Dalton State           17   19   22   =   0

Coastal Georgia    25   25   25   =   3

Brunswick, GA. – The Dalton State volleyball Roadrunners fell in straight sets to NAIA No. 13 Coastal Georgia (19-3, overall, 10-1 SSAC) Friday night to begin a three match road swing through Georgia.

The Roadrunner trailed throughout the first set. Coastal Georgia broke open a 2-2 tie to go up on top 7-2.  Dalton State would pull to within one at 10-9 before the Mariners pulled away for the 25-17 set victory.

The visitors took an early and short-lived lead (2-1) in set two. The teams played close for a while. Coastal Georgia only led by one at 12-11, but the Mariners scored seven straight to take a 18-11 lead. DS pulled back to within two (19-17) before the hosts went on to win the set, 25-19.   

After a 6-6 tie in the third set, CGA outscored DS 7-1 to go ahead by six, 13-7.  The Roadrunners pulled back to within two at 24-22.  The Mariners then won the set, 25-22 and the match.

Anna Metzler had nine kills for Dalton State. Kianna Delaney, Marta Guntin and Savannah Nelson each added six. Michala Askew had 27 assists and 12 digs. Delaney had 11 digs and Karly Newman had eight digs.

"We may have lost, but we didn't give up at anytime during the match," Coach Bruna Langner said. "I am proud of my girls for playing hard from the beginning to the end.  If we keep playing this way, I am confident we will have a great conference tournament."

Coastal Georgia's Regan Coughlin had a match high 11 kills. Kyra White  and Allie Shannon added eight each. Cayley Meiners had 36 assists. Coughlin had 10 digs, Kara Nelson and Alyssa Keeve each had 14 digs for the Mariners.

Dalton State volleyball (7-10 overall, 3-6 SSAC) will visit Mt. Zion, GA. Saturday afternoon for a 2 p.m. match against Brewton-Parker at Gillis Gymnasium. The Roadrunners will travel to Reinhardt on Monday at 4 p.m.

NAIA Friday Scoreboard:

Volleyball:

Faulkner - AL. def. Brewton-Parker - GA.  -  25-18, 25-11, 25-16  =  3-0
(RV) Mobile def. Brenau - GA.  -  25-12, 26-24, 25-12  =  3-0
Loyola - LA. def. Clark Atlanta  -  25-20, 25-17, 19-25, 25-19 =  3-1
North Greenville Village - SC. def. Loyola - LA.  -  21-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-15  =  3-1
Truett-McConnell -GA. def. Tennessee Wesleyan  - 25-15, 22-25, 25-19, 25-22  =  3-1
Milligan - TN def. Point - GA  -  25-11, 25-14, 25-21  -  3-0
(5) Lindsey Wilson - KY. def. Asbury - KY.  -  25-11, 25-14, 25-15  =  3-0

Soccer:

(9) Cumberland - TN. def. St. Catharine - KY. -  5-0