NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Christopher Newport University volleyball squad defeated Methodist in three sets advancing to the USA South Championship game. The Captains will take on North Carolina Wesleyan on Saturday at 1:00pm in the Freeman Center in the championship game.

Set scores for the match were 25-11, 25-16 and 25-18.

The Captains were led by Caitlyn Jansen (Lorton, Va.) with ten kills. Following with nine kills apiece were Chelsea McClure (Montclair, Va.) and Kara Elder (Charlottesville, Va.). Jessie Heavenrich (Cambria, Calif.) led in assists with 37. Elder and Mary Horner (Springfield, Va.) each had 10 digs for the Captains while Bailey Jensen (Ashburn, Va.) added six blocks.

Methodist was led by Jalesty Washington (Dunn, N.C.) with 11 kills and Kayci Miller (Zanesville, Ohio) with 25 assists. Hillary McPhatter (Winston-Salem, N.C.) led the Monarchs with 13 digs.

The win improves the Captains to 34-2 on the year and drops Methodist to 20-12.

Live statistics and video will be available for tomorrow's championship match at the links below.

Live Statistics – http://www.sidearmsports.com/cnu/wvball

Live Video - http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/cnu.portal#

SET SCORES      1       2      3
CNU                     25    25    25
Methodist            11    16    18

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