Blue Mountain Christian University’s volleyball season ended Friday, Nov. 13, with a 3-1 loss to Loyola University of Louisiana at the SSAC Volleyball Championship in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Volley Toppers finished 13-16, according to BMCU Athletics’ match report. Loyola won the opening set 25-19 before Blue Mountain tied the match with a 25-20 second-set victory. Loyola took each of the final two sets 25-20.
Salice Speed led BMCU with 12 kills and added 13 digs, four blocks and two aces. Marissa Gerleman contributed 10 kills and four blocks, while Olivia Lewis had six kills and a team-leading six blocks.
Abbi Williams collected 18 digs. Sydney Tague supplied 18 assists, and Brenyn Wilbanks finished with 11 assists and 10 digs.
The result closes BMCU’s tournament run a day after its sweep of Andrew College. Friday’s team totals were 42 kills, 76 digs and 13 blocks.
Featured image: Stock photo of a high school volleyball match, not BMCU or Friday’s tournament. Photo: Tom Fisk / Pexels, as credited in the Tippah News media library.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
