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Score: Piedmont 1, Covenant 3
Score: Piedmont 3, Agnes Scott 0
Record: Piedmont 6-13, 2-4 USA South

DEMOREST, Ga. – The Piedmont College volleyball team earned a home split in a Saturday conference quad match falling 3-1 to Covenant in the morning before rebounding with a 3-0 win over Agnes Scott.

Match 1: Covenant 3, Piedmont 1

The Lady Lions (6-13, 2-4 USA South) started slowly against the Scots (6-12, 5-2 USA South), never leading in the first set as Covenant rolled to a 25-15 victory.

Piedmont responded with a stronger start to the second set, jumping out to a 10-7 lead early to force a Covenant timeout. However, the Scots reeled off four consecutive points coming out of the timeout to take an 11-10 lead and did not trail in the set after that point.

After PC tied the score at 17-17, the Scots took the next eight points to run away with the second set, 25-17.

Neither side was able to separate in the third set until Covenant jumped in front, 17-14, forcing a Piedmont timeout. Trailing 19-14, the Lady Lions won six of the next seven points to tie the score at 20-all. Then, after Covenant answered back with a 23-20 edge, PC took five straight out of a timeout to force the match to a fourth set.

Covenant returned the favor in the fourth, rallying from down, 20-17, to win, 25-23, off a kill by Leah Buys.

Freshmen HANNAH KATE CHADWELL (12) and JACLYN SAMPSON (four) each recorded career highs in kills while JENNIFER HERRERA made her first career start and tallied 19 assists.

Match 2: Piedmont 3, Agnes Scott 0

Piedmont took an early lead out of the gate against the Scotties (0-15, 0-7 USA South) and never trailed in the opening set with a 25-13 win. The Lady Lions closed out the first set with a 5-1 run as AUBREE YANCEY accounted for the final two kills for Piedmont. 

The Lady Lions again looked to be having a strong start, but the Scotties charged back with a 6-1 run and overtook Piedmont to lead 10-8. It was then a back-and-forth battle as the two were knotted at 15 and again at 16 before Piedmont surged ahead for good and won the second set 25-19. 

The Scotties were a tough foe again in the third set, challenging the Lady Lions down the stretch as Agnes Scott cut the lead to 18-17 late. The Lady Lions closed out the set and the match on a 7-1 run to claim the third set 25-18. 

ALINA ROBERTS led Piedmont with seven kills while a total of 12 players earned at least one kill in the match with a balanced attack leading to 37 kills. ALI WILKINS had 22 assists while LAINEY CHOINIERE had 24 digs. 

TURNING POINT:
--The Lady Lions stole the third set from the Covenant Scots but it was not enough to bring momentum in favor of Piedmont as the Scots claimed a 3-1 win. 
--Against the Scotties, Piedmont allowed Agnes Scott to stay within striking distance in the final two sets but ultimately swept the winless Scotties. 

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
--Two Lady Lions had double-digit kills on the day with ERICA BALKCUM (13 kills) and HANNAH KATE CHADWELL (12 kills) achieving that mark against Covenant. 

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