Shreveport - The Centenary volleyball team split a pair of matches on Saturday versus the Schreiner Mountaineers in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at the Gold Dome.
Centenary rallied to take the first set of match one, 28-26, and then Schreiner responded with consecutive wins in sets two (25-21) and three (25-19). The Ladies then took set four, 25-20, to send it to a deciding fifth set which Centenary won, 15-11, for a 3-2 match one victory.
Schreiner won the first two sets of match two by scores of 25-23 and 27-25. Centenary then won the third set, 25-17, and the Mountaineers sealed the win in the fourth set, 25-19.
The Ladies (2-6) were playing at home for the first time this season after three consecutive weekends on the road to begin the season. Schreiner improved to 2-8 this season with Saturday's split.
Freshman DS/L Jaycie Proctor (Paris, Texas) and Freshman MB Caroline Richmond (Maequez, Texas) both had outstanding days for the Ladies. Proctor recorded a whopping 76 digs in the two matches, 36 in match one and 40 in match two. Proctor entered Saturday's play sixth in the conference in digs with 77 (4.81 per game) as she nearly matched her season total on Saturday. Richmond had 27 kills and 15 digs in another fine performance for the rookie. She entered Saturday's play third on the team with 55 digs and ranked second in kills with 48.
Junior Outside Hitter Alyssa Davis (Van Alstyne, Texas) recorded 22 kills, adding to her previous total of 72 (3.27 per game) which ranked second in the SCAC coming into Saturday's doubleheader and she added an impressive 31 digs and three aces. Davis entered Saturday as the team leader in kills and second in digs.
Junior S/RS Rachel Demerjian (Glendora, Calif.) entered Saturday seventh in the conference in assists (120) for an average of 5.45 per game. She tallied 97 assists in the two matches and added 29 digs and six kills along with four aces. Junior MB Elizabeth Epley (Nashville, Tenn.) posted 19 kills and nine digs and sophomore MB Liz Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) had 16 kills and three digs.
Freshman S Alania Bartie (Iowa, La.) had 21 kills and seven digs, sophomore DS Mariah Martinez (San Antonio, Texas) posted 23 digs, and junior DS/L Marichael Clarin-Jante (Houston, Texas) had 28 digs.
Centenary will remain at home to face Dallas next Saturday, March 27 for a pair of matches at Noon and 4 p.m. and then the Ladies hit the road for the final two road matches of the season at Southwestern on April 3. The Ladies will close the regular season at home versus Colorado College with single matches on April 9 at 5 p.m. and April 10 at 1 p.m.
A link to the complete Ladies' schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2020-21/schedule
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