The Auburn volleyball team split competition on Day 2 of the Blue Raider Bash on Saturday on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. The Tigers fell to Duke, 3-0 (22-25, 17-25, 23-25), in the morning, but battled host MTSU to a five-set thriller and came out ahead with a 3-2 (24-26, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23, 15-10) win Saturday night. The Tigers now sit at 5-2 on the season.
Highlighting the evening were the performance by senior Morgan Johns, junior Kelly Fidero and freshman Camila Jersonsky. Johns finished with 10 kills, while Fidero had a team-best 12 kills and Jersonsky finished with 11 kills. Senior Lauren Mellor had a team-best seven blocks, while Jersonsky added four on the night.
The Blue Raiders were led by Izabela Kozon with 21 kills and 10 digs, while Alyssa Wistrick had 16 kills for MTSU. Morgan Peterson finished with 34 assists and libero Brynne Henderson had 16 digs.
Against Duke, senior Alyssa Davis led the Tigers with a season-best nine kills and finished with five blocks (two solo, three assist blocks). Sophomore Sarah Bullock had eight kills and 11 digs, while senior libero Liz Crouch had 10 digs on the day.
Sofia Dunworth led Duke with 11 kills, while setter Kellie Catanach finished with 36 assists and 10 digs. Libero Ali McCurdy had a match-high 20 digs for the Blue Devils.
Auburn concludes the Blue Raider Bash today with a 1 p.m. matchup against Southern
Mississippi.
AU runners open season
The Auburn men’s cross country team opened its 2010 season with a win at the Troy Invitational Saturday. The Tigers scored 35 team points to take the win in the 5K race, while the women finished in second place in the two-mile race after taking the top individual spots.
“It was a very good first competition,” head coach Mark Carroll said. “It’s always good to start the season off with a win.”
Troy and Alabama State finished in second and third place behind Auburn in the men’s race, while Troy’s women took the team title and Alabama State finished third.
Juniors Jeff Sanders and Joby Peake led the way for the Tigers running season opening best times. Sanders ran 16 minutes, 8.91 seconds to finish third, and Peake was right behind in 16:26.93 to finish fourth.
“We had some very good individual performances.” Carroll said. “Jeff and Joby stepped up for us since we didn’t run Ben (Cheruiyot) or Colin (Barker). To win without two of our top guys puts the men’s team at a good place to start the season.”
Senior Stephanie Barnes opened her final cross country season winning the individual two-mile title in 11:28.54, while freshman Elizabeth Briasco opened her Auburn career with a 12:07.34 second-place finish.
Allison Smith ran 12:13.28 to finish fourth overall, as Elaina Turley and Erika Kolakowski finish in 17th and 16th, respectively.
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