Florence, SC: The Golden Eagles played their second day in Florence, SC in the Francis Marion Tournament. UC would go .500 on the day and bump their record to 8-4.
 
JUST THE BASICS:
Score: West Florida 3Charleston 0
Location: Smith University Center
Team Records: Charleston (7-4, 0-0 MEC) Francis Marion (10-1, 0-0 Gulf South )
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Charleston Golden Eagles were dominated by West Florida in game one. 
 
The first set was dominated by the Argonauts who would go on a 7-0 run early and never look back. The Golden Eagles were only able to push the score to within 10 at one point in the set and lost by a final score of 25-15. The second set was 25-11 in favor of West Florida. The final set was 25-11 as well. 
 
For just the second time this season the Golden Eagles had no players with double digit kills.
 
JUST THE BASICS
Score: Charleston 3 Mount Olive 1
Location: Smith University Center
Team Records: Charleston (8-4, 0-0 MEC) Mount Olive (5-5, 0-0 Conference Carolinas)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Charleston looked to bounce back after their afternoon defeat at the hands of West Florida. They would go on to make swift work of the Mount Olive Trojans, winning in straight sets.
 
The first set was dominated by a hungry Charleston team that was eager to put their previous loss behind them. The vengeance taken by the Golden Eagles was swift as they would go on to dominate the Trojans. The final point of the set came off a service ace by sophomore McKenzie Damon.
 
The second set was closer but still dominated by UC. The Golden Eagles offensive pressure was back to normal after an unsteady previous game. There were no shortage of kills by a variety of different players in the game as Coach Tyler Kanelos looked to involve some younger players. With the game steadily in hand the Golden Eagles would continue their rout by winning seven of the final eleven points in the set. Final score: Charleston 25 Mount Olive 16.
 
UC would wrap up the match by cruising to a 25-22 victory after some trouble late in the set. Charleston bounced back to defeat the Trojans in straight sets after falling to West Florida just a few hours before. On the weekend the Golden Eagles would go 3-1 and improve their record to 8-4.
UP NEXT:
Charleston begins conference play against the visiting West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats on Tuesday, September 28 at the Werhle Innovation Center.  
 
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