UAB Races Back from 0-2 Deficit to Beat Louisiana Tech, 3-2

Friday, October 26

Birmingham / Bartow Arena

7:00 PM

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-1212, 46 CUSA

Louisiana Tech

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LA Tech

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UAB Races Back from 0-2 Deficit to Beat Louisiana Tech, 3-2

10/26/2018 11:21:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BIRMINGHAM – Trailing two sets to none and facing a possible sweep, the UAB volleyball team stormed back against Louisiana Tech to claim a five-set victory (26-28, 23-25, 25-22, 25-20, 17-15) on Friday night inside Bartow Arena.

Abby Carlile broke out against the Lady Techsters as she paced the Blazer offense with her first double-double of the year while setting career highs in kills (22) and digs (13). Keeping pace with her was Emma Mitchell who scored her seventh double-double of the season. Mitchell set career highs in kills with 19 and digs with 22.

Joining them on the career high train was sophomore setter Shelby Holderfield. She recorded 63 assists against LA Tech, breaking her previous career high of 60 set last season. Holderfield netted six kills on the night which is a new career high as well.

Victoria Young played a key role in the middle with 11 kills and two blocks on the night, hitting at .310 percent. On the outside, Alex Kells picked up 13 kills and a career high 17 digs while getting two service aces and two blocks.

Along the back line, freshman libero Brianna Muller keep the offense on track all night with 18 digs, one shy of tying her career high.

"Even in the first two sets when we lost we were doing the right things," head coach Amy Pauly said. "We were still performing and you see that in the stats. I am proud of how they sustained it through a whole match and never got down. I credit Shelby a lot, 63 assists is a really high number, she distributed the ball very well to the pins and they capitalized on it. Alex had another lights out performance for us and dug herself out of a hole early on. She was key for us in those final three sets while Brianna's defense kept us in the game during the long rallies and allowed our offense to continue to attack."

Set One: UAB 26, LA Tech 28

UAB (12-12, 4-6 C-USA) saw its largest lead at 12-8 after a tightly contested early portion of the set. Louisiana Tech stormed back however, to take a four-point advantage, 24-20. The Blazers fought off set point four times to tie it at 24-24. LA Tech wouldn't be denied and topped the Blazers in the opening set, 28-26. The Lady Techsters hit .238 while holding UAB to .163 hitting.

Set Two: UAB 23, LA Tech 25

The Blazers got out to an early 4-3 advantage but trailed the rest of the way. Louisiana Tech's lead reached its peak at four points at 9-5 and 16-12. UAB cut the deficit to one, 24-23, before falling 25-23. The Blazers hit .104 while allowing Louisiana Tech to hit .188.

Set Three: UAB 25, LA Tech 22

After an early 7-2 UAB lead, the set became much more contested. Louisiana Tech made a comeback to tie the set at 9-9 and set the stage for a back-and-forth third. UAB and LA Tech tied the score eight times before the Green and Gold pulled away to win the set 25-22. UAB registered a hitting percentage of .390 while holding the Lady Techsters to .225 hitting.

Set Four: UAB 25, LA Tech 20

The Blazers took the first point of the set and never looked back, stretching their lead to 10-3 early. Louisiana Tech attempted a comeback and cut its deficit to one, 15-14, but UAB extended the lead to 22-18 before taking the set, 25-20. UAB hit .244 while holding Louisiana Tech to .225.

Set Five: UAB 17, LA Tech 15

Louisiana Tech (6-19, 1-9 C-USA) claimed the first two points of the match to put themselves up 2-0 before the Blazers found their footing and tied it back up at 2-2. After nine ties, the Blazers rallied to win the set 17-15. The Green and Gold hit .407 and held the Lady Techsters to a .185 hitting percentage.

Up Next:

UAB will host Middle Tennessee on Sunday, October 28 at 1 p.m. from Bartow Arena. The Blazers will look to avenge a loss they suffered against the Blue Raiders back on October 19 in Murfreesboro.

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