Box Score BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University women's volleyball team ran their winning streak to three matches on Saturday afternoon when they squared off against rival Lees-McRae College. The Tornado offense posted their most efficient output of the season as they took the 3-0 Conference Carolinas victory.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 3, Lees-McRae 0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-16)
LOCATION: Student Center Complex, Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 11-11, 5-4 Conference Carolinas, Lees-McRae 4-16, 3-6 Conference Carolinas
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Lauren Willoughby and Sarah Collins got the Tornado offense off to a hot start with kills to score the first two points of the match. The Tornado never trailed in the set as a pair of Willoughby kills gave King a chance a set point before Ashton Beckner gave King the 25-19 victory with a kill.
- King used a 4-0 run to comeback and even the score in second set at 5-5. The spurt continued as King took an 11-5 lead following an Olivia Underwood ace that capped the run at 10-0. The Tornado took the set 25-12 on consecutive kills from Beckner and Willoughby.
- In the third set King used a 5-0 run sparked by a Willoughby kill and ace to taken 18-10 lead as King took the set 25-16.
- In the match, the Tornado only made nine attack errors for an attack percentage of .370.
- Willoughby led the offense with 14 kills against three errors on 32 attempts for an attack percentage of .344. She added seven digs and four service aces.
- Grace Underwood posted an attack percentage of .538, accounting for nine kills.
- Collins and Beckner added six kills each with Beckner hitting .545 with zero errors and Collins hitting .333.
- Cathy Scaniffe registered five kills in the final set and hitting percentage of .500.
- Olivia Underwood accounted for 36 assists and six digs.
- On the defensive side, Amy Serowski posted 14 digs and Angela Boudavong added 10.
FOR THE FOES
- Haylee Leonard and Jordan Banta led the Bobcats with six kills apiece.
- Madison Martin and Jariliz Cotte both led the team with nine digs each.
- Allyson Schillinger posted a team-high 10 assists.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Tornado posted a season-best attack percentage of .370, marking the third time this season King has hit better than .300, and their second time in the last three matches.
- King only made nine attack errors, marking the first time this season they have had less than 10 errors in a match. The last time the Tornado had less than 10 errors in a match was October 17, 2014 against Barton.
- The 10 digs for Boudavong marked a career-best and her first time reaching double digits.
- For Willoughby, the four aces matches a season-best, a feat she has done three times, including each of the last two matches.
UP NEXT
- King will be in action again on Wednesday when they travel to take on Pfeiffer University. First serve from Misenheimer, N.C. is slated for 7:00 p.m.
- The Bobcats travel to take on Belmont Abbey College on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m.
