The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team began Southern Conference play Wednesday night with a 3-0 loss at Samford, which is 7-4. The set scores were 25-19, 25-13, 25-17. Dani Szczepanski and Maia Rackel had 13 and nine kills on .385 and .412 hitting for the Mocs (5-9), and Maddie Halsey had 28 assists.
* Cleveland State won 3-2 (25-20, 22-25, 19-25, 25-19, 16-14) in Tennessee Community College Athletic Association volleyball Wednesday against visiting Chattanooga State. It was the first conference win in the third-year program’s history. Sydney Allen set a Lady Cougars record with 53 assists, Stephanie Burke had 21 kills and Celie Patterson had the kill that ended the thriller. For the Lady Tigers, Ricki Lynn Bickley had 15 kills and 12 digs, Brieana Hemphill 12 kills, 13 digs and nine blocks, Madysun Steele 11 kills and 18 digs, Bailey Orr nine kills, Dakota Rawiszer 29 assists and Emily Redden 16 assists.
* Covenant College is 1-10 in after losing 3-1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-18) at Oglethorpe (5-7). Leah Buys had 28 assists and Riley Howe had nine kills and 11 digs for Covenant, while Emily Moore and Savannah Savage had 17 and 14 digs.
* Marjorie Smith had 14 kills as Tennessee Wesleyan downed visiting Montreat 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-21) in Appalachian Athletic Conference play Tuesday. Also for the Lady Bulldogs (2-10, 2-5), Tia Madden had 25 assists and 13 digs and Avery Hilliard had three block solos and five block assists.
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