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There's no place like home for the Lee volleyball team as they rolled past Union and Mid-Continent in six straight sets on Friday in Walker Arena during day one of NCCAA Mid-East Regional Volleyball Tournament .
The Lady Flames have now won15 consecutive home matches and join two-seed Campbellsville at 2-0 in pool play. The Cougars went 1-1 on the day as they defeated Victory 3-1 earlier in the afternoon. Victory and Union dropped both matches they played.
Lee 3, Mid-Continent 0
The Lady Flames stormed out of the gate and held a commanding lead over the Cougars before many of the spectators had found their seats in Friday's nightcap. When it was all said and done Lee had scored its second consecutive straight set victory of the tournament topping Mid Continent, 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-9).
Paula Martins set the tone for the home team. The middle blocker from Rio De Janiero, Brazil finished with 17 slams in the contest on a sizzling .640 attack percentage. Martins would also add four blocks and three service aces.
Erin Hill follwed with eight kills while Lauren Williams added six kills and five blocks. Camil Martinez served up 26 assists while fellow senior Becky Bourne pitched in seven of her own.
For the Cougars Olivia Hoelker led the attack with five kills and three aces while Lauren Burt helped set things up with 12 assists.
Lee moves to 18-8 overall while MCU falls to 19-11.
The Lady Flames will play Victory University tomorrow at 2 p.m. before a rematch with Campbellsville to wrap up the tournament at 6 p.m. The two clubs battled in the regular season with Lee scoring a hard-fought five-set victory. The team with the best record after pool play will advance to the NCCAA National Tournament in Kissimee, Fla.
Lee 3, Union 0
Lee continued their dominate play at home as they began the postseason with a 3-0 route of Union University in the NCCAA Mid-East Region Volleyball Championship on Friday afternoon in Walker Arena.
The Lady Flames and Lady Bulldogs are no strangers to one another, having played twice in the regular season as members of the Gulf South Conference. Lee came away victorious in the previous two meetings as well.
Coach Hudson's club stormed out of the gate and never looked back en route to a 25-12 opening set victory. That would set the tone for the entire match as Lee held control from start to finish to move to 1-0 in the pool play format. The Lady Flames won set two 25-9 before closing things out in the final set, 25-19.
Martins led the charge for the home team as she finished with 12 kills and a .500 attack percentage. Williams joined Martins in double figures with 10 slams. Williams was solid at the net as well with six blocks.
Martinez set the offense up with 34 assists while Latrice Johnson added eight kills and a game-high 18 digs to help round out the straight set victory.
The Lady Bulldogs were paced by Deja Moorer and Abbey Wainwright with four slams each. Hannah Huguley had 10 assists while Elise Seufert added 11 digs.
