BELLINGER
GETS TRIBLE-DOUBLE AS UNA DOWNS FALCONS, COTTON BLOSSOMS
FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama Volleyball Team
opened the 2006 season with a pair of sweeps Friday evening at
Flowers Hall. Playing in the opening day of the UNA Classic,
the Lions ninth-ranked defeated Texas Permian Basin and
Arkansas-Monticello to begin the year 2-0 and extend an impressive
home winning streak.
The nightcap victory over UAM represented the Lions’ 100th
consecutive home win against teams from the Gulf South Conference.
Danielle Palasak and Dee Ayres had 12 kills each as UNA outscored
the Cotton Blossoms 30-18, 31-29 and 30-28.
Jessica Hansen had 15 digs to lead the team, while Ashley Hill added
13 in the match. Laura Bellinger recorded 33 assists and 11digs to
complete a solid day.
In the early game against UTPB, Bellinger recorded a triple-double
with 10 kills, 42 assists and 11 digs. The senior from Portage,
Mich., paced the Lions’ offensive attack, as the team hit .388 in
the three- game sweep. She helped the team’s percentage by hitting
.714 for the match as the Lions won 30-14, 30-16, 30-20.
Palasak, a junior from Garden City, Mich., added a double-double of
her by netting 10 kills and 13 digs, while sophomore Kasie Spencer
led the team in kills with 13 for the match. Defensively, Hill had
15 digs to lead all players.
The win over the Falcons extended UNA’s season-opening winning
streak to 16 consecutive matches and improved the team’s
home-opening streak to 15 straight game.
The Lions will return to action Saturday morning at 11:30 to face
Albany State before completing the event with an 8 p.m. showdown
with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.
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