Georgetown, KY – The UC volleyball team overcame a nine-point deficit to win the first set and rallied to defeat Georgetown 3-1 (25-23, 17-25, 25-19, 25-23) Tuesday night at Davis-Reid Alumni Gym. With the win, the Patriots improve to 9-5 and 1-3 in conference play while the Tigers move to 8-9 overall and 2-2 against the MSC.

Georgetown came out strong in the first set taking an 8-3 lead and extending their lead to 17-8.  From there the Patriots started to rally as an Ashley Sobocinski kill sparked a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to 17-15.  Anna Zuniga added three assists, while Leah Crist tallied a pair of kills and a block.  Georgetown added a point before tallied six unanswered points to take a 21-18 lead.  After the Tigers evened the score at 21-21 the two teams traded points twice to make it 23-23.  Lexi Lester connected with Mackenzie Koch and Sobocinski for back-to-back kills to close out the set 25-23 and give UC a 1-0 lead.

The Tigers took the second set 25-17 to even the match at 1-1, however, UC bounced back in the third set. Koch added a two of her team-high ten kills to give Cumberlands a 7-5 advantage in the third set.  Georgetown cut the lead to a point before UC went on a 6-1 run, highlighted by a pair of Sobocinski kills to extend their lead to 14-8. Later in the set a Shelby Lackey block extended their lead 18-10, UC's largest lead of the match.   Georgetown cut UC's lead to four, but the Patriots continued to chip away as Zuniga found Crist for a kill to close out the match 25-19 and give Cumberlands a 2-1 edge.

Cumberlands jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the fourth set in part to a pair of Lily Chapman kills.  The Tigers responded with five straight points to even the score.  The set continued to be back-and-forth with the score tied 13 times over the course of the set with the last one coming at 23-23.  On the next possession Zuniga found Lackey for a kill, before Jennifer Stein converted a service ace to close out the set 25-23 and match 3-1. 

The win is the Patriots first win at Georgetown since October 11, 2016 when UC defeated the Tigers 3-2.

Koch led the way for UC with ten kills and three blocks, while Sobocinski and Crist recorded nine kills apiece.  Lackey and Chapman chipped in eight kills each as Zuniga and Lester combined for 40 assists.  Defensively, Stein led Cumberlands with 23 digs as Jessica Putnam notched ten.  Crist tallied a game-high six blocks, while Lackey tallied five blocks.

The Patriots will return to action Saturday, September 21, when they host Thomas More for UC's alumi match. First serve is set for 2 p.m. with live video available here and live stats available here.

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