Saturday, September 10th, 2005

Piedmont Opens GSAC Competition By Going 2-2 On The Weekend

The Piedmont College volleyball team split four matches in the first of three Great South Athletic Conference weekends. The Lady Lions defeated host Huntingdon College 3-1, then fell to LaGrange College 3-0 and Maryville College 3-0. Piedmont then rebounded on Sto defeat Wesleyan College 3-0.

Piedmont's victory over Huntingdon College was the team's first since the 2003 season. In that contest B. J. Ostrzycki (pictured) earned a season-high 48 assists.

Against Wesleyan College Haylee Davis earned 17 assists and Meghann Clark added eight kills.

On the weekend, Ashley Landers reached double-figure kills for the sixth time and averaged nearly 12 kills per contest while Jacque DeMarrais avereged more than seven kills per game.

Piedmont now stands at 5-3 overall and 2-2 in the GSAC and will return to action on Tuesday, September 13th as they travel to GSAC opponent Spelman College in Atlanta, GA starting at 6:00.