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Women's Volleyball

Lees-McRae Holds Off Trojans

BANNER ELK, N.C. -- The Trojans battled tough on the road, but Anderson fell, 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-21) to Lees-McRae in Conference Carolinas volleyball action Friday night at Williams Gymnasium. In the first set, Anderson (9-8, 4-4 Conference Carolinas) pushed out to a 15-13 lead, but saw the Lady Bobcats pull within one, 15-14, before AU's Adria Mullaney responded with a kill from to extend the lead to 16-14, but Lees-McRae (12-4, 7-1 Conference Carolinas) went on a six-point run by tough serving from Megan Mitchell to take a 20-16 lead. Anderson rallied to tie the match a 21, but a kill by Lees-McRae's Lauren Hall put the Lady Bobcats ahead for good in the set to earn the 25-22 win. The second set saw Anderson jump out to a 10-5 lead before the Bobcats rallied to tie the set at 13. After four ties at 14, 15, 17 and 18, Lees-McRae edged ahead 19-18, and the Lady Bobcats claimed the narrow 25-23 win. Again, set three started with AU taking an early lead, 10-7, before Lees-McRae could rally and tie the set at 13. Lees-McRae stayed just out of reach to earn the 25-21 set three win to claim the match. Anderson was led by junior Jamie Lancaster, who had a match-high 12 kills on 25 attempts with only three errors for a .360 hitting percentage. She also led the team with 10 digs. Lindsay Doggett passed out 32 assists and collect nine digs, while freshman Puallette Rivers led the Lady Trojans with three total blocks, one solo and two assists. Anderson visits Belmont Abbey tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.

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