Season-Opening Surge Continues for TU with Two More Wins
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The Taylor volleyball team continued its fast start to the 2021 campaign with a pair of victories on the first day of the Truett-McConnell Tournament on Friday.
With the wins over Fisk and Brenau, the Trojans improved to 9-1 and pushed their win streak to eight-straight matches. The 9-1 start is TU’s best since opening the 2010 season with an 18-1 clip and the current eight-game streak is Taylor’s longest string of triumphs since rattling off nine in a row in 2011 and 14-straight to start the aforementioned 2010 season.
Ryan Czerniak put the offense on her back on Friday, tattering the opposition to the tune of a .483 hitting percentage with 34 kills and just five errors over 60 swings in the two wins.
The senior lefty opened the day with 19 kills in 37 swings in Taylor’s 25-10, 25-18, 22-25, 25-15 victory over Fisk (0-6). Sarah Scott added a career-high nine kills and Kacy Bragg tossed up 34 assists in the four-set match. Stephaney Fifield turned in another fantastic performance from the libero position with a season-high 34 digs and two aces, with Nikki Parrett adding 12 digs.
It was more Czerniak in a 25-14, 25-14, 25-18 sweep of Brenau, as the senior slammed 15 of TU’s 31 kills in the three-set win. Czerniak struck for her 15 kills in just 23 swings and was off-target just twice.
Grace Isaacs turned in her finest blocking performance of the season with five solo and three assisted blocks, with Fifield leading the backrow with 15 digs. Bragg posted another double-double with 30 assists and 13 digs and Chloe Holtz collected the first two service aces of her young collegiate career.
Taylor (9-1, 1-0 CL) will continue its visit to Georgia on Saturday with a 9:00 am clash against Keiser (5-12) and a 3:00 pm date with the host Truett-McConnell (2-4) squad to round out the two-day tourney.
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