Alabama
Georgia
Volleyball Defeats Bulldogs, 3-1, on Sunday
9/25/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 25, 2011
ATHENS, Ga. - The Alabama women's volleyball team got a match-high 21 kills from junior outside hitter Kayla Fitterer, as the Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 3-1, (25-21, 21-25, 30-28, 25-22) in a Southeastern Conference match from the Ramsey Center on Sunday afternoon.
Fitterer was one of three UA players to reach double-digits in kills, as Cortney Warren had 14 and Leigh Moyer tied her career-high with 12. The road win for the Tide (7-7, 1-3 SEC) snapped an 18-match SEC road losing streak, with the last conference road win for UA coming exactly two years ago, at South Carolina, 3-0, on Sept. 25, 2009.
Fitterer posted a .294 hitting percentage against Georgia (5-9, 1-3 SEC), recording 21 kills on 51 attempts with six errors. Moyer had a team-high .500 hitting percentage, posting just two errors on 20 swings and Warren was efficient with a .483 hitting percentage, committing zero errors on 29 attempts.
Stephanie Riley and Andera McQuaid had 25 assists each for Alabama, while McQuaid notched her fifth double-double of the season with 12 digs. McQuaid also added seven kills. Cristina Arenas led UA with 15 digs.
Georgia's Brittany Northcutt had 15 kills and was one of three UG players to reach double-digits in kills. Elizabeth Reid had 12 kills while Briana Bahr added 10. Kathleen Gates had a match-high 54 assists and Alisha Laing posted a match-best 18 digs.
Behind five kills by Moyer and four by Fitterer, Alabama got off to a good start at Georgia, winning the opening set 25-21. UA hit .300 in the opening set, posting 14 kills with two errors on 40 attempts. The Tide also posted two blocks in the day's first set.
After the Tide opened a 6-0 lead in the second set, the Bulldogs regrouped to even the score at 18-18, before taking the set 25-21 to even the match at one-set each.
In a battle to win the pivotal third set, Alabama came out on top, winning the set 30-28 to take a 2-1 lead in the match. Trailing for the first half of the set, UA got a kill by Moyer to even the set at 15-15. The Tide had set-point at 24-21, but the Bulldogs evened the score at 24-24. The teams traded points, until a Georgia service error and a kill by Fitterer gave the Tide a 30-28 victory.
In the fourth set, Fitterer added six of her match-high 21 kills to help the Tide put the match away. Alabama hit .158 in the fourth set, but held the Bulldogs to a .000 hitting mark, as Georgia posted eight errors and eight kills on 35 attempts.
Alabama will continue SEC play on Wednesday, Sept. 28 when the Tide hosts the Mississippi Rebels. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Foster Auditorium.
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