App State Volleyball opened the season Sept. 3-4 by competing in the Appalachian Invitational. Over two days, the Mountaineers competed in three matches against Eastern Kentucky, Radford and UNC Greensboro.
In their first match against Eastern Kentucky, the Mountaineers led after two sets. Eastern Kentucky bounced back and won the next two sets. In the final set, App State responded, winning 15-11 for the match.
“To pull out that win after losing the third and fourth set being up 2-0 was huge because we had to earn it,” head coach Matt Ginipro said. “EKU was not giving us a lot of points, and we had to earn every single one of them.