SPARTANBURG, S.C.- Behind a stellar offensive night by Katie Butler, the Valkyries drop the final two matches of the season against Belmont Abbey (3-2) and GRU Augusta (3-1) on Saturday afternoon.

Katie Butler (Savannah, Ga.) posted 47 kills in the two matches with a career-high 24 kills in the match against Belmont Abbey in the Conference Carolinas finale.  Butler's 24 kills is second in program history.  Dual sport athlete, Lauren Mueller set the record back in 2006 with 26 kills.

Krislyn Moore (Spartanburg, S.C.) posted a career-high 48 assists in the loss to Belmont Abbey.

Converse honored seniors: Aubrey Crosby (Spartanburg, S.C.) and Julianne Carwile (Anderson, S.C.) before the match.  Crosby finished her career with a program record 1903 digs tallying 27 in the two matches.  Carwile finished the day with 19 digs and four service aces.

Vs. Belmont Abbey:

Converse (7-22, 1-15 CC) dropped the match 3-2 alternating set wins, 23-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17, 11-15.  Butler paced the Valkyries with 24 kills.  Teammate Scottie Kay Auton led the team with a .571 hitting percentage with nine kills and committing one error.  Butler hit .365 on the match.  Samantha Haynes (Chesnee, S.C.) recorded 13 kills in the match.

Crosby led the team with 18 digs on the match. The senior Libero finished the Conference Carolinas regular season with the most digs in the conference with 305.

Vs. GRU Augusta:

Butler followed up her career-high kills against Belmont Abbey with another stellar performance with 23 kills.  Haynes finished the match with five kills.  Butler hit a match high .340.

Carwile and Crosby switched positions for the regular season finale.  Carwile took over the libero duties.  Carwile led the team with 12 digs.  Jenna Brock (Inman, S.C.) also added 12 digs.  Crosby added nine digs on the match to end her senior campaign with 520 digs.

The Valkyrie setter, Moore, added 28 assist and two service aces.

Converse finished the season 7-23 on the season and missed out on the Conference Carolinas tournament.