Volleyball Defeats MUW in SLIAC Tri-Match
COLUMBUS, MS -- The Blackburn College Volleyball team traveled to Mississippi to take on Mississippi University for Women and Greenville College in a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tri-match.
Team Stats
Greenville
| Game Statistics | Greenville | Blackburn |
|---|---|---|
| Hitting % | 0.217 | 0.13 |
| Blocks | 3 | 8 |
| Digs | 55 | 41 |
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
MUW
| Game Statistics | Blackburn | MUW |
|---|---|---|
| Hitting % | 0.37 | 0.118 |
| Blocks | 5 | 2 |
| Digs | 30 | 26 |
| Aces | 13 | 6 |
COLUMBUS, MS -- The Blackburn College Volleyball team traveled to Mississippi to take on Mississippi University for Women and Greenville College in a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tri-match. The Beavers swept MUW 3-0 before falling to the conference-leading Panthers.
Seniors led the offensive attack with Cara Pence posting 19 kills and Jessica Muckensturm posted 14 while hitting .481. Junior Zoe Mitchell added nine kills. Sophomore Kenadee Frey paced the team with 43 assists and tied junior Payton Moeglin for a team-best six aces each.
Defensively, Moeglin led the squad with 18 digs. Frey chipped in with 14 digs and Pence had 13. At the net, Muckensturm led the way with two solo blocks and finished with a total of seven blocks. Mitchell notched six total blocks.
Against the Owls, Blackburn jumped ahead early and cruised to a 25-13 first set. They followed it with another quick lead in the second set but MUW answered and tied at 8-8 before taking a slight lead. The Beavers rallied back to tie it at 15-15 before both teams scored to tie it again at 17-17. At this point, Blackburn took control to take a 25-21 set win. The final set saw the Owls jump out early but BC rebounded and eventually pulled ahead before securing the sweep with a 25-18 victory.
The Beavers then took on Greenville but were unable to capture the upset as they fell 3-0.
Blackburn will next head to Webster University for their final SLIAC contests of the season as they take on MUW and Webster. With a win over either team, and a Eureka College loss at Greenville, the Beavers will secure a postseason bid due to the fact that BC holds a tiebreaker over Eureka College.