BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Junior Allyson Schillinger produced her sixth double-double of the season, but the Lees-McRae women's volleyball team dropped a 25-22, 14-25, 19-25, 21-25, decision to Southern Wesleyan in Conference Carolinas action Saturday afternoon at Williams Gymnasium in Banner Elk, N.C.
The Warriors (14-5, 5-0 CC) remained perfect in league play while hitting a moderate .267 on the day. The Bobcats (8-6, 4-2) wrapped up a six-match homestand while Jariliz Cotté (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) led the team with 12 kills.
The first set was tight throughout, but LMC took a 17-13 advantage following a pair of Cotté aces.
SWU rallied with an 8-2 run, capped off by an Alysia Cruell kill, to take a 21-19 lead.
LMC's Dave Schmidlin called a well-timed timeout while his squad responded with a 6-1 run when a trio of Bobcats registered a kill to take the first set.
LMC hit a match-high .364 in the opening frame.
The Warriors used a 15-6 run in the second, fueled by five kills from Cherilyn Ramsey and Sarah Hughey to tie it a one set each.
Ramsey (19) and Hughey (16) paced SWU in kills.
Junior Jordan Banta (Virginia Beach, Va.) and freshman Siarra Walker (Winston-Salem, N.C.) stuffed a Hughey attack to give LMC a 14-11 lead in the third.
Once more, the Warriors ripped off a 14-5 run to claim the set.
Down 20-10 in the fourth, LMC produced a rally for the ages when Walker notched two block assists and sophomore Avalon Liscio (Naples, Fla.) chimed in with two kills to shave the deficit to three, 24-21.
SWU's Ramsey connected on a kill to conclude play.
Schillinger (Spring Hill, Fla.) dished out 32 assists and recorded 12 digs. Freshman Madison Martin (Goldsboro, N.C.) led the team with 13 digs.
The Bobcats travel to Pfeiffer Friday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in Misenheimer, N.C. LMC defeated the Falcons, 3-0, Sept. 16.
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