CHARLESTON, S.C. — Middle Tennessee volleyball dropped the opening match of the College of Charleston Invitational in a battle vs. Utah Tech. The Blue Raiders and the Trailblazers went back and forth with the match coming down to a fifth set, but the Trailblazers prevailed. The set scores were as follows: 25-18, 22-25, 24-26, 25-23 and 6-15.
MTSU (2-5, 0-0) were unable to overcome their 45 hitting errors as Utah Tech (5-1, 0-0) recorded just 38 hitting errors. Both teams recorded low hitting percentages with MTSU having the slightly better one of .148 to Utah Tech's .