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Georgia earns third straight victory, sweeps Aggies

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BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The University of Georgia volleyball team traveled to College Station on Sunday, sweeping the host Aggies in three sets (25-23, 25-22, 25-18).

With its third-straight victory, Georgia improves to 13-7 on the season and 4-4 in SEC play.

Kacie Evans led the offense with 14 kills with a whopping .480 hitting percentage. With 12 digs, she also recorded her sixth double-double of the season.

Sophie Fischer tallied 12 kills, four aces, and three blocks for a team-best 18 points.

Texas native Clara Brower led Georgia to a .330 hitting clip, the Dogs' highest in SEC play this season. She handed out a three-set season-high 40 assists, just missing a double-double with nine digs.

Other notables included nine kills by Erica Staunton and nine digs by Bailey Cox. As a team, Georgia laid down eight service aces.

A string of three-straight aces by Fischer gave Georgia a 5-2 advantage early in the opening set. The Dogs held the lead into the first set media break, leading the Aggies 15-12. The Aggies (14-6, 6-4) sliced the Dogs' advantage to one, 16-15, but Georgia didn't relinquish the lead. Georgia drew set point on an Evans kill, 24-21, but Texas A&M stayed alive, making it 24-23, and forcing Georgia's final timeout. A kill from Staunton finished the set off for Georgia, 25-23. Evans tallied six kills in the opener on a .455 hitting clip ahead of Fischer's four on a .444 percentage.

Georgia had to play catchup to open the second set, trailing as much as four, 9-5. Brower won a joust at the net for a kill that started a 3-0 run to give Georgia its first lead of the set, 13-12. Another three-point run put the Dogs in front 17-14. Knotted at 19, an Evans kill, and a Bulldog block put Georgia back in front 21-19. The Dogs held on to win the set, 25-22, taking a 2-0 lead in the match. Georgia hit a strong .452 in the second set as a squad and put up four blocks in the frame. Staunton's five kills in the second came on a .714 hitting percentage.

An early 8-5 Georgia lead was erased on a 5-0 Aggie run in the third. Georgia responded with three-straight to retake the lead, 11-10. A 4-1 run shortly after widened Georgia's lead back to three, 16-13, prompting an Aggie break. With Georgia holding on to a 19-17 lead, a 6-1 Bulldog run closed out the match for Georgia, 25-18, completing the road sweep of the Aggies.

Georgia returns to Athens to open a three-match homestand beginning Friday, Oct. 27, hosting No. 23 Auburn at Stegeman Coliseum at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs then host Mississippi State Sunday, Oct. 29.