Volleyball Secures Postseason Return with Win Over Lyon
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn 12-14,6-5 SLIAC | 25 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 3 |
| Lyon 11-14,5-7 SLIAC | 16 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville 18-10,11-1 SLIAC | 26 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Blackburn 12-15,6-6 SLIAC | 24 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
Team Stats
Lyon
| Game Statistics | Lyon | Blackburn |
|---|---|---|
| Hitting % | 0.126 | 0.213 |
| Blocks | 7 | 13.5 |
| Digs | 83 | 93 |
| Aces | 16 | 5 |
Greenville
| Game Statistics | Blackburn | Greenville |
|---|---|---|
| Hitting % | 0.084 | 0.199 |
| Blocks | 5 | 7 |
| Digs | 60 | 67 |
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
GREENVILLE, IL -- Blackburn College Volleyball defeated Lyon College to secure their sixth straight appearance in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament after defeating Lyon College 3-2 Saturday afternoon. The team also took on conference-leader Greenville College but fell to the Panthers 3-0.
Leading the team was senior Ella Person who finished the day with 26 kills. In the win over the Scots, she tallied 17 kills while hitting .292. She added three block assists as well.
Sophomore Rean Ward added 18 kills over the two matches. Freshman Rylea Black had 17 and senior Zoe Mitchell finished with 14. Junior Kenadee Frey recorded 62 assists, 42 of which came against Lyon. She added 38 digs, with 28 coming against the Scots, and five total aces.
Freshman Elexus Frey posted 40 total digs with freshman Marissa Perez and senior Payton Moeglin chipping in with 20. Black finished the day with 12 total blocks, three solo and nine block assists. Mitchell and senior Becca Benoit contributed five blocks each.
Blackburn won the first two sets against Lyon, winning 25-16 and 25-21. The Scots rebounded to win the third and fourth sets 25-21 to force a fifth set. The teams traded points early to start the deciding set before Lyon took a 10-7 lead. The Beavers answered with four straight points to go ahead 11-10, and the teams continued to trade points again until it was 16-16.
Ward got a kill to take a lead, and an attack error from the Scots gave Blackburn the 18-16 set win and 3-2 victory.
The team then took on Greenville but were unable to capture the upset, falling 3-0.
With the win, the Beavers move to 6-6 in the league and are tied with Mississippi University for third in the conference, with the Owls finished with conference play at 7-7 this season. Blackburn heads to Lyon College Saturday to take on the Scots and Eureka College in the final weekend of conference play.
Two wins will give the Beavers the third seed, which will allow them to host their first SLIAC Tournament match since the SLIAC resumed the conference tournament in 2004. A split at Lyon will force tie-breaker scenarios that are still to be determined.