McGinnis scores second triple-double in school history
August 26th, 2006
Junior setter Angie McGinnis notched the second triple-double in school history with 56 assists, 11 digs and 10 kills in leading #5 Florida past #24 Utah 3-1 (30-25, 32-35, 32-30, 30-26) before a crowd of 2,171 Saturday night at the Aquafina Invitational at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
The Gators (2-0) out-paced the strong serving and blocking of Utah (1-1) as UF hit .232 to .199 for the Utes. Florida finished with more kills (79-66) and digs (84-79), while getting out-blocked 16.0-13.0.
“”There was some pretty exciting volleyball out there tonight,” Wise said. “I’m not sure if it was the cleanest volleyball. But for a team that is a work in progress, for us to beat a good blocking and serving team like Utah this early in the season is huge.”
McGinnis, who recorded the first triple-double in school history as a sophomore in 2005, was also named the tournament’s MVP. “It’s pretty cool, though it didn’t seem like I had that many kills,” McGinnis said. “The triple-double helped us out tonight, but everybody else on our team was amazing.”
Junior outside hitter Marcie Hampton earned a nod to the All-Tournament team after recording a career-best 25 kills, while also adding 16 digs. Freshman libero Elyse Cusack also earned All-Tournament team honors after finishing with a match-high 26 digs.
Four Gators finished in double figures in kills during the match with junior Kisya Killingsworth adding 13 kills and sophomore middle blocker Kelsey Bowers chipping in with 10. Killingsworth also finished with a team-high five blocks.
The Gators won their 18th consecutive match in regular season home tournaments and ended the Aquafina Invitational with a 2-0 record. That marked the 19th time in 24 tries that the Gators have gone undefeated in regular season home tournaments in Wise’s 15-plus seasons as head coach.
Florida returns to action next weekend for the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic in Honolulu. The Gators will face #7 Hawai’i at 1 a.m. (ET) on Sept. 2, #10 UCLA at 10:30 p.m. (ET) on Sept. 2 and Colorado at 8:30 p.m. (ET) on Sept. 3.
The contest against Hawai’i can be seen live online for $9.95 at www.hawaiiantelmedia.com. The Hawai’i match and the contest against Colorado will both be carried live on WRUF-AM 850 and www.GatorZone.com. The radio carrier for UCLA is still to be determined, but it will be broadcast live on www.GatorZone.com.
