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Frostburg St. Advances to Regional Championship With 3-2 Win Over SUNY Cortland
FROSTBURG, Md. - The Frostburg State University
volleyball team posted a hard-fought 3-2 win over SUNY Cortland in
the 2010 NCAA Volleyball Regional, Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats
rallied several times during the match, but led throughout the
fifth and decisive set.
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The Bobcats (34-3) advance to the regional championship and will
take on top seed and No. 3 ranked Juniata at 4:00 pm. The win also
puts FSU within two victories of the school record (36).
FSU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead (25-20) in the first game, but
Cortland evened the match with a 25-13 win in the second behind a
.478 hitting percentage. The Bobcats surged ahead 2-1 after a slim
25-23 win in the third, only to watch the Red Dragons again tie the
match with a 25-21 win in the fourth. However, Frostburg State
raced out to a 9-3 in the fifth before earning a 15-10 win.
Senior Sarah
Stephens (Oakland, Md./Southern Garrett) had 17 kills,
junior Sabrina
Winterling (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) finished with 13 and
junior Amber
Winterling (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) had nine and led all
players with a .423 hitting percentage.
Junior Kylie
Carrington (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) handed out 40
assists and had six digs. Senior Brittany
McVearry (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) led the team
with 18 digs while Amber Winterling had 13. Senior Jamie
Thomas (Laurel, Md./Reservoir) added 17 digs.
