills in the set while Wake posted five total blocks led by three block assists from Natalie Mullikin. Mullikin ended the match with a total of six block assists and is now just 42 blocks away from setting the school record for career blocks.
In the third set, ECU started strong taking a 7-5 lead but Wake then went on a 12-5 run keyed by a pair of kills from both McIntyre and Vain to give the Deacs a 17-12 advantage. After a kill from ECU's Stephanie Turner, the Pirates recorded three straight errors and the Deacons would eventually put the finishing touches on a 25-15 victory.
Wake finished with 11 total blocks for the match compared to just two for the Pirates. The Deacons also held the advantage in total digs 30-24.
Wake will close out the Black & Gold Challenge at 7 p.m. against Delaware. The Blue Hens fell in a back-and-forth five-set match to Western Michigan in the first match this morning.
