The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team opened Southern Conference play Friday night with a 3-0 loss at Samford. The set scores were 25-23, 25-13, 25-19. Miranda Elpers had 12 kills and 10 digs and Rachel Petkosh had 18 digs for the losing Mocs (7-7), while Madison Bergren had 17 assists and Lauren Greenspoon added 10. Allie Davenport was second on the team in kills with six and also had 10 digs. Erin Bognar and Gabbi Greenwald had 13 and 12 kills for Samford (10-6), and Erika Pifer had 29 assists.
* Lee University lost 3-1 (25-17, 22-25, 225-11, 25-14) in Gulf South volleyball Friday at West Florida. Blaire Beamer led Lee (3-6, 0-4) with nine kills, while Brooke Wilsman had eight and Catherine Conley and Carly Callahan added seven each. Sadie Johnson and Kristi Farley had 17 and 15 assists, and Crystal Dedes had seven block assists.
* Covenant College beat Methodist 3-0 and William Peace 3-1 in USA South volleyball Friday at Winston-Salem, N.C. In the 25-13, 25-13, 25-19 trouncing of Methodist, Hannah Harris and Ginny Moore had 13 and 11 kills and Morgan Opgenorth added nine, while Schuyler Moore had 37 assists. For the Lady Scots (5-7, 1-1) in the 25-23, 25-23, 18-25, 25-20 defeat of Peace (10-3, 1-1), Jessica Seehorn had 14 kills, Schuyler Moore had 40 assists, 11 digs and eight kills, Harris had 10 kills, Opgenorth had eight kills, Ginny Moore had 22 digs with seven kills and Hannah Stewart had 21 digs.
* Dalton State lost 3-1 (22-25, 25-13, 25-10, 25-17) in Southern States Athletic Conference volleyball Thursday night at Mobile and fell 3-2 in another league match Friday at first-year program William Carey. Against Mobile, Ryan Burke had eight kills, Anna Metzler seven kills and eight digs, Clarissa Weber 17 assists, Brooke Thomas 11 assists and Karly Newman 15 digs. Metzler had 17 kills and 14 digs, Grace Hardin had 12 kills, Weber had 26 assists, Thomas had 19 assists, Newman had 23 digs and Julia Borges had 13 digs in the 21-25, 25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 16-11 loss Friday for DSC (3-8, 2-4).
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