CHARLOTTE, N.C. – For the third time this season, the Lenoir-Rhyne Volleyball Team lost to Queens, this one ended the 2019 campaign for the Bears. The Royals handed LR a 3-0 defeat in the Quarterfinals of the South Atlantic Conference Tournament. However, a 13-kill performance from junior OH
Taylor Prall put her in the LR record books. Prall finishes 10th in program history with 404 kills on the year and her 3.88 kills/set on the year ranks fifth in team history.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Queens
3, Lenoir-Rhyne 0
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (16-15) | Queens (23-5)
Location: Charlotte, N.C. | Curry Arena
STATS OF THE MATCH:
• Prall finished with her 12th double-double on the season as she added 17 digs. Prall's 1,171 total attempts on the year ranks fifth in team history.
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Ashley Hawkins added 18 digs to give her 491 for the season. That figure ranks as the eighth-most in a single season in Bears history.
• The Bears couldn't overcome a slow first set that saw them hit .000 with eight errors. For the night, LR hit .120 with 19 errors.
• In her last collegiate match,
Jackie Denny finished with six kills and a block. Denny goes down with the fifth most blocks of any player in LR history and her 1.01 blocks per set places her third in LR history.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
• Prall sits just 54 kills shy of 1,000 on her career. She also needs 302 digs as a senior to finish with 1,000 digs as well.
• Hawkins needs just 79 digs for 1,000 on her career and with two years left, the Olin, N.C. native can shoot up the record book. Her 4.59 digs/set this year ranks sixth in program history.
• Queens has won eight matches in a row and advances on to play Anderson in the SAC Tournament Semifinal.
UP NEXT:
The Bears will turn their attention to 2020.