The 49ers women’s volleyball team fell just short of winning an important conference game against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders by a score of 3-2. Coming in, Charlotte appeared to be the heavy favorite to take the game but the Blue Raiders had other ideas, as they improved to 6-16 on the season and 2-6 in conference play. Meanwhile, the loss pushed the Niners to 17-6 with a 4-3 record versus Conference USA opponents. Even with the loss, they maintain the sixth spot in the C-USA standings.
The five-set game saw a lot of back and forth action between the two teams, with Charlotte winning the second (25-23) and third (25-18) sets but losing the first (25-22), fourth (25-20) and the fifth (19-17), which was ultimately the final blow.