Saturday, October 27
Morgantown, W. Va.
2:00 p.m.
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Syracuse head coach Jing Pu tallied his 400th career coaching victory against West Virginia on Saturday.
10/27/2007 4:35:21 PM | Volleyball
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MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Syracuse head coach Jing Pu tallied the 400th victory of his 18-year coaching career with the Orange’s 3-0 sweep of West Virginia on Saturday. Syracuse matched a season-high five-match win streak behind a team-best 14 kills from senior Cheryl Cobbina.
MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Syracuse head coach Jing Pu tallied the 400th victory of his 18-year coaching career with the Orange’s 3-0 sweep of West Virginia on Saturday. Syracuse matched a season-high five-match win streak behind a team-best 14 kills from senior Cheryl Cobbina.
Pu added the milestone to a laundry-list of coaching accolades, including his standing as the all-time winningest coach in Orange volleyball history. The latest coaching milestone came on the heels of tallying his 250th win as the Syracuse mentor against Fordham on September 8, 2007. Pu, who collected his first-career coaching victory in 1990 as the head coach at the California University of Pennsylvania, boasts a career mark of 400-221.
Sophomore Kacie MacTavish collected her 11th double-double of the season after pairing 11 kills with 10 digs. Redshirt-junior April Quigley guided the SU offense with a squad-best 40 assists. Senior Joscie Kaup paced the Orange defense with 29 digs.
The Orange jumped out to a one-game lead behind Cobbina’s club-best eight kills. Quigley’s 14 assists aided the SU attack as junior Brittany Kern collected four kills. The Syracuse defense tallied 25 digs led by Kaup’s 12.
Syracuse put the Mountaineers on the brink of a three-game blanking after a 30-25 win in game two. MacTavish’s four kills on 11 tries led five Orange players with at least two. Quigley’s 11 helpers guided the offense to a match-high .242 attack percentage.
The Orange completed its ninth three-game sweep of the season with a 30-27 win in the third stanza. MacTavish led the SU attack with six kills as Cobbina and sophomore Sarah Morton each contributed four. Quigley tallied 15 assists as Kaup totaled 11 digs.
Syracuse (17-10, 5-4) continues a four-match road swing on Sunday against BIG EAST foe Pittsburgh at 2:00 p.m.
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