The Charlotte 49ers dropped the fifth set to Middle Tennessee (MTSU) 10-15 to lose Sunday afternoon’s battle in Halton Arena (17-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-22, 10-15), allowing 70 kills to the Blue Raiders.
“I don’t think we showed up to play our best today,” head coach Karen Weatherington said. “I think we took a little bit for granted because Middle Tennessee hasn’t been flowing very well. I didn’t think we had our best showing today for sure.”
Tied up at 15 in the first set, the 49ers (7-15, 1-6 C-USA) used a couple attack errors from MTSU and ace serve from Tatyana Thomas to go up 17-15, attempting to start the game on a high-note.