Coach Andrea Hudson has been leading Lee volleyball teams to victories over the past 27 years, but she will never forget her 800^th coaching win on Friday evening on the sport court in Walker Arena against a very athletic University of West Alabama club.

The Lady Flames appeared to be dead in the water after dropping the first two sets 25-18, 25-14. However, Lee turned the table on the hungry Tigers by claiming the third set 26-24 and then forcing the short set with a 25-21 decision. Lee got out of the gate quickly in the final set and claimed a thrilling 15-8 win and the match by a 3-2 total.

Hudson was the first to admit that she would never forget the 800^th win. "I told the girls in the locker room that I had reached a lot of milestones in my career, but most of those came with easy victories and could never compare with the win against a very good West Alabama team tonight."

Junior Silvia Sartori led the comeback charge for the Lady Flames and she had plenty of help. Sartori finished the outstanding evening performance with 20 kills and 15 digs. She also added three service aces to her double-double.

Red-shirt freshman Bailey Kress followed with 13 slams and an impressive .407 hitting mark. Another freshman, Allie Koepfer, stepped up with nine kills and seven digs. Sophomore Quinne Daoust and junior Alex Reuter had seven kills apiece.

Dishing off the all-important assists was Kristi Farley with 27 and sophomore Hanna Matthews with 19. MaKayla Beebe went to the sport court for 22 digs, while Daoust turned in four blocks and Mary Kate Givhan came off the bench to help give the Lady Flames a spark with three blocks.

The visitors had plenty of fire power led by Brianna Sandifer whose double-double produced 18 kills and 13 digs. Taylor Donato came away with 14 slams in a remarkable .824 hitting percentage. Bret Luther followed with 12 kills, while Kassie Till had four service aces and 12 digs. Rebecca Johnson was the dig leader with 26.

The Lady Flames improved to 9-3 overall and 3-2 in conference play. West Alabama, which had won seven of its last eight matches, slipped to 10-6 overall and 2-1 in conference play.

The Lady Flames will have only a short time to revamp after the rugged five-set match. They will return to the sport court on Saturday afternoon and face Mississippi College at 1 p.m.