UNC tops Coastal Carolina in Preseason Exhibition

Saturday, August 24

Chapel Hill, N.C.

5 PM

North Carolina

Coastal Carolina (scrimmage)

Karenna Wurl
University of North Carolina Volleyball
Blue-White
Carmichael Arena
Chapel Hill, NC
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

August 24, 2019 | Volleyball

CHAPEL HILL – A balanced Tar Heel offense paved the way for UNC's 3-1 exhibition victory over Coastal Carolina on Saturday afternoon in Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels won the first three sets and the Chanticleers won the fourth.

Through three sets, freshman Parker Austin led UNC's offense with double-digit kills. Both Annabelle Archer and Hunter Atherton saw time setting with Archer taking the first two sets and Atherton the last two. Mia Fradenburg grounded the defense with double-digit digs while Karenna Wurl led Carolina with three aces.

Wurl set the tone for the match with an ace for the first point of the exhibition. A Destiny Cox – Katharine Esterley block forced a timeout for Coastal as the Tar Heels led 17-14. A kill by Skyy Howard clinched the 25-20 win.

Despite winning the second set 25-21, the Tar Heels struggled out of the gate as the Chanticleers earned the first three points. However a Ryan Shannon ace evened up the frame at 5-5. The set remained within two points until Archer muscled a kill at the net for a 22-20 lead and eventual set win.

A new Tar Heel lineup took the court to begin the third that clinched a 25-18 win for the Tar Heels. Carly Peck, Howard and Austin formed a triple block in the third set that forced a Coastal Carolina timeout. Back-to-back Howard kills gave UNC a five point lead late in the set that the Chanticleers were unable to come back from.

Coastal Carolina won the fourth set 25-21. However, the format of the NCAA LiveStats program, stats were not kept for the set.

The Tar Heels begin the regular season Aug. 30-31 with the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in Chapel Hill. Carolina faces Minnesota in the 2019 opener at 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 30. Opening weekend wraps up with Wisconsin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Carmichael Arena.

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