‘Cuse Falls To Georgia Tech In Five

Friday, October 24

Atlanta, GA

8:30 pm

Syracuse University

8-13, 1-8ACC

Georgia Tech

10-12, 3-6ACC

Syracuse

Georgia Tech

10/24/2014 11:34:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Georgia Tech fought back to win the final three sets to defeat the Orange

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Silvi Uattara recorded 16 of her 30 points in the first two sets of the match before the Orange (8-13, 1-8 ACC) dropped the final three sets to Georgia Tech (10-12, 3-6 ACC).

Syracuse Stat Pack

Uattara was Gosia Wlaszczuk's go-to threat once again as the outside hitter recorded 28 kills over the course of five sets with a .338 hitting percentage. She was also a force on defense, recording a team-high 18 digs and four block assists. Next was Monika Salkute who was just a kill shy of another double-figure kill night. Her nine kills and 13 digs were second to Uattara and she also was credited with four block assists.

Stacey Smith slammed down a season best eight kills to go along with three block assists while Wlaszczuk was difficult to handle, tricking the Yellow Jackets at will for 40 assists and six kills. The match was just the second time this season the first-year setter recorded 40 assists. Her 11 digs on the night as the third most recorded by an Orange.

The first set in particular, SU made it very difficult on the Yellow Jackets just to get the ball over the net as SU recorded five of its 11 team blocks. Leah Levert led SU with seven block assists. Lindsay McCabe finished the match with three of her own. At libero, Belle Sand finished the night with 10 digs.

How It Happened

The first set began with both teams trading blows until a 4-0 run lifted Georgia Tech to a 14-10 lead. Once the Orange found itself down, 22-20 it was forced to make a move. Monika Salkute snapped Georgia Tech's run with a kill and the Yellow Jackets had a tough time handling the SU attack, resulting in three errors to give SU a 24-23 lead. With set point brought upon Tech, it was none-other than Uattara who sent a rocket to the floor to give SU the set, 25-23.

In the second stanza, the Yellow Jackets jumped out to a quick, 12-7 lead. From there Tech made it difficult for the Orange to climb back until SU was forced to make a move again with the score at 20-17, Tech. Kills by Monika Salkute and Gosia Wlaszczuk followed by back-to-back kills by Uattara tied the set at 21. With the score knotted up, two more kills by Uattara and two errors by the Yellow Jackets gave SU the four points it needed to put away the set, 25-23 in favor of Syracuse.

After the break and defeat bearing down on the Yellow Jackets, Tech jumped out in front of SU with a 12-3 run, then followed by a 6-2 run to take the set and begin its climb back into the match with a 25-11 score.

The fourth was similar to the first two, except this time Tech pieced together a 4-1 run to extend its lead late from 19-16 to 23-17. SU attempted to climb back grabbing three more points but a kill for Tech put an end to SU's comeback, 25-20.

Uattara attempted to send a message in the fifth, with the first kill of the set but an attack error by SU and three kills lifted Tech to a 4-1 lead. The closest SU came to coming back was on following an attack error by the Yellow Jackets bringing the score to 6-5. However, Georgia Tech refused to give SU an inch of momentum with a 5-2 surge to extend its lead to 11-7. From there SU couldn't manage to stop the Tech attack as the two teams traded blows, with SU falling in the end, 15-10.