Need to Know
Score: Piedmont 0 - Salem 3
Records:  PC 18-12 (9-6) , SC 13-17 (4-11)
Location: Maryville, Tennessee - Randy Lambert Court

Maryville, TN - The Piedmont College volleyball team fell 3-0 earlier Tuesday evening in a 1st Round contest of the USA South Championship Tournament to 6th seeded Salem College to wrap up the 2016 season.  

All three sets were close at the end as Piedmont fell 25-23 in the first, but held a 25-24 lead on an AMANDA TROTTER kill in the second set looking to even up the match at a set each.  However, the Spirits would capitalize on a pair of hitting errors to win three straight rallies and take a two-set lead in the postseason contest. 

The 3rd would again be tight with the two finding themselves tied at 18, but another three-point run from Salem helped set the two apart with two of those three coming on Taylor Moulton kills.  

Piedmont would make it a one-point game at 24-23 Salem trying to force a fourth, but the Spirits ended it on a block in the third instead getting the 1st Round win and ending the Lady Lions' 2016 campaign. 

Turning Point
--The second set for Piedmont was the story of the night as the Lady Lions could not overcome 12 hitting errors falling in tiebreak fashion to the Spirits who took a 2-0 lead on the way to the win.

Standout Performances
--HALEY HIXON tallied 22 digs in the contest, exactly what she would need to post 1,000 for her career doing so in just two seasons as a Lady Lion.
--Senior AMANDA TROTTER hit .360 in her final match for PC tallying a team-best 13 kills on 25 attempts with just four errors. 
--USA South Rookie of the Week Taylor Moulton looked the part vs. PC with a team-high 13 kills hitting .222 to help Salem get a W. 

Inside the Box Score
--These two were remarkably similar in most statistical categories on the night as PC had 37 kills to Salem's 35 with each tallying 61 digs on the evening.
--Piedmont had set point in the second that would have evened the match, but Salem fought it off to eventually take the set in tiebreak fashion with three straight to end it.

News & Notes
--Piedmont is now 1-5 in the postseason as a USA South member in volleyball with the lone win coming back in 2013 when the Lady Lions defeated William Peace in four.

Up Next
The loss wraps up Piedmont's 2016 season as the Lady Lions finish with an 18-12 overall record having gone 9-6 in USA South play during the regular season.

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