FRANKLIN SPRINGS, GA. – The Converse University volleyball team went 1-1 to start Conference Carolinas action this weekend with the programs first ever win against Emmanuel on Saturday afternoon.   
 
Game One: Young Harris 3, Converse 1

• In the opening Conference Carolinas match of the season, the Valkyries came out swinging as they took the opening set 25-21.
• Converse recorded 11 kills and hit a team high .294 in the first set of the match.
• In the 2^nd set the Valkyries had their most team kills for the match with 12, but they only hit .160 for the set.
• The Valkyries ended up dropping both the second and third sets by scores of 25-22 and 25-21.
• Young Harris finished with a .256 hitting percentage in the third set and a .297 hitting percentage in the fourth set. The Mountain Lions won the final two sets with scores of 25-21 and 25-16.
• Young Harris won the team statistical categories of points, kills, aces, blocks, assists and digs.
• Megan Carpenter led the Valkyries with 10 kills, Evelyn Fitz finished second on the team with 8 kills and Tori Barr rounded out the top three with 6 kills.
• MacKenzie Schmucker led the team with 17 assists, Madison Gregory finished second on the team with 9 assists. Mackenzie Day led the team with 18 digs and Gregory finished second with 9 digs.

 
Game Two: Converse 3, Emmanuel 2

• For the first time in program history the Valkyries defeated Emmanuel, ending a 17-game winning streak for the Lions in the series.
• The win also concluded an eight-game losing streak for the Valkyries to start the season.
• Emmanuel won the opening set 25-19 and hit .227 with 16 team kills, this was also the worst set of the match for the Valkyries.
• In the second set the Valkyries offense roared back to life as they took the stanza 25-23.
• In the third set the two teams went back-and-forth throughout the period as Emmanuel barley edged the Valkyries out with a 29-27 win.
• In the fourth set it was the Valkyries that won the extra volleyball in the period as they took down Emmanuel 27-25.
• In the fifth and final set the Valkyries had their best offensive showing of the match, as they out hit the Lions with a .286 hitting percentage.
• Evelyn Fitz, Tia Gripado and MacKenzie Schmucker all finished with double-doubles in the match. Fitz finished with a team high 17 kills and 10 digs, while Gripado finished second on the team with 12 kills and 13 digs. Schmucker finished with a career high 35 assists and 21 digs.
• Fitz also had a team high 5 aces, while both Gripado and Alayah Robertson each had four blocks in the match.
• Mackenzie Day finished second on the team in digs with 19 and Jasmine Hamilton finished third on the team with 18 digs.

 
 
Next Up:

• Converse will host their first home game of the season on Tuesday night when they face Truett McConnell at 7:00 p.m. inside the Weisiger Center.  

 
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