MOUNT OLIVE, NC - The Lenoir-Rhyne Volleyball Team improved to 9-0 on the season with a with a pair of wins on Saturday. In the morning, The Bears dropped the first set to Edinboro, but rebounded well, winning the final three sets to move to 8-0. The Bears then cruised to their 9th straight victory with a sweep of Shaw. Lenoir-Rhyne went 4-0 at the Mount Olive Invitational this weekend and will return home next Tuesday looking for their first 10-0 start since the 2009 season.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP - GAME ONE:
Final Game One: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Edinboro 1 (28-30, 25-13,25-17,25-19)
Final Game Two: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Shaw 0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-17)
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (9-0, 1-0 SAC), Edinboro (4-3, 0-0 PSAC), Shaw (5-1, 0-0 CIAA)
Location: Kornegay Arena, Mount Olive, NC
STATS OF THE MATCH GAME ONE:
- The longest set of the season for the Bears unfortunately didn't go their way, as Edinboro won the opening set 30-28. All but two points of the match were within three points, with LR holding 12-9 and 19-16 leads in the set. Edinboro battled back to take just the fifth set off the Bears all season.
- LR responded well, making quick work of Edinboro in the next three sets. The Bears held Edinboro to below 20 points in all three sets.
- The Bears had 52 kills in the contest, led by 15 from Kayli Cleaver, while Kathy Peter had nine and Averie Dale added eight.
- LR had a season high 11 aces in the contest, led by four from Ella Wimsatt. Hadley Prince and Sydney Karjala added three a piece.
STATS OF THE MATCH GAME TWO:
- The Bears forced Shaw into 10 errors in the first set, allowing LR to win 25-22.
- LR hit .324 and .273 in the second and third set to make quick work of Shaw, 25-14 and 25-17 to finish the sweep. This was the Bears's fourth sweep of the season.
- Lenoir-Rhyne notched a season-low 10 errors in the game.
- Cleaver led with 10 kills, while Brooke Aeschliman had eight and Kiley Redfern seven.
- Jenna Vogen had 15 digs to lead the Bears.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Bears have dropped the first set three times this season, and all three cases the Bears have won the next three sets.
- LR had eight blocks in game one today, which snapped their streak of double digits blocks at three games.
- Bears are second in the SAC in blocks-per-set (2.28 B/S)
- The Bears are looking for their first 10-0 start since the 2009 season, where they started 10-0.
- Aeschliman's eight kills were a season high for the freshman.
UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne will return to conference play on Tuesday, hosting Newberry inside the Shu. First serve is scheduled for 6:00 PM.
