Lady Eagles extend win streak to six at Beach Bash; Top Davis and Elkins, thump JCSU
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles beat Davis and Elkins, 3-1, and swept Johnson C. Smith, 3-0, to extend its season-high win streak to six matches after Friday’s two wins at the Pepsi Beach Bash in West Palm Beach, Fla. With the wins, the Lady Eagles are now 11-6 on the season and will face Shepherd University and Seton Hill on Saturday afternoon.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles beat Davis and Elkins, 3-1, and swept Johnson C. Smith, 3-0, to extend its season-high win streak to six matches after Friday's two wins at the Pepsi Beach Bash in West Palm Beach, Fla.
With the wins, the Lady Eagles are now 11-6 on the season and will face Shepherd University and Seton Hill on Saturday afternoon.
Carson-Newman battled back from a game two loss to hold off Davis and Elkins in the day's opener, 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 16-25, 25-27).
The Lady Eagles won a tight fourth game to clinch the win. C-N fell behind 13-8 in the frame, only to rally for a 21-16 lead behind a pair of Carly Swisher (Colorado Springs, Colo.) kills and four D&E errors.
D&E would grab a lead at game-point at 25-24 on the verge of forcing a fifth set, but couldn't put the Lady Eagles away, as a service error and kills by Swisher and freshman Lauren Santarelli closed out the match.
Senior Carly Swisher continued her fantastic play of late, hitting at a .375 clip for the match to lead C-N with 14 kills. Sophomore Lindsay Bryant (Gainesville, Ga.) and senior Nikki James (Cookeville, Tenn.) each added eight kills. James led all players with eight blocks. Swisher added five.
Freshman Kristen Pickett (Cleveland, Tenn.) led the Lady Eagles with 20 assists, while junior Rachael Bowlin (Morristown, Tenn.) added 17 digs.
Senior Jana Lowe and Juniors Brandi Brown and Lindsey Russo all had nine kills to lead D&E. Lowe and fellow senior Bre Tognoli had 24 and 15 assists, respectively, while Lowe also tallied 13 digs.
C-N followed with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-10, 25-13) sweep of overmatched Johnson C. Smith. Swisher (12), Bryant (11), James (11), and freshman Ashley Ferris (Knoxville, Tenn.) (10) each had double-digits in kills as C-N hit a season-high .606 for the match.
Pickett had 32 assists to feed the C-N attack. Bowlin had 13 digs.
