AIKEN, S.C. – The Lee volleyball team ended the USC Aiken Invitational at 1-3 after dropping a pair of matches on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Flames fell to Florida Southern, 3-1 before losing in straight sets to the host Pacers.
The Lady Flames will get back to work next Friday as they host the Lee Invitational beginning with Concord University at 12:15 p.m.
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Despite 16 kills from freshman Abby Stroh the Lady Flames fell to Mocs, 3-1 in an early morning, 10 a.m. match to open play on Saturday.
Florida Southern took the set one, 25-22 before Lee evened things up with a second set victory, 25-19. The Mocs finished things off with victories of 25-18 and 25-20.
Quinne Daoust added 10 kills and 17 digs. Hanna Matthews tallied 35 assists and Micaela McMichen dug out 20 attacks.
Florida Southern was aided by 12 kills from Erica Ronda, 10 from Rachel Martin and nine from Lena Bondar. Mika Garza set things up with 35 assists.
Florida Southern improved to 2-4 on the young season.
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After closely contested opening set the Pacers rolled to three straight convincing victories to end the Lee's weekend with a 3-0 loss.
With the score tied at 22 in the first set USC Aiken tallied three straight kills, two by Alie Smith to put away the Lady Flames.
It was all Pacers from there as they posted wins of 25-16 and 25-13 in the final two sets. Lee was held to just nine kills over the final two sets and settled for a .018 attack percentage for the match. The efficient home team hit at a .220 mark.
Stroh finished a solid weekend with a team-high seven kills. The freshman led the Lady Flames in kills in all four matches. Daoust followed with six slams. Matthews had 14 assists and eight digs.
Christine Carroll led the Pacers with 19 kills while Smith and Kayla Duggan each had seven. Alli Bell posted 32 digs while Duggan added 21 digs to aid in the defensive effort.
