SEWANEE, Tenn. 9/4/09 – The Sewanee Tigers, under the leadership of first-year head coach, Katie Caine, opened the 2009 season on Friday afternoon with a 3-0 sweep of the Rust Bearcats in D-3 volleyball action at Juhan Gymnasium.
Sewanee took the first two sets by scores of 25-15 and 25-21. In the third set, the Tigers trailed Rust 19-9, but stormed back to take the 31-29 come-from-behind victory and the match.
Sewanee 3, Rust 0 (25-15, 25-21, 31-29) Box Score
Match Leaders:
Kills – Libby Boddiford (Forest Hill, Md., Maryvale Prep) and Erin Brahm (Huntsville, Ala., Grissom), 8
Assists – Brahm, 24
Digs – Adrienne Borchardt (New Orleans, La., Ben Franklin), 14
Blocks – Mary Beth Epps (Memphis, Tenn, Lausanne Collegiate), 2.5
Service Aces – Boddiford, 7
In their second match of the day, the Tigers dropped a hard-fought 3-2 decision to LaGrange College. The Tigers fell behind 2 sets to 0, but rallied to knot the match at 2-2. The Panthers came back to take the fifth and deciding set by the score of 15-4.
LaGrange 3, Sewanee 2 (25-22, 25-16, 23-25, 20-25, 15-4) Box Score
Match Leaders:
Kills – Sammie Maddox (Winder, Ga., Athens Academy), 11
Assists – Brahm, 30
Digs – Borchardt, 17
Blocks – Kim Conkell (Atlanta, Ga, Lakeside), 3
Service Aces – Blair Barrows (Atlanta, Ga., Holy Innocents') and Brahm, 3
The Tigers are now 1-1 on the season and return to action tomorrow at Juhan Gymnasium as they square off with Mississippi College at 10 am and Huntingdon College at 2 pm.
