Lauren Greenspoon set 48 assists and Catherine Chason had 37 digs as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team began Southern Conference play Friday night with a 3-1 home win over UNC Greensboro. The set scores were 25-16, 25-21, 17-25, 25-22. Allie Davenport had 15 kills and Kristy Wieser and Sarah Batterton had 12 and 11 in the 12-2 Mocs’ eighth win in a row. Miranda Elpers had 17 digs and Lauren Gainer was in on eight blocks in the win. Jessica Brezwyn had 18 kills and 16 digs and Katherine Santiago had 34 digs for UNCG (10-6).
* Bryan College lost 3-2 to Union College in the Appalachian Athletic Conference’s first-place volleyball showdown Friday night in Dayton. Union is 13-3 overall, 7-0 in the AAC after the 25-23, 14-25, 23-25, 25-19, 15-13 battle, while Bryan is 8-10, 5-1. Kara Stamper had a match-high 18 kills and Ashley Mattoch had 15 in defeat for the Lady Lions, while Shelby Grace Enochs had 48 assists and she and Kayla Rymer each contributed 17 digs. In Athens, Tennessee Wesleyan won 3-1 (25-15, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21) against visiting Bluefield and is 6-7, 4-3 in the AAC.
* Lee University lost 3-0 to nationally 20th-ranked West Florida (10-2, 3-0) in Gulf South Conference volleyball Friday in Cleveland. Silvia Sartori had 10 kills and 10 digs and Emily Bento and Blaire Beamer had seven kills apiece for Lee (5-4, 1-3) in the 25-19, 25-19, 25-18 match, while Sadie Johnson and Hillary Hoffpauir had 18 and 14 assists and Stephanie Hernandez had 12 digs.
* The Coastal Georgia volleyball team, ranked 13th in the NAIA, won 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19) in a Southern States Athletic Conference match Friday at Dalton State. Anna Metzler had 11 kills and Michala Askew had 18 assists for DSC (4-7, 0-4). Emma Anderson had nine kills and four aces for the Mariners (14-1, 5-0).
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