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The Lee volleyball team finished an even 2-2 in their annual Lee Invitational from Walker Arena after closing the tournament on Saturday evening with a 3-1 setback to Bryan College.

The Lady Flames now sit at 5-6 on the year and will prepare for a three-game Gulf South Conference road trip beginnning Tuesday at Alabama-Huntsville. The Lions (13-3) continued their winning ways finishing 4-0 on the weekend and have now won 12 straight matches.

LU 1, BC 3
Lee jumped out to an early 25-23 opening set victory over Bryan in the Saturday's nightcap. The Lions would respond however and win the next three sets (25-22, 25-27, 25-19) to hand the Lady Flames their second defeat of the weekend. 

"We are still playing way too inconsistent and are way to up and down," noted head coach Andrea Hudson. "I still have hope that we will find that consistency this season but we have to be more focused each time out."

Senior Lauren Williams continued to lead the way for the Lady Flames with 13 kills and five blocks. The Brooklyn Park, Minn. native finished the invitational (four matches) with 42 slams. 

Latrice Johnson and Erin Hill joined Williams in double-figures with 11 and 10 kills respectively. Hill would also dish off 14 assists. Sadie Johnson led the team with 24 assists while libero Stephanie Hernandez registered 21 digs.

The Lions featured a balance scoring attack led by Kara Stamper's 15 kills. Ashley Mattoch and Rachel Mosley chipped in 11 slams each and Meghan Lowry tallied 10. Taylor Fink set up the offense with a match-high 43 assists. 

"It was obvious from the start that Bryan wanted this win more than we did," said Hudson. "We are a young team and we need to learn to play with more fire and determination."

LU 3, SWU1
Lauren Williams led the way for Lee as she tallied a match-high 15 slams to go along with excellent defense at the net with eight blocks. Latrice Johnson had a double-double with 11 slams and 13 digs while Catherine Conley enjoyed her best match of the year with 10 kills and four blocks.

Freshman Sadie Johnson saw extended action on the court and made the most of the opportunity with 27 assists to set up the Lady Flame offense. Stephanie Hernandez registered 21 digs to anchor the back line.

The Warriors (11-5) were led by Sarah Hughey's double-double performance as she had 13 kills and 15 digs.  Alysia Cruell added 10 slams while Megan Widener posted 28 assists to go along with 15 digs of her own.

Southern Wesleyan finished the invitational at 2-2. The South Carolina club was defeated by Bryan and Lee but registered wins against Kentucky Wesleyan and Campbellsville.

LU 3, CU 0
Bouncing back from a straight set defeat earlier in the day the Lee volleyball team returned the favor in the nightcap topping Campbellsville, 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-20) to even their record at 1-1 in the annual Lee Invitational Tournament at Walker Arena Friday evening.

The Lady Flames fell to Kentucky Wesleyan in their opening match of the tourney but powered past the NCCAA Mid-East rival Tigers in straight sets to move to 4-5 on the season. Campbellsville falls to 5-13 overall and 0-2 in the invitational after losing to Southern Wesleyan in their opener.

The match appeared to be headed for a back-and-forth battle after a close first set (25-23) but Lee would settle in from there, posting 14 kills in set two and 16 kills in set three to complete the sweep by a combined 14-point margin.

Senior and team captain Lauren Williams led the way with 10 kills. Latrice Johnson followed with nine kills and was active defensively with nine digs. Sophomore Catherine Conley was a force at the net with eight slams while Erin Hill set up the scoring with 19 assists to go along with six kills of her own.

The Tigers were paced by Annija Abolina with nine kills and 12 digs. Jackie Schwieger registered 23 assists while Jana Kortas chipped in nine digs and seven slams.

The Lady Flames will play two more matches tomorrow to wrap up the annual event. Lee hosts former SSAC-foe Southern Wesleyan at 2 p.m. before tangling with Bryan College at 6:30.

LU 0, KWC 3
The Lee volleyball team fell 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-20) to Kentucky Wesleyan on Friday afternoon in day one action of the Lee Invitational from Walker Arena.

The Lady Flames (3-5) were playing their first match of the tournament while the Panthers (4-4) evened their record at 1-1 on the day after suffering a 3-0 setback to Bryan College on Friday morning.

Latrice Johnson paced the Lady Flames' offense with five kills.  Patty Orozco, Erin Hill and Lauren Williams each had four kills respectively. Junior Haley Foote led the team with 13 assists.

Kentucky Wesleyan was led by Ashley Pickert's 13 slams. Chelsea Brothers added eight kills and Morgan Switalla dished off 26 assists. Hannah Hudnall anchored the backline for the Panthers with a match-high 13 digs.