COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Benedict College women's volleyball team wrapped up their final home match with a dominating 3-0 victory over rival Allen University on Tuesday night in the Benjamin E. Mays HRC Arena.
Benedict cruised to the victory 25-14, 25-8, 25-18 to avenge a five-set defeat three weeks ago to their next-door neighbors. Benedict improves to 13-11 overall and 9-9 in the SIAC. Allen falls to 5-18 overall and 4-14 in the SIAC.
The Lady Tigers also celebrated Senior Day, sending their five seniors out with a victory in their final home game of their career.
Benedict hit a season-high .392 in the match, recording 39 kills on 74 attacks with just 10 errors. Allen hit .041, notching 18 kills on 74 attacks with 15 errors.
Mia Burgess led the Benedict attack with 16 kills, while hitting .625, committing just one attack error on 24 attempts.
Krislenn Lucas, one of Benedict's five seniors, had six kills.
DeMyah Jackson and
Angelic Carter added five kills each.
Jayden Johnson had 14 assists, while senior
Willow Alls added 11 assists. Jackson and Johnson led the defense with seven digs each.
The Lady Tigers closed out the first set with the final four points, with Johnson serving an ace for the final point.
Benedict used a 5-0 run in the second set to jump out to a 12-4 lead, then used a 6-0 run to build an 18-6 lead. The Lady Tigers then closed out the set with six straight points behind the serving of senior
Jadyn Murry.
Allen had a 14-13 lead in the third set before Benedict scored the next seven points. Allen was able to cut the lead to 22-18, but then Benedict wrapped up the match with the final three points, including the match-winner on a kill by senior
Desire' Young.
Benedict will wrap up the regular season on Friday at Clark Atlanta.
