BANNER ELK, N.C. – The Converse University volleyball team defeated Lees-McRae on Wednesday night 3-1 (20-25, 25-21, 28-26, 25-16) at the Williams Gymnasium.
Converse (5-5, 2-0 CC) is off to their best start in the since moving up to the NCAA level. The Valkyries have never started 2-0 in Conference Carolinas action and their fifth win tonight equals their win total from a season ago. For Lees-McRae they drop to 0-10 on the season and 0-1 in conference action this season.
The Valkyries took the early lead in the opening set at 8-5 before relinquishing it to a 7-1 run by the Bobcats offense. The remainder of the period the two teams stayed within striking distance but a 4-0 run by Lees-McRae gave them the first set win.
In the second set the Valkyries started to click and raced out to an 11-4 lead over the Bobcats. However, the Valkyries let the Bobcats rally and steal the momentum away. Trailing 19-18, Converse settled down and finished the set on a 7-2 run to tie the match.
Converse continued the momentum into the third set as they won six of the first seven points of the period. Back-and-forth the two squads went for the remainder of the set, Lees-McRae appeared to have all the momentum leading 25-24 but the Valkyries stormed back to win 28-26 with back-to-back kills
Evelyn Fitz and
Megan Carpenter.
In the fourth set the two teams were equal through the first 20-points of the period. A 7-1 run by the Valkyries offense gave Converse the momentum they needed to close out the set a few minutes later at 25-16.
Fitz recorded her third straight double-double with a 16-kill, 14-dig performance. Carpenter finished second on the team with 12 kills, while
Jasmine Finkley rounded out the top-three with a 9-kill performance. Mackenzie Schmucker recorded 19 assists in the match, while
Savannah Ducote posted 18 assists.
Mackenzie Day lead the Valkyries with 17 digs, while
Anna Rabon finished third on the team with 11 digs.
Converse will stay on the road with a trip to Mount Olive this coming Saturday, tip-off is slated for 2:00 p.m. For more information on the Converse volleyball team, log onto
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