ROME, Ga. – For the first time since 2018, the Lee University volleyball team will celebrate a winning season (17-14) and even its GSC record at 8-8 with a convincing 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-20) victory over host Shorter University on Saturday evening.
Coach Christa Fabre is in her first year of directing the Lady Flames and with the University of Alabama in Huntsville defeating the University of West Georgia, her team claimed seventh place as they move into conference tournament play next Tuesday. The Lady Flames will take on #6 seed Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss.
With Sophia Lippert and Carmen Perez leading the way, the Lady Flames wasted no time in claiming the first set and moving onto the three-set win. Lippert finished with seven kills and a .308 attack mark. Perez also had seven kills and a .250 hitting percentage. She served up three aces and led her team with 19 digs.
Macy Petty turned in another solid performance with six kills and a .500 attack percentage. The senior leader also dished up three aces. Allie Scurlock joined in with six kills and two blocks. Clarissa Soza had 16 assists and Ashton Middleton 14 to set their teammates up for the kills. Soza also had three aces. Kamryn Halpin had 18 digs and Abby Stroh countered with 12. Naomi Hockless joined in with four kills and a pair of blocks.
Shorter, which finished the season at 6-22, 2-14, was led by Abigail Cima with five kills, nine digs and two blocks. Caroline Sivills added four kills while Caroline Beckmann finished with three blocks.
Coach Christa Fabre’s thoughts:
“It was great to come in and take care of business against a team with nothing to lose. It was their senior night and last match, so they had great energy. We sided out well and served aggressively to keep them out of system.
“Now we get ready to prepare for Tuesday and we are excited to see how far we can take this season.”
