BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Lady Tiger volleyball won their Mid-South Conference semi-final match against Georgetown 3-1 Friday afternoon to advance to the championship round against Lindsey Wilson.
After needing comeback from down 2-1 last night in the opening round against Shawnee State, Campbellsville women's volleyball trailed by a set once again to Georgetown. After dropping the first set 25-23, CU rattled off the next three sets by the scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-18.
Outside hitters Maria Coelho and Sonia Flendrich were the go-to attackers for the Lady Tigers, each recording a match-high 17 kills. Flendrich was extremely accurate in her attacks as well, with only one error in the whole match and a hitting percentage of .444.
In the middle, Julia Fonseca made her presence known throughout the match with six blocks to lead the match in that category and adding six kills.
As a team, CU hit significantly better than Georgetown in the match as Campbellsville hit .253 and GC hit .127. Georgetown had only 47 kills to CU's 56 with GC adding 28 attacking errors.
Later tonight, the Lady Tigers will face the top seed Lindsey Wilson in the championship match. The Blue Raiders won this match-up last season in a sweep in 2017's championship match.
LWC also won the only match between these two teams this season in a sweep back on Sept. 18. In the second meeting, the match was cancelled due to a facility issue in the Powell Athletic Center that risked player safety.
The championship match will start at 7:30 p.m. CT/8:30 p.m. ET in Bowling Green.