Women's Volleyball 9/10/2018 2:48:00 PM Campbellsville Athletics

Women's volleyball travels to Ohio on Tuesday for a conference match with Shawnee State

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio – The Lady Tiger volleyball team will look to get back on track on Tuesday evening when they travel to face Shawnee State University at 7 p.m.

Last Time Out

The Lady Tigers fell to the Asbury Eagles on Friday evening in four sets
(16-25, 25-20, 21-25, 29-31). This was the Lady Tigers first loss in a four set match this season.
Maria Coelho and Kaite Johnson finished in double figure kills. Coelho had 13 kills to lead the team and Johnson had 10. Paige Merrick had her seventh double-double in 10 matches this season with 39 assists and 10 digs.
Jaimie Thompson had a team best 24 digs and Sonia Flendrich had 21 digs and Julia Fonseca led the way with five blocks.

Tiger CLAWZ

Campbellsville has a .150 attacking percentage this season with 520 total kills. The Lady Tigers average 12.7 kills per set.
The Lady Tigers have tallied 86 total aces this season to the oppositions 62, that is an average of 2.1 per set to 1.5.
Coelho leads the team in kills with 131, which is good for 3.2 per set. Her 131 kills is fifth in the conference while Johnson's 123 is 10th in the conference.
Merrick leads the team with 397 assists this season for 9.68 per set. She has posted seven double-doubles in 10 matches this season. She ranks third in the conference behind Sarah Bell of Georgetown and Lynsey Short of the University of the Cumberlands.
Thompson leads the Lady Tigers in digs this season with 216, which is good for 5.4 digs per set. She has recorded at least 20 digs in seven of the 10 matches this season. Her single match high is 32.
Fonseca has 12 block solos and 20 block assists. Her 32 total blocks this season is eighth in the Mid-South Conference.

Scouting the Bears

The Bears are 7-6 this season and have won two matches in a row. They have won the last two matches in straights sets over Cincinnati Christian and Ohio-Chillicothe.
Shawnee State has a .207 attacking percentage this season with 549 total kills this season and 77 service aces.
Carson Roney is the Bears leader in kills per set at 2.90. Tyanna Smith (2.49) and Macie Rhoads (2.31) also average over two kills per set this season.
Elaina Davenport leads the team in assists with 286 at 5.61 per set, Emily Cooper also has 174 assists at 4.83 per set.
Maddison Knipp (173), Elaina Davenport (115) and Macie Rhoads (108) all have over 100 digs this season. Roney also leads the team in blocks with 45 total blocks.

Series History

This is the 17th meeting between the two schools since the year 2006. The Lady Tigers lead the series 12-4 in the first 16 meetings.
In 2017 they defeated Shawnee State 3-0 in both meetings.
In the most recent meeting Campbellsville won 25-21, 26-24, 25-18 in straight sets. The Lady Tigers averaged 16 kills per set in the match.
Annija Abolina finished with 12 kills in the match and Johnson also had 10 kills as well.

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Players Mentioned

#5 Annija Abolina: OH; 6' 1"; Senior; Riga, Latvia

#6 Maria Coelho: OH; 5' 10"; Graduate Student; Valadares, Brazil

#4 Julia Fonseca: MB; 6' 4"; Senior; Sao Paulo, Brazil

#3 Kaite Johnson: OH/RS; 6' 0"; Senior; Boise, Idaho

#1 Jaimie Thompson: DS; 5' 6"; Junior; Owensboro, Ky.

#7 Sonia Flendrich: OH; 5' 9"; Freshman; Wroclaw, Poland

#5 Paige Merrick: S; 5' 8"; Freshman; Coxs Creek, Ky.

Players Mentioned

#5 Annija Abolina
: 6' 1"; Senior; Riga, Latvia
: OH

#6 Maria Coelho
: 5' 10"; Graduate Student; Valadares, Brazil
: OH

#4 Julia Fonseca
: 6' 4"; Senior; Sao Paulo, Brazil
: MB

#3 Kaite Johnson
: 6' 0"; Senior; Boise, Idaho
: OH/RS

#1 Jaimie Thompson
: 5' 6"; Junior; Owensboro, Ky.
: DS

#7 Sonia Flendrich
: 5' 9"; Freshman; Wroclaw, Poland
: OH

#5 Paige Merrick
: 5' 8"; Freshman; Coxs Creek, Ky.
: S