Box Score LIVINGSTON, Ala. – An improved University of West Alabama team handed the visiting Lee University volleyball team a five-set 3-2 defeat (25-22, 16-25, 25-17, 19-25, 15-11) on Friday evening. It will be a short turnaround for the Lady Flames as they travel to Clinton, Miss. for another Gulf South Conference contest on Saturday afternoon (2 p.m.) against host Mississippi College. The defeat dropped Lee to 8-7 in conference play and 12-12 overall. The Tigers improved to 5-9, 10-12.  

Sophia Lippert paced the Lady Flames with a solid 15-kill performance. She also had a .355 kill mark. Jasmine Terry followed with 13 kills and a .219 attack. Jordyn Butler added 12 kills and four blocking assists while Sara Palumbo had seven kills and three aces. Esthefany Rabit contributed eight kills, three aces, one solo block and seven blocking assists.

Berra Soyler dished off 26 assists and Sydney Sharpe added 21 to the total. Izzy Denton was the dig leader with 20, Sharpe came up with 16 and Mikayla Buhr had 14.

The Tigers, who were cheered on by the crowd at Pruitt Hall, got 15 kills from Cadence Goeden and 10 kills from Klara Bobanova. Katherina Korre had 10 kills and 17 digs. KB Kinney delivered five aces and had 12 digs.

Coach Christa Fabre's thoughts:
"West Ala. came out playing hard and aggressive and we responded with too many unforced errors. We played clean and decided in two of the five sets but need three to win. This is a tough road weekend with two good teams, and we have had so many out with different injuries. We have to rise up and compete tomorrow with no excuses or distractions. End of season play should be where we just pursue hard and leave everything on the court knowing these opportunities don't last forever."