GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - The Anderson volleyball team closed out its road schedule with a 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 20-25, 22-25) loss to second-place Tusculum in South Atlantic Conference action Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Arena.

Tusculum (21-5, 15-2 SAC) has won three in a row and four of its last five, sweeping the season series with the Trojans, while Anderson (17-12, 8-8 SAC) dropped its second consecutive match.

In a battle of regionally-ranked teams, the No. 3 ranked Pioneers got past the eighth-ranked Trojans by setting a team season-high 108 digs on the afternoon.

The Pioneers survived a late Trojan run in the first set to come away with the 25-23 victory, but Anderson used seven kills from Lancaster and five from Tori Calhoon to earn a 25-19 win in set two and even the match at 1-1. Tusculum claimed the third set 25-20 thanks to four kills from Underwood to take a 2-1 lead into the fourth set.

In the fourth set, the Pioneers broke a 19-19 tie with three straight points, on a kill by Underwood, a service ace by Melanie Gibson and a kill by Bailee Price. The Trojans responded as Lindsay Doggett recorded a kill and followed up with a service ace to cut the Pioneer lead to 22-21. After an exchange of kills by Underwood and Lancaster left the Pioneers ahead 23-22, Tusculum put the match away on kills by Price and Underwood to claim the 25-22 victory.

Price finished with nine kills for Tusculum in the match, as did Rhayne Smitherman and Allyson Ray. Joining Dean and Underwood in double figures in digs were Price with 18, Sarmiento with 14 and Gibson with 10.

Alyssa Raterman paced the Tusculum attack with 13 kills while Sam Underwood also reached double figures with 11 kills to go along with 13 digs. Anderson was led by Jamie Lancaster who had a match-high 19 kills and also added 21 digs. Freshman Tori Calhoon was the other Trojan to approach double figures in kills, finishing with nine. Adria Mullaney had a team-high 23 digs along with four service aces for Anderson, while Lindsay Doggett had 20 digs and dished out 36 assists. Tiffany Rowe had five blocks (four solo) to lead all players in the match.

Anderson closes out the regular season with a three-match homestand, beginning with a non-conference contest versus Lander on Tuesday. First-serve versus the Bearcats is slated for 7 p.m. at the Abney Athletic Center.