Box score
RALEIGH, N.C. --- Conference Carolinas Player
of the Week Megan Epperson (St. John, Ind.) continued her strong
play Friday night, posting a match-high 16 kills to lead the
Lees-McRae College women's volleyball team to a straight-set
victory over St. Augustine's College.
Lees-McRae (11-6) won the match by scores of 25-22, 25-17, and
25-16, holding St. Augustine's (6-12) to a .056 hitting percentage
while posting a .286 attacking clip of its own. The Bobcats also
posted eight service aces and six blocks on the night.
Epperson paced the Bobcats with 16 kills and a .343 hitting
percentage, while Dana Oliver (Davie, Fla.) and Lauren Fox
(Garland, Texas) each posted eight kills. Megan Mitchell (Minden,
Nev.) chipped in a match-high 35 assists, while Taylor Clendenin
(Statesville, N.C.) added a contest-best four service aces to go
along with nine digs. Sariah Suryadevara (Cincinnati, Ohio) posted
a match-high 11 digs, while Jessica Singewald (Port St. Lucie,
Fla.) added a contest-best three blocks.
Kathryn Tokarski, Keisha Parris, and Victoria Davis each posted
five kills for the Falcons, as Tokarski also added a team-high
seven digs. Roxanne Smith chipped in 10 assists and five digs,
while Brittany Hicks added six savers and two blocks.
The first set proved to be a tightly contested affair, with
neither side claiming more than a four-point advantage for the
duration of the frame. With the scoreboard reading 18-17 in favor
of St. Augustine's following a Tokarski block, the Bobcats
responded with a 4-0 run, taking a 21-18 lead on a Clendenin ace to
force a Falcon timeout. The Bobcats held the narrow advantage for
the remainder of the set, closing out the frame on an Oliver kill
for the 25-22 win.
Lees-McRae carried the momentum into the second set, taking a
15-10 lead on a Singewald kill. The Bobcats maintained the margin
for much of the remainder of the set; closing out the frame with a
6-2 run that was capped by back-to-back kills from Epperson.
The Bobcats continued to dictate play early in the third frame,
claiming a 12-5 lead on a Singewald kill before launching a 7-4 run
to take a 19-9 advantage on a Falcon miscue. St. Augustine's would
respond with a 5-2 spurt, closing the gap to 21-14 on a Tokarski
kill before the Bobcats answered, closing out the set and the match
with a 4-2 run.
Lees-McRae returns to the court on Saturday when the Bobcats
host Belmont Abbey College to resume their Conference Carolinas
schedule on Homecoming Weekend. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. in
Williams Gymnasium.
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