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PORTS
No. 12 Ass reach Sweet Sixte
BY BREE HOLZ
The Battalion
As Texas A&M volleyball coach
Laurie Corbelli sat down for the
post-game press conference, her
first word was “Aloha!”
The Texas A&M Volleyball Team
defeated the University of North
Carolina Tarheels, 15-8,15-4, 15-8,
Friday night at G. Rollie White Col
iseum to advance to the Sweet Six
teen round of the NCAA tourna
ment in Hawaii.
■ “We had a really good game
plan that the team was comfortable
with, and we’ve seen some of the
things North Carolina does,” Cor
belli said. “We were really, really
pumped up to play.”
The Aggies entered the match
fired up and began the first game
with a 6-0 run with kills from se
nior outside hitter Celia Howes, se
nior outside hitter Summer Strick
land, and sophomore outside hitter
Michelle Cole, which caused the
Tarheels to call their first timeout
of the match.
North Carolina began to chip
away and cut the lead to 10-7 on
a block. After an A&M timeout.
Cole and senior middle blocker
Amber Woolsey connected for a
block and the Aggies regained
momentum, as a Strickland kill
put game one away.
Corbelli said North Carolina
was focusing on Woolsey, which
allowed Howes, Strickland and
Cole to do damage at the outside
hitter position.
“[North Carolina] had no choice
but to go with Amber [Woolsey],”
she said. “When that happened,
[setter] Jenna [Moscovic] respond
ed by opening up other hitters.”
A&M and North Carolina
matched each other in nearly every
statistical category. Both teams
recorded 27 digs and three total
blocks, but the Aggies posted a
.186 hitting percentage compared
to North Carolina’s .111 percentage.
Hitting errors plagued the Ag
gies early in game two, but senior
middle blocker Laud Leahy record
ed two kills to start the Aggie at
tack. Strickland, Cole and Woolsey
continued to dominate offensively,
while Howes dug virtually every
North Carolina attack attempt in
the back row.
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some of our best swings, they had
Celia Howes digging the ball and
playing great defense,” North Caroli
na volleyball coach Joe Sagula said.
Woolsey got the Aggies going in
the third game with two kills, but
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ing its rhythjn.
However, solid hitting from
Howes, Strickland and Woolsey al
lowed A&M an 11-8 lead. With the
Aggies at match point, Woolsey
served an ace to end the match and
send A&M to Hawaii.
Woolsey led the Aggies with 16
kills, while Howes recorded a
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