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Whitney Smith
Whitney Smith
Wed, Sep 9, 2009 - [Volleyball]

September 9, 2009

RedStorm women drop MSC twinbill

Georgetown, Ky. --- The University of Rio Grande RedStorm volleyball squad had a tough night on the road, Wednesday evening losing two matches to Mid-South Conference favorite and NAIA No. 6 Georgetown College. Both matches lasted only three games and the Tigers won by scores of 7-25, 10-25 and 20-25 in the first match and 22-25, 7-25 and 16-25 in the second match.
Rio Grande (4-4, 2-2 MSC) was led by freshman outside hitter Whitney Smith (Albany, OH) with four kills in first match. Junior libero Jacquie Whittle (Chillicothe, OH) led the defense with eight digs. Junior setter Ashley Bloom (Columbus, OH) handed out 10 assists and junior middle blocker Rachel Walker (Ironton, OH) had two solo blocks.  
Georgetown (9-0, 4-0 MSC) was led by Erica Janszen with 14 kills and 11 digs while Amanda
Philpot registered a, match-high, 32 assists.
 
In the second match, things weren't much better for the RedStorm. Freshman Erin
Sherman (South Webster, OH) led the way with eight kills while Bloom posted eight assists and Smith topped the defensive effort with eight digs followed by sophomore Kristen Cassady (Logan, OH) with six digs.
 
The Tigers were led by Cassie Moore with nine kills and Elizabeth Goodin distributed 31
 assists.
 
Rio will return home for an MSC match next Wednesday, September 16 versus West
Virginia Tech. The match will start at 6 p.m.