GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Furman volleyball team will welcome the Chattanooga Mocs to Timmons Arena this week for a pair of Southern Conference matches.
The Paladins and Mocs get their series underway Thursday evening at 6 p.m. and follow the next day with another 6 p.m. first serve.
Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats. Both matches are being streamed via paid subscription on ESPN+. Updates will be posted on the Furman volleyball Twitter page (@FurmanVB).
Single-game tickets are available at $10 with groups being able to purchase tickets at $5. Kids 12 years and younger receive free admission.
The Paladins (6-7, 0-2 SoCon) opened SoCon play last weekend dropping a pair of matches on the road at Tennessee Tech. Furman fell in both matches by 3-1 scores.
In the opening match of the series,
Izzy Castelloe and
Kacie Moore both led the Paladins with 10 kills apiece.
Emily Navarro contributed her team leading eighth double-double of the season on 28 assists and a match high 15 digs.
Brooke Scheffler totaled 14 digs and
Kennedy Seekford 12.
Tennyson Gorman posted seven blocks.
Furman finished the contest hitting .125 and held a 72-71 advantage in digs while also posting 10 blocks.
Three different players netted double digit kills the following day in Castelloe (11), Gorman (10), and
Amber Watson (10). Navarro contributed 20 assists and six digs while
Morgan Baldridge added 15 assists and nine digs. Defensively, Seekford tied for a match high with 17 digs and
Ashtan Dodson provided 16.
The Paladins concluded the match hitting .162 as a team and held a 71-59 advantage in digs.
Chattanooga arrives in Greenville with a 5-9 overall record and opened SoCon play last weekend dropping a pair of matches to Wofford in Chattanooga. The Mocs are under the direction of fifth-year head coach Julie Torbett Thomas.
Furman and Chattanooga have previously met 85 times in program history with the Paladins owning a 52-33 advantage in the all-time series.
Furman travels to Charleston, S.C., next Tuesday, October 6, to face The Citadel in a midweek conference matchup at 6 p.m.
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