Bulldogs Deliver Reverse Sweep to Georgia Southern

Saturday, September 13

Athens, Ga.

5:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

7-1,0-0SEC

Georgia Southern

7-1,0-0Sun Belt

Ga. Southern

Georgia

September 13, 2025 | Volleyball

Box Score

Volleyball | vs. GEORGIA SOUTHERN | W, 3-2
Set scores: 23-25, 25-27, 25-22, 25-19, 15-10
Season Record: 7-1

Bulldogs Deliver Reverse Sweep to Georgia Southern

ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia volleyball team delivered the Georgia Southern Eagles their first loss of the season in reverse sweep fashion on Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum, 3-2 (23-25, 25-27, 25-22, 25-19, 15-10).

Georgia climbs to 7-1 on the season.

Fast Facts

Four Bulldogs recorded double-doubles in Saturday's win: Bianna Muoneke (tied career-high 23 kills, tied season-high 14 digs), Estelle Haugen (10 kills, career-high 16 digs), Kaiya Tyson (14 assists, career-high 10 digs; first career double-double), and Chloe Elarton (season-high 35 assists, season-high 16 digs).
Redshirt-sophomore libero Makena Lim led the team with 17 digs. In all, five Bulldogs reached double-figure digs.
Redshirt-junior Kendal Kemp led with 10 blocks (2 solo, 8 assists).
Sophomore MK Patten laid down 14 kills, the second-most on the team.

KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tom Black
On resilience shown today...
"Huge resilience. It was a tale of two matches. Georgia Southern played really well. They're a really good team. I thought we came out nervous, or tight, or a little scared, and dug ourselves in a massive ditch, massive. Just an incredible amount of resilience."

On a mental switch or physical switch during this game...
"I think it was mental first, and then there are a couple of tactical changes that we could make from there. But x's and o's don't matter if you're not in it mentally. So I thought MK [Patten] made a few huge plays for us, defensively and offensively. And that kind of changed the tide of the match. But the girls fought, and they dug themselves out of it. So again, that really speaks to their character."

Estelle Haugen | Sr. | OH
On the reverse sweep...
"We talked about it after the game, but it was just a collective effort to regroup and start again. We know we did not come out starting strong at all, and we just decided, 'Hey, we can either end like this or we can turn things around.' It was super cool just to see the team come together and take it upon ourselves to win."

Up Next
Georgia takes on FIU on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Stegeman Coliseum on the final day of the Bulldog Classic. The match will stream live on SEC Network+.