HICKORY, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Volleyball Team completed a perfect regular season at home with a 3-0 sweep of Newberry on Friday night. The Bears are a perfect 8-0 at home, the first time in program history they went through the regular season without a loss at home. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Newberry 0
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (19-7, 14-4 SAC) | Newberry (12-14, 6-12 SAC)
Location: Shuford Gymnasium

STATS OF THE MATCH:

• The Bears celebrated Senior Night and honored five seniors prior to tonight's contest.
• LR was on fire in the first frame, hitting .441 with 17 kills and two errors. 
• A back-and-forth second set saw LR erase a 23-20 deficit to come away with a 27-25 win.
• The Bears cruised to a 25-16 win in the third frame and held Newberry to a .000 hitting percentage and nine errors.
• Prall had 12 kills and six digs on the night and Alannah Thomas and Colette Romp each notched 10 kills. 
• Helen Hamilton had 17 assists and eight digs while Mackenzie Hulsey had 11 assists.
• Rachel Bewick added 12 digs and three assists.
• Newberry was led by 17 kills from Natasha Bannister and 34 assists and 16 digs. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Prall moved past 1,400 career kills with her fourth tonight. She ranks second in program history in kills and kills per set for her career. 
• Romp hit .450 and Thomas hit .333 for the Bears, both season-highs. 
• The last five home games have been sweeps. LR has only had one five-setter at home this season, a win over Wingate.
• LR is now just one win away from 20 on the season.
• With Tusculum's win over Carson-Newman, the Bears finish fourth in the league standings despite just four losses.

UP NEXT: LR will host a SAC Quarterfinal match on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The opponent is TBD.