Top-seeded Bryan College defeated Reinhardt 25-13, 25-13, 25-22 on Wednesday and beat Montreat 25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 25-15 Thursday in the Appalachian Athletic Conference volleyball tournament in Kingsport, Tenn., and awaits the losers-bracket final between Montreat and Virginia Intermont this morning for the championship match at 2 p.m. today. Carolyn Evans and Chelsea Breaden had 12 and 11 kills, Taylor Fink had 29 assists and Corrie Walker had 25 digs against Reinhardt. Thursday, Meghan Lowry had 13 kills, Evans and Breaden had 12 apiece and Bridgette O’Brien added 11 apiece while Fink had 44 assists and 17 digs, Walker made an astounding 40 digs for the Lady Lions (31-9). Bryan’s David Shumaker was honored as AAC coach of the year, Fink was co-setter of the year, Walker was libero of the year and they and Breaden were first-team all-conference. Evans was second-team All-AAC along with Wesleyan’s Hayli Raines, and Lowry made the all-freshman team.
* University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior volleyball player Christina Teter from Signal Mountain wa chosen to the Capital One Academic All-District III first team announced Thursday. The 6-foot-2 middle blocker from Red Bank High School leads the Mocs with 238 kills, 75 total blocks and 15 block solos and carries a 4.0 grade point average as a biology major.
* Covenant College beat visiting Tennessee Temple 25-15, 25-14, 25-15 in volleyball Thursday, as Chelsea Van Dyk had 11 kills and Pretoria den Boer had nine kills and 13 digs to go with Estes Carlson’s 15 digs. Stephanie Kirkpatrick had 31 assists for the Lady Scots (24-6). Kourtney Chorman had 12 kills and Kiara Govan set 17 assists for Temple (14-16).
* Second-seeded Lee Univesity beat Mobile 25-14, 25-21, 25-20 in round-robin play in the Southern States Athletic Conference volleyball tournament Thursday in Montgomery, Ala. Freshman Nicole Sumida led the Lady Flames (25-9) with 13 kills, and Marija Zelenovic and Irene Ojukwu had nine kills each while Camil Martinez had 34 asists and Libby Peigen made 14 digs.
* Sophomore Alex Martin from Ooltewah had 10 kills in Belmont’s 25-21, 25-19, 25-23 volleyball victory Tuesday at Tennessee State.