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Winning record is a lock after split week
The Lady Chargers ensured themselves of a winning season after going 1-1 for the week. The win over Lee University, not only avenged an earlier loss, but made sure that coach Laura Taube would avoid suffering a second consecutive losing season. Also, despite losing to UNA, the Lady Chargers (16-13 and 8-4) are still holding on to third place in the GSC east, tied with West Florida.The silver bullet continued to evade the Lady Charger volleyball team as North Alabama continued to be a thorn. The 24th ranked Lions beat UAH 30-21, 30-25, 30-18 at Spragins Hall on Sunday. It was UNA's ninth straight win over the Lady Chargers.
Yana Ninova led UNA with 19 kills and 14 digs, while Vanessa Ferretti and Te'jaye Venable added 14 kills each. Setter Ashley Moffitt passed out 55 assists for UNA (24-6, 12-1). Emily Miller paced UAH with 14 kills. Melissa Feldmann tallied 14 digs and Samantha Polkowski 32 assists for the Lady Chargers, who fell to 16-13 and 8-4.
The Lady Chargers exacted a measure of revenge by sweeping Lee University 30-28, 30-22, 30-26 in front of a record crowd of 823 at Spragins Hall Thursday night.
Just a week ago, Lee University whipped UAH 3-1 in Tennessee. However, this time it was the Lady Chargers doing all of the spanking. Junior hitter Kristian Kleminsky led UAH with 12 kills. Gulf South Conference East Division Player of the Week Emily Miller added 10 kills and 13 digs, while sophomore setter Samantha Polkowski handed out 32 assists.
The UAH defense was smothering, holding Lee leading scorer Bruna Langner to only four kills. Langner racked up 20 on the Lady Chargers last week.
Next up: The Lady Chargers head south to take on Montevallo on Wednesday. Then the Lady Chargers return home on Friday for Senior Night against West Alabama.
