CLEVELAND, Tenn. - The Lee volleyball team turned back a battling Union University club 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-21) on Saturday afternoon inside Walker Arena. The victory improved the Lady Flames to 4-1 in GSC play and 8-4 overall. The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 0-5, 4-10. Saturday's win sets up a key GSC meeting with rival Trevecca Nazarene (4-1 GSC) on Saturday (Oct.3) at 2 p.m. inside Walker Arena.
Esthefany Rabit paced another balanced offensive attack by the Lady Flames. She delivered 11 kills and an impressive .500 attack percentage. Jordyn Butler was right behind with 10 kills and a .412 mark. Payton Danley finished with six kills.
Sophia Lippert had a solid day across the board with five kills, one assist, two service aces and 12 digs. All totaled, Lee had 39 kills and the Lady Bulldogs finished with 29.
Berra Soyler dished off 21 assists and Sydney Sharpe delivered nine. Avery Sample joined Gunny Brock with a pair of aces. Sample also came up with 15 digs while Olivia Reevey was the block leader for the Lady Flames with three.
Elizabeth Gilbert finished with six kills for Union while teammate Julia Stuible followed with five kills and joined Anna Edwards with three blocks each. Caileigh Collins and Sarah-Kate Salvage were the Lady Bulldog dig leaders with six, and Carly Edwards came up with five.
Coach Christa Fabre's Thoughts:
"Another good day for our offense. It is still a strength we still have. We have made a focus on first contact defense and it was better today. It was good to see Esthefany as a middle blocker get a lot of attempts today and convert them. We have a week off before our next game and it will be good to get back in the gym and just practice and work on some things to get better."
