BRUNSWICK, Ga. (October 20, 2022) - The Webber International University women's volleyball team traveled to the College of Coastal Georgia to face the Mariners for the second time this season on Wednesday night. After winning the first two sets commandingly, the Warriors would be unable to close out the final set needed as the Mariners stormed back to take the victory, 3-2 (12-25, 18-25, 25-15, 25-20, 15-10).

The Warriors (13-10 overall, 3-5 SUN) started the match hitting very well in the first two sets but struggled over the next three and ended the match with a hitting percentage of .181. It was slightly higher than the .122 percent of Coastal Georgia (9-12, 1-6).

Webber started the match in dominant fashion, jumping out to an early 6-0 lead in the first set. The Warriors increased their lead to as many as 10 over the course of the set at 17-7. With the momentum in favor of the Warriors, an 8-5 run saw them take the victory in set one, 25-12.

Trailing 5-3 to start the second set, Webber then scored four-straight to take the lead. Both teams battled back-and-forth with the lead swapping several times and with Coastal Georgia leading 15-14, an 11-3 run from the Warriors earned them a 2-0 lead for the match.

The tide began to shift in set number three as the Warriors began to struggle offensively. The Mariners quickly took an early 10-4 lead and slowly built that lead to 10 and then eventually led as many as 13 at 22-9. A 5-1 run from Webber cut the deficit to single digits, however, it was too little too late as Coastal Georgia made it 2-1 for the match.

The Warriors took a 10-7 lead in the fourth set but the Mariners fought back to take the lead. The lead changed hands several times throughout the set, but tied at 19, Coastal Georgia scored five in a row to hold advantage for the set, 24-19. Webber scored once more but a kill from the Mariners gave them the set victory and forced a fifth set.

After falling behind 6-2, two kills from Bailey Sikkema and two from Delanie Johnson would even the score for the Warriors at 6-6. Following a timeout by the Mariners, they would score three-straight to lead 9-6. Webber was unable to string points together to get back into the match and would fall in the fifth and final set, 15-10.

Sikkema led the Warriors on offense with 12 total kills followed by Cintia Lorena with 10 and Nadia Reid and Savannah Wilhite each with six. Playing in place of Amanda Vega was Ana Clara Araujo who tallied 22 assists and 10 digs, both of which are season-highs, for her first double-double of the season. Paysee Crow ended the match one dig shy of a double-double as well, recording 19 assists and nine digs. Bailey Berger tallied a team-high 14 digs while adding eight assists as well. Kiersten Tisdale finished level on digs with Araujo with 10 while Teodora Ranitovic led the Warriors yet again with four total blocks, followed by Alexis Turner and Sikkema each with two.

The Warriors now have a tough weekend ahead of them as they host Keiser University on Saturday, October 22nd at 9 a.m. followed by another home-match the very next day against St. Thomas University on Sunday, October 23rd at 1 p.m. Keiser is currently ranked fourth in The Sun Conference while St. Thomas sits atop the rankings in first place.