ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The No. 1 seed East Tennessee State volleyball team upended No. 8 seed Western Carolina in the Southern Conference Tournament Quarterfinals to advance to the Semifinals.  The Bucs (22-6, 15-1 SoCon) swept (25-22, 25-19, 25-22) the Catamounts (8-21, 3-13 SoCon) on Friday afternoon.  ETSU will face No. 5 seed UNC Greensboro on Saturday, November 22 at 4 p.m. in Harrah's Cherokee Center as one of the four remaining teams.

NOTABLES

• Makayla Bays boasted her sixth match of the season with 20+ kills, reaching 20 in the sweep of the Catamounts.  Bays, the sophomore outside hitter, recorded her 10th double-double of the season and the 16th of her career with her 20 kills and 11 digs, tacking on four aces for the fourth time this season.
• Chloe Smith, the freshman outside hitter, saw her first collegiate start in the contest, going on to collect 13 kills on a .333 clip with one ace, three digs and two total blocks for career-highs in kills and blocks.
• Melanie Morris reached her 1,000th career dig with her 11th dig of the match.  The junior libero collected a season-high 25 digs at 8.33 digs per set with eight assist and a flawless match-high 35 receptions.
• Junior setter Alex Kreutzmann tallied her fifth career double-double with 11 digs and 16 assists.
• Whitley Rammel, the senior middle blocker, posted her 16th match of the season hitting over .400, hitting exactly .500 with eight kills and no errors on 16 attempts.

UP NEXT
ETSU will face No. 5 seed UNC Greensboro on Saturday, November 22 at 4 p.m. in Harrah's Cherokee Center.