University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior libero Paula Passmore was chosen the Southern Conference volleyball defensive player of the month for September. Passmore had a career-best 42 digs in the last match of the month and has a conference-high 432, with the NCAA’s third-highest average of 6.35 per set. Also in September, she passed Kari Krouse and Kylie Hunter into second place in UTC career digs, and the only former Moc ahead of her happens to be the all-time NCAA leader, Lara Newberry, her predecessor. UTC plays tonight at Elon and Saturday night at UNC Greensboro.
• Irene Ojukwu had 13 kills, six aces and seven digs as the Lee University volleyball team, ranked fifth in the NAIA, won 25-17, 25-16, 25-19 at Faulkner on Thursday. Paula Martin added nine kills on .412 hitting and Camil Martinez was credited with 22 assists for Lee (15-6), while Libby Peigen made 15 digs.
• Kristen Pickett from Cleveland High School had a season-high seven aces with 24 assists and Rachel Harper from Boyd-Buchanan had a match-high 10 kills as Carson-Newman won 25-21, 25-19, 25-19 in volleyball Thursday night at Milligan College.
• Tennessee Wesleyan lost a home volleyball match Thursday to Virginia Intermont, 3-0, dropping the Lady Bulldogs to 4-8 overall, 1-7 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. Intermont is 11-7, 6-3.
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