Sewanee honors eight seniors, defeats Covenant in five sets

Hayden Regan

Box Score

Covenant COV 25-3,12-0 CCS

Sewanee Sewan 11-14,6-10 SAA

Covenant COV

25-3,12-0 CCS

Final

Nov. 06, 2026

Sewanee Sewan

11-14,6-10 SAA

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Covenant COV	25	21	18	25	9	(2)
Sewanee Sewan	14	25	25	20	15	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 11/6/2026 9:17:00 PM

Sewanee honors eight seniors, defeats Covenant in five sets

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	COV	Sewan
Kills	53	57
Errors	17	29
Attempts	148	152
Hitting %	.243	.184
Points	75.0	70.0
Assists	51	51
Aces	8	10
Blocks	14	3

Kills

COV

Sewan

Errors

COV

Sewan

Attempts

COV

148

Sewan

152

Hitting %

COV

.243

Sewan

.184

Points

COV

75.0

Sewan

70.0

Assists

COV

Sewan

Aces

COV

Sewan

Blocks

COV

Sewan

Game Leaders

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/savannah-gann/10384' class='boxscore_player_link'>Gann, Savannah</a>

#18 Gann, Savannah

Kills

20
Aces

3
Blocks

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/suna-merkler/10388' class='boxscore_player_link'>Merkler, Suna</a>

#14 Merkler, Suna

Kills

16
Aces

1
Blocks

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/elena-sipe/10511' class='boxscore_player_link'>Sipe, Elena</a>

#16 Sipe, Elena

Kills

10
Aces

1
Blocks

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/estela-gonzalez/10508' class='boxscore_player_link'>Gonzalez, Estela</a>

#6 Gonzalez, Estela

Kills

4
Aces

3
Blocks

0

#6 Gonzalez, Estela

Assists

42
E

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/sophia-caruso/10381' class='boxscore_player_link'>Caruso, Sophia</a>

#1 Caruso, Sophia

Assists

3
E

0

#18 Gann, Savannah

Assists

2
E

0

#14 Merkler, Suna

Assists

1
E

0

#1 Caruso, Sophia

Digs

17
RE

0

#18 Gann, Savannah

Digs

11
RE

0

#14 Merkler, Suna

Digs

11
RE

3

#6 Gonzalez, Estela

Digs

8
RE

0

Kills

#18

Aces

#18

SEWANEE, Tenn. – Senior Savannah Gann had 20 kills, while freshman Estela Gonzalez posted a career-high 42 assists, as the Sewanee Tigers defeated the Covenant College Scots 3-2 at home in non-conference action Friday night.

Sewanee honored seniors Sophia Caruso, Romy Ahn, Maria Kennedy, Anna Ellison, Charlotte Lee, Sydney Bixby, Ella Reynolds, and Gann prior to the match.

Caruso led the way with 17 digs, while Suna Merkler was second in kills with 16. Elena Sipe added 10 kills, hitting .300 on the night.

Sewanee concludes the regular season with an 11-14 record and now awaits its postseason fate, which will come down to the result of Millsaps-Rhodes on Saturday morning. If Rhodes wins, the Tigers will make the SAA championship and will be the No. 6 seed.

In the first set against Covenant, the Tigers were out-hit .310-.031, with the Scots winning 25-14 with four 3-0 runs along the way.

Sewanee took an early 5-1 lead in the second frame off a kill and ace from Gann. Covenant did not lead until a 4-0 run, aided by two kills from Avery Maiden, put the Scots up 16-13. Later, down 19-17, Sewanee scored eight of the final 10 points, with Gonzalez picking up a kill and two aces to help close the frame 25-21.

Sewanee held Covenant to .176 while hitting .323 in the third on the way to a 25-18 victory. The Tigers ended the set with a 7-1 run that included four kills from Merkler.

Covenant began the fourth set with a 12-5 lead. Sewanee would eventually cut the deficit down to 13-11, with Gann adding two kills and an ace. The Scots later extended the advantage to 23-17, with Sewanee committing five attack errors along the way, and held on for a 25-20 victory. Covenant out-hit Sewanee .310-.067 over the course of the set.

Maiden tallied two kills early in the fifth for the Scots, who took a 4-2 advantage to start. Merkler then posted two kills to help Sewanee score three in a row. With the set later tied 6-6, Gann and Jane McAuley each tacked on a kill, alongside an ace from Merkler, to score three unanswered and go up 9-6.

The Scots scored three of the next four, aided by a kill from Aubrianna Gerdes. But the Tigers shut down Covenant the rest of the way with a 5-0 run thanks to three kills by Gann, as well as a kill and ace from Gonzalez, to win 15-9.

Sewanee awaits its postseason fate, which will be determined by Saturday's Millsaps-Rhodes match at 11 a.m. CT.

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