NEW ORLEANS, La. - The University of Mobile Volleyball team traveled west to New Orleans, La. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, facing off with Dillard University (La.) for an evening non-conference match. Wednesday's meeting was a rescheduled match from an early postponement and was the second match played this season between the two non-conference foes. Mobile swept the Bleu Devils back on Aug. 24 in the first game played during the year, and followed that performance with a 3-0 sweep over Dillard on Wednesday. Mobile's win is the team's 20th of the season, improving to 20-4 overall on the year.
Late Start Leads to Sweep
Prior to the match beginning at the originally scheduled 6:00 p.m. CT hour, a schedule conflict with Dillard personnel and NAIA referees forced the match into a delay. Eventually, the match was played with one referee and began just over an hour late in New Orleans.
Across set one, Mobile managed a 25-20 victory over Dillard, but only hit .178 as a team with 13 kills and five attack errors. The Rams bounced back from the inconsistent first set with a strong set two performance, tallying a match-best 17 kills with only four errors. Mobile knocked off Dillard 25-15 in the second with a .317 hitting line. Finally, Mobile won set three 25-19 to clinch the match win, producing 16 kills in the final set. The Rams tallied 46 kills as a team, with the hitting percentage sitting at .237. Meanwhile, Dillard only hit .109 in the loss with 29 kills and 15 errors.
Corrina Porch-Maxey led all players with 13 kills on Wednesday, followed by Emma Hampton with nine and Dazsha Dean Middleton with eight. All three players hit north of .300 against Dillard, with both Hampton and Middleton recording hitting percentages above .400. For Porch-Maxey, the junior surpassed 900 career kills in the win.
Layton Adams managed a team-high 19 assists in the victory, while reigning SSAC Volleyball Setter of the Week Tatum Beech recorded 16 assists. On the defensive side, Jaci Drinnon racked up a strong 23-dig performance on the back line, followed by Aspen Adams and Layton Adams with 13 digs each. At the net, the Rams produced nine total blocks, with Emily Osborne, Aspen Adams, and Dazsha Dean Middleton recording four block assists each.
One More Against the Bleu Devils / Return to SSAC Play
Mobile and Dillard are scheduled to meet one more time during the 2024 campaign as the Rams host the Bleu Devils on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Pharr Gymnasium. The final meeting of the year is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. CT and will be aired on the University of Mobile Sports Network. The Rams are now 34-0-1 all-time against Dillard in history following Wednesday's result.
For the next matches on the schedule, Mobile takes a week off before traveling to Georgia for back-to-back matches. The Rams play Brewton-Parker College (Ga.) on Friday, Oct. 25 at 5:00 p.m. CT in Mount Vernon, Ga. before facing Middle Georgia State University the next day at 12:00 p.m. CT in Macon, Ga. Both matches are conference matches in the SSAC.
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About the University of Mobile
The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.
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