CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The UCF volleyball team came in and took care of business with a 3-0 sweep against Charlotte Sunday afternoon in Halton Arena.
The Knights, now 2-0 on the young season, recorded nine aces with six of those coming in the first set. UCF kept Charlotte (1-3) to a .067 attacking percentage, meanwhile the Black and Gold notched a .337 with 40 kills.
Avah Armour led the charge with 13 kills and two aces. Chloe Scheer showed out on the defensive side with 11 digs. Katelyn Grimes tallied eight digs and a match-high four aces. In her Knights debut, Megan Holland recorded two kills and one solo block.
Charlotte opened the match with two quick points to take a 2-0 lead. The Knights answered back with a 5-0 scoring run ignited by a kill from Carlson and back-to-back aces from Scheer. The Black and Gold then got in their groove with multiple scoring runs to boost them to a 25-10 set win. Serving and their offensive attack rallied the Knights through the first set accounting for six aces and a .409 clip.
UCF came out firing on all cylinders in the second set with a 7-0 scoring run sparked by consecutive kills from Carlson and Armour. The Knights held onto the lead for the remainder of the set, as Carlson ended the second stanza with a kill, 25-21.
The Black and Gold got off to a hot 8-2 start in the last set propelled by two kills each from Sasha Cohen and Armour. At 23-13, Charlotte started chipping away at the Knights’ lead with a 5-0 run to close the gap to six points. Holland ended the Niners’ run with a kill en route to a 25-18 win to earn the first sweep of the season.
The Knights head back to the Sunshine State for the rest of their non-conference schedule. UCF heads to DeLand for two matches, starting with Stetson Thursday, September 5 at 6 p.m. followed by UNCW Saturday at 2 p.m.