University of Louisville
Charlotte
Volleyball Sweeps Charlotte
September 22, 2000 | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 22, 2000
Louisville,KY -- - wed why she leads Conference USA in hitting percentage when she hit .529 to lead the University of Louisville volleyball team to a three game sweep of Charlotte at Cardinal Arena.
The Cardinals, 7-4, evened its league mark to 1-1. Charlotte fell to 5-5 and 1-1 in C-USA.
"We shook up the lineup a bit and we got a good result," said head coach Leonid Yelin, who had three new faces in the starting lineup.
The Cardinals manhandled the 49ers in the first game going up 11-1 and then polishing them off 15-2.
"We were very focused after being disorganized against Cincinnati earlier in the week," said Yelin. "Charlotte just happened get the brunt of that."
The second game mirrored the first with Louisville building a commanding lead and never letting Charlotte threaten in the 15-6 win.
"We put Emily Roberson in at setter and she had a nice outing," said Yelin. "She distributed the ball well."
Charlotte had better luck in the third game, keeping it close in the early going. Louisville got to game point and Charlotte held the Cardinals off for an entire rotation before sealing the match 15-10.
Middle blocker Stacey Mercer made the most of her new starting position, hitting .643 with nine kills, no errors on 14 attacks. Kelly McClain, Louisville's most versatile player, had nine kills, eight assists, 12 digs and six blocks.
Louisville plays Saint Louis today at 7:00 in Cardinal Arena to close out the Cardinal three match homestand.
