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Friday, November 13, 2026Nov 13

Covenant earns GSAC top honors

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Middle hitter Chelsea Van Dyk of Covenant College is the player of the year and the freshman of the year in Great South Athletic Conference volleyball for 2012, and the Lady Scots’ Heather Taylor was voted coach of the year. Junior libero Estes Carlson, sophomore setter Stephanie Kirkpatrick and senior middle hitter Jessica Chittenden joined Van Dyk on the all-conference team, and outside hitter Cora Schroeder joined her on the all-freshman team from Covenant (22-6, 10-0). Van Dyk, from Manhattan, Mont., led the GSAC in kills with 360 and in hitting percentage at .381; she had three matches with at least 20 kills, including one with 25.

• Freshman Briana Reid had 17 kills and 26 digs as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga rallied to win 3-2 over visiting UNC Greensboro in Southern Conference volleyball Friday, 23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-12. Heather Parman had 15 kills and Sarah Batterton, Christina Teter and Lauren Gainer added 13, 12 and 11 for the Mocs (11-17, 5-8), while Bridget Camacho had 60 assists and 12 digs and Paula Passmore and Melissa Green contributed 29 and 23 digs. Olivia Humphries had 17 kills and 15 digs for UNCG (13-12, 7-6).

• First-place Bryan College won 21-25, 25-12, 22-25, 25-15, 15-11 at Milligan in Appalachian Athletic Conference volleyball Friday night. Kylie Whaley had 20 kills for Milligan (18-14, 12-5), which dropped out of a tie for second place with the tough loss. Meghan Lowry had 17 kills and Carolyn Evans and Chelsea Breaden had 13 apiece for the Lady Lions (27-9, 15-2), who got 45 assists and 16 digs from Taylor Fink, 31 digs from Corrie Walker and 13 digs each from Madison Akins and Breaden. Casey Crump served three aces. Second-place Virginia Intermont (21-8, 13-4) beat Tennessee Wesleyan 3-0 in their AAC match at Bristol, Va.

• Marija Zelenovic had 10 kills and Irene Ojukwu and Paula Martins added nine and seven as Lee University overpowered the visiting College of Coastal Georgia in volleyball on Friday, 25-18, 25-19, 25-22. Courtney Wilson and Camil Martinez had 20 and 18 assists for the Lady Flames (24-9), while Libby Peigen and Ojukwu had 12 and 10 digs.

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