Box Score Behind the powerful and consistent attacks of Kara Strickland and Kelsey Handel, the Maryville College volleyball team defeated Covenant College 3-2 on Tuesday evening in Lookout Mountain, Georgia for their first road win of the season.
MC won the first pair of matches 25-18 and 25-11 before the Georgian Scots rallied for 25-21 and 25-19 victories. Maryville claimed the match to advance to 3-2 on the season with a 15-9 final set win attacking in the final set as a team at a .417 clip.
Kars Strickland paced Maryville at the net with 15 kills while adding seven service aces, eight digs, and a pair of blocks. Transfer Kelsey Handel attached at an amazing pace (.667) while throwing down 13 of 18 kill attempts. Senior setter Teri Lind had another strong match at directing the offense with 32 assists while Mallory Bonee and Morgan led the defense with 14 and 11 digs respectively.
Covenant falls to 2-2 on the season and was paced by Chelsea Van Dyk's 17 kills.
Maryville will return to action this weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio where they will challenge for the Mount St. Joseph College Invitational title with a pair of matches each on Friday and Saturday.
