Saturday, October 7th, 2006

PC Volleyball Team Deals Maryville First League Loss

It was a big day for the Piedmont College volleyball team this afternoon in the Johnny Mize Athletic Center as the Lady Lions were able to defeat visiting Great South Athletic Conference opponent Maryville College by the scores of 30-27, 22-30, 30-23 and 30-19. The women then turned around and defeated non-conference NAIA opponent Reinhardt College 30-11, 30-13 and 30-22.

The wins improve PC to 13-5 overall and 4-2 in the Great South Athletic Conference. Maryville drops to 17-9 overall and 6-1 in the GSAC. The Lady Lions will return to action again on Saturday, October 14th as they compete in the Thomas More College Invitational. The pair of victories marks the seventh win in the last eight matches for the PC volleyball team.

In the first game against Maryville, the Lady Lions were down 16-10 and then rattled off six straight points behind the serving of Jill Sparger. The teams traded games in the second and third but it was all PC in the fourth and final game as the women led by as many as 13 points and cruised to the victory. The victory over MC is the first in four seasons for Piedmont and marks the Lady Scots' initial GSAC loss of the season.

The Lady Lions were in complete control of Reinhardt as Sparger again showed her ability to serve winners with 13 and 10 consecutive points in the match. For the day Sarah Lane tallied 23 total kills and B.J. Ostrzycki added 66 assists.