The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team rallied from a 25-8 first-set loss and a 2-0 sets deficit to defeat Central Florida in the Country Inns & Suites Invitational tournament Saturday in Maclellan Gym, but the host Lady Mocs lost 25-15, 25-18, 25-14 to James Madison.
JMU (10-3) got 15 and 11 kills and 12 digs apiece from Danielle Erb and Lindsay Callahan and 38 assists from Megan Eichmann against UTC (4-10), which was led by Jennifer Kuroski’s six kills, Paula Passmore’s 16 digs and Tess Kosycarz’s 12 assists.
Passmore had 30 digs and Jessica Scott and Heather Parman added 10 each in the 8-25, 23-25, 25-22, 28-26, 15-8 win over UCF (7-4), and Ellie Kuhn and Christina Teter recorded 12 and 10 kills with Meagan Ernd adding nine and Courtney Barnes and Barnes contributing eight apiece. Kuhn also had eight block assists. Freshman setter Koscyarz had 30 assists and senior Bailee Chastain had 19.
* At Covenant, the Lady Scots swept Oglethorpe 25-16, 25-11, 25-20 as Erica Adams had 14 kills on .481 hitting and Jessie Jakes combined eight kills with nine digs. Kristin Dahlstrand set 25 assists for Covenant (4-6).
* At Lexington, Ky., Sewanee lost 25-18, 25-16, 25-13 to Huntingdon and 25-10, 25-18, 25-14 to Albion in Transylvania’s tournament Friday and dropped to 0-12 by falling 3-0 twice again Saturday against Kenyon and Transy.