DECATUR, Ga.  (September 22, 2022) – Agnes Scott volleyball team dropped their non-conference matchup to Middle Georgia State University (MGSU) in straight sets (14-25, 22-25, 16-25) inside Woodruff Gymnasium.

"Tonight I'm really proud of the team, we're showing a lot of progress. We do have a lot of opportunities in areas like scoring but overall I'm seeing the defense, I'm seeing the communication what we're asking for, a lot of things we're working on in practice with hitting the actual shots, now we've just got to push forward and learn how to actual score," said head coach Shanna Trone. "Tonight it just felt like we were scoring maybe one or two points per rotation and that's what we talked about afterwords, just getting them to understand the importance of scoring. We did a lot of good things, so I'm very proud of them. Defense was on, offense was on, we were trying new plays and things like that, so I'm just happy that their trusting themselves overall and being comfortable with trying new things. Now we've just got to push forward this weekend and make some things happen with the outcome in the scores."
 
Sophomore Summer Davis (Atlanta, Ga.) paved the way with seven kills, one service ace and seven digs.
 
Both squads went back-and-forth early in the first set until MGSU took control midway through and finished game one with a .226 hitting percentage.
 
Middle Georgia State took a quick 1-0 advantage in game two, thanks to a kill from Courtney Williamson, but the Scotties responded with a service ace to come within one. Middle Georgia State University when took control with a series of kills to take set two. 
 
 MGSU led set three from start-to-finish hitting only. 222.
 
First-year Adrionna Foster (Oxford, Ala.) had a team-best 11 assists while, defensively, First-years Adrionna Foster and Jessa Torres (San Antonio, Texas) added six digs each in a losing effort.

"Tonight against Middle Georgia we played really good. We had some highs and some lows, but I think we just have to capitalize on our highs and work on executing and going hard for every ball and not letting the ball drop and keeping our serves in," said team captain Summer Davis. "We had some good energy with the crowd so I think we just need to keep that up going forward through this weekend when we play Huntington and Covenant so keep up that progress and then we'll hopefully get a better outcome. Go Scotties!" 

For Middle Georgia State, Ellison Johnson led the team with a double-double (15 assists and 10 digs) in the win.
 
Agnes Scott will next travel to Montgomery, Alabama to open Collegiate Conference of the South with matchups against Covenant and Huntingdon College at 3 & 5 p.m.