Pride Sports Info.
Greensboro, NC -- Greensboro College defeated Shenandoah 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-23) and Meredith 3-2 (25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 18-25, 20-18) on the final day of regular season play. It was senior day for
Kacie Hyatt (Randleman, NC/Southern Guilford) and she had 30 kills for The Pride on Saturday.
The Pride (9-27, 7-11) enters next week's USA South Tournament with a three-match win streak.
Meredith led 14-8 in the fifth set before The Pride rallied.
Emily Thompson (Mebane, NC/Cedar Ridge) served four points for GC to push the match to 15-15.
Sha McDuffie (Winston-Salem, NC/Parkland), who had 43 assists, served and ace and Meredith had an attack error on the match point.
Meredith-GC box
Hyatt had 16 kills and Thompson recorded 11 digs for The Pride. Morgan White notched a match-high 20 kills for the Avenging Angels (13-17, 7-11).
In the Shenandoah match, The Pride hit .476 and
Kacie Hyatt (Randleman, NC/Southern Guilford) recorded 14 kills as GC bested the Hornets. Sha McDuffie dished 38 assists for GC. SU's Jessi Johnson had 9 kills.
Box score
-Meredith 3, Shenandoah 2 (25-19, 25-9, 19-25, 19-25, 20-18)
Rebecca Yow had 60 assists and Morgan White notched 25 kills for Meredith (13-16, 7-10). For SU (14-17, 3-15), Rachel Maki recorded 18 assists and Kelcy Brown had 39 assists.
Box score
See Hyatt Talk about the match and senior day:
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Kacie Hyatt Senior Day Script:
During Kacie's four years, Greensboro College has a 42-24 record in the conference with one second place and two third place finishes. Her name is all over the GC record book. She holds the record for kills in a season with 562, total attempts in a season with 1456. She is one of only six GC players to have 30 kills in a match when she recorded 31 vs SUNY Oneonta. She is #1 for her career for total attempts and #3 for career kills. Kacie received the NCCSIA All State Team in 08, was USAS First Team All Conference in 07 and 08, USAS All Tournament in 07, USAS Sportsmanship Team in 07, and MVP in 07 and 08. This year Kacie leads the team in three categories.
Coach Lojko says, "Kacie is one of the most aggressive hitters we have ever had at GC. She always wants the ball and calls for it every play. I'm really sorry that she was hurt this year, since she had such a tremendous season last year. There is no one that I have coached that has put more into making herself and GC Volleyball great, than Kacie. Off court, Kacie is one of the nicest people you will meet. We will never be able to replace what she brings to our program".
