Sept. 6, 2014 Box Score: UNLV 3, Siena 0
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV volleyball team won its third straight match by a 3-0 tally (25-11, 25-17, 25-23) after it swept the Siena Saints (1-6) on day two of the Seton Hall Invitational held at Walsh Gym. With the victory, the Rebels improved to 5-2 on the year with four of those victories coming in 3-0 fashion.
The Scarlet & Gray tallied its second-best hitting efficiency of the season with a .325 showing against Siena. UNLV opened up the match with an astonishing .517 performance with a total of 15 kills against no errors in 29 swings. A pair of .238 or better efforts followed in sets two (.279) and three (.238). The Saints, on the other hand, hit a paltry .074 overall and as low as .000 (7-7-32) in the first frame. They were able to muster a .062 in the second and a .167 in the third.
UNLV's attackers attempted 20 more swings (114-94) and held a staggering advantage in kills (50-25) while it committed five fewer errors (13-18).
The Rebels opened up all three sets with a 1-0 cushion and never relinquished their grip on any stanza. There were only three instances of tie scores with two occurring in the second and one in the third.
For the second straight match, Alyssa Wing paced the Rebel hitters in kills with her match-high 15. Wing was the only player to record double figures in the category. More impressively, she attempted 28 swings and only misfired once for a career-best .500 hitting clip. She chipped in two assisted blocks, as well.
Katlin Winters loomed large on both sides of the net with six kills on a .600 hitting average and a match-high six total blocks (all assisted).
Ceannia Kincade and Bree Hammel contributed nine and six kills, respectively. The former added four assisted blocks, two assists and two digs to the latter's three total blocks (one solo) and one dig.
Alexis Patterson guided the offense with a match-best 39 assists to go along with four kills, two digs and one assisted block.
On the defensive side of the court, Allison Davies led all with 24 digs to notch her first 20-plus dig match of the year and 18th of her career.
"We had some strong offensive performances today from Alyssa, Kaitlin and Bree," said head coach Cindy Fredrick. "Ceannia played a very good all-around match. Allison's 24 digs in a three-set match were impressive. Alexis is distributing the ball well, so we are getting good offensive movement. Overall, it was a good match for the Rebels!"
Siena was led by eight kills from Meghann Wright, 14 assists from Haley Howell, 11 digs from Briana Flagg and three assisted blocks each from Jacqueline Skeen and Sonja Vasovic.
The Rebels return to Walsh Gym one last time with a Saturday evening (7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT) tussle with Invitational host Seton Hall, who is 5-1 on the year and 3-0 - all sweeps - in the tournament.
NOTES: UNLV has played seven matches in 2014 with four of those ending in 3-0 scores ... This year's trend is still two off the pace set last season when that squad played six three-setters, in which it went 3-3, in seven total matches.
