Box score
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. --- Megan Mitchell (Minden,
Nev.) and Megan Epperson (St. John, Ind.) each recorded a
match-high 10 kills to lead the Lees-McRae College women's
volleyball team to a straight-set sweep of Mount Olive College on
Friday night in Conference Carolinas play.
Lees-McRae (21-7, 17-0 CC) won the match by scores of 25-16,
25-17, and 25-11, posting a blistering .459 hitting percentage
while holding Mount Olive (6-22, 3-14 CC) to a 0.67 clip on the
attack. With the win, the Lady Bobcats extend their league-record
winning streak against conference opponents to 30 matches, while
needing just one more victory to complete the second undefeated
season in league history.
Mitchell posted a match-high 23 helpers to eclipse the
2,000-assist plateau for her career, while Epperson's 10 kills
pulled her within 22 tallies of the prestigious 1,000-kill mark.
Whitney Justice (Connelly Springs, N.C.) posted a superb match with
eight kills, three service aces, a match-high five blocks, and a
.500 hitting percentage.
Taylor Clendenin (Statesville, N.C.) chipped in seven kills,
while Taylor Stice (Franklin, Tenn.) tallied a pair of kills to set
a new career high. Epperson and Dana Oliver (Davie, Fla.) posted
nine and eight digs, respectively, while Chloe Casas (Plano, Texas)
recorded a match-high four service aces.
Carly White (Ash, N.C.) and Ashlee Reuter (Durand, Ill.) paced
the Trojans with eight kills each, while Kailey Preece (Vineland,
Ontario) posted 20 assists. Lauren Lee (Mount Olive, N.C.) chipped
in a team-high seven digs, while Tiffany Hight (Aviano, Italy) and
Erika Conner (Marion, Iowa) each recorded three kills.
Lees-McRae rallied from an early 4-1 deficit in the first set,
launching a 12-6 run to take a 13-10 lead on a block from Mitchell
and Justice. The Lady Bobcats would continue to dictate play,
opening a 23-14 advantage on a service ace from Epperson which
capped a 10-4 spurt, before closing out the 25-16 first-set win on
a kill from Justice.
Neither team could gain a significant advantage throughout most
of the second set until Lees-McRae took command, launching a 6-0
run with the score at 18-16 to open a 24-16 lead on a kill from
Justice. Lees-McRae then took a 2-0 lead in the match with a 15-17
second-set win by virtue of a Mount Olive service error.
The Lady Bobcats rallied from an early deficit once again in the
third set, launching a 12-2 run to take a 12-5 lead, a spurt which
included three straight kills from Epperson. Lees-McRae would not
relinquish the momentum, extending the lead to 18-10 on a kill by
Stice before closing out the set and the match with a block by
Justice and Mitchell to cap a 7-0 run and a 25-11 third-frame
win.
Lees-McRae returns to the court on Saturday when the Lady
Bobcats travel to Wilson, N.C. in search of the league's
second-ever undefeated season in conference play. The match is
slated for 2 p.m.
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