The University of Pikeville closed out the home portion of its volleyball season with a 3-1 win over Bryan (Tenn.) College on Saturday morning.
Â
UPike is now 17-11 on the season, 14-3 in the AAC and finished 8-2 at home.
Â
Sophomore
Olivia Chapman led four Bears in double figures with 16 kills. Senior
Gracey Lovgren followed with 12, while senior
Alondra Ayende and sophomore
Cassidy Rivas had 11 each.
Â
Junior
Chloie Brinton had 51 assists in the win. The Bears had six service aces, with Lovgren having three of them.
Â
Junior
Lanie Hawley had eight blocks, with seven of them being assists. Chapman had seven with one solo.
Â
Sophomore
Ashtyn Filkins led the Bears with 16 digs.
Â
UPike will end the regular season with two straight road matches. It begins on Friday when it travels to Barbourville to play Union Commonwealth University at 6:30 p.m.
Â
Bears 25, Lions 18: This set was close early, with UPike leading by three points only one time before a quick three-point run made the lead 12-8. The Bears finally pulled away with five straight points. Two service aces by Lovgren and a kill each by Hawley and Van Dyke made the lead 23-15. A block by Ayende and Chapman, who had five kills in the set, closed it out.
Â
Lions 26, Bears 24: The teams traded runs early on, with the Lions scoring four straight to take a 6-3 lead before the Bears put up three straight to tie it. The score was tight the enrire way before the Bears went up 21-16. But the Lions turned it on and outscored the Bears 10-3 the rest of the way to get the win.
Â
Bears 25, Lions 18: Neither team led by more than three points before an Ayende kill put UPike on top 18-14. Leading 20-18, the Bears scored the final six points, with Rivas recording two kills and Chapman one, with Hawley and Brinton teaming up on a block.
Â
Bears 25, Lions 21: The Bears had an early 7-1 run with Lovgren having two kills and four others adding one to take an early 8-3 lead. Five more points, with two blocks that Hawley was a part of, pushed the lead to 14-6. But the Lions then scored eight of the next 10 points to cut the lead to 16-14. Three straight by Bryan pulled it within three at 24-21, but a Hawley kill closed the door.
Â
--UPIKE--
Â
Â
Â
Â