PAULINO ACCUMULATES A TRIPLE-DOUBLE AS SKYHAWK VOLLEYBALL FLIES PAST OVC RIVAL TENNESSEE STATE

Tuesday, October 3

Martin, Tenn.

6 p.m.

UT Martin

4-11,2-3OVC

Tennessee State

2-13,2-3OVC

Tennessee St.

UT Martin

PAULINO ACCUMULATES A TRIPLE-DOUBLE AS SKYHAWK VOLLEYBALL FLIES PAST OVC RIVAL TENNESSEE STATE

10/3/2023 9:58:00 PM | Volleyball

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MARTIN, Tenn. – Graduate setter Haeleigh Paulino had a career night for the University of Tennessee at Martin volleyball team as the Skyhawks put away Tennessee State in four sets (26-24, 23-25, 25-21, 25-23) in Ohio Valley Conference volleyball action.

Paulino delivered her first collegiate triple-double, registering a career-high 10 kills, season-best 32 assists and 10 digs. She additionally hit .500 (only one error in 18 swings) while adding a match-high two service aces, becoming the second UT Martin player to amass a triple-double in 2023 (joining Addy Vaughn's 11 kills, 18 assists and 14 digs at Lipscomb on Sept. 7).

Kayla Bryant slammed down a team-high 13 kills while Jenna Vallée and Halle Everett each produced 10 kills apiece to give the Skyhawks four attackers in double-digit rally killers. As a team, UT Martin (4-11, 2-3 OVC) hit .219 to go along with six service aces this evening.

Nearly coming away with her first career double-double was libero Kayla Carrell as the senior from Pensacola, Fla. equaled a career-high with 29 digs while setting a career-best with nine assists. Olivia Saunders (season-high seven blocks), Vallée (four blocks) and Everett (three blocks) helped enforce the net throughout the night as the Tigers (2-13, 2-3 OVC) hit just .138 over the final three sets.

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The Skyhawks scored the first four points of the match but had to come back in the opening stanza, staving off set point twice while ending the set on a 4-0 run. UT Martin boasted 18 kills in the opening stanza alone. Tennessee State flipped the script in the second set, overcoming a 22-17 deficit with an 8-1 surge to even the match at 1-all despite nine digs out of Carrell.

UT Martin hit a blazing .419 with 17 kills (against four errors) in 31 swings in the third set to take a 2-1 lead. In the final stanza, the Skyhawks never trailed as Paulino made history and Carrell chipped in another nine digs en route to the victory.

A two-match road series at Southeast Missouri is next up for UT Martin as the Skyhawks travel to Cape Girardeau, Mo. on Friday, Oct. 6 (6 p.m.) and Saturday, Oct. 7 (2 p.m.). Both matches are set to be streamed live on ESPN+.