Box Score Five different players recorded at least seven kills as the University of Pikeville volleyball team extended its win streak to eight with a 3-0 over Milligan (Tenn.) University on Tuesday night at the UPike Gym.
 
UPike won by scores of 25-8, 25-17, 25-16.
 
UPike is now 14-3 on the season and 7-0 against AAC competition.
 
Milligan slipped to 1-11 overall, 1-7 in the league.
 
Junior Cassidy Rivas led the Bears with 17 kills, doing so with a .484 attack percentage. Senior Lanie Hawley followed with 11 kills on 16 attacks, a percentage of .625, and had three service aces.
 
Junior Olivia Chapman and sophomore JLynn Risner had eight kills apiece, while senior Allyah Tokelau added seven.
 
It was also a huge night for senior setter Chloie Brinton, who had 45 assists, coming in only three sets.
 
Freshman Baylee Moore led the Bears with 14 digs, with Brinton adding 10. Hawley was aggressive at the net, recording four blocks.
 
The Bears return to play on Friday night when they host Reinhardt (Ga.) University. The teams are atop the standings in the conference and will be playing for the league lead. First serve is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
 
Bears 25, Buffs 8: The match started close, with Milligan moving in front 6-5. It would prove to be the Buffs only lead of the night, as UPike responded with 10 unanswered points. Behind the serving of sophomore JLynn Risner, who had a kill to get the run going, the Bears got three kills from Rivas and two from Hawley to move the lead to 15-6. That began a 20-2 stretch to close out the first set, with Rivas recording five kills in the run.
 
Bears 25, Buffs 17: Milligan jumped out to an early three-point lead on three occasions, including at 5-2 after a UPike service error. The Buffs last led 8-7 before the Bears recorded an 8-3 run, during which Hawley, Risner and Chapman had two kills each to move ahead 16-11. Milligan continued to battle but a Risner kill put the Bears on top 2-0.
 
Bears 25, Buffs 16: After Milligan jumped out to a 5-4 lead, UPike ran off seven straight points, with Rivas recording three kills. That run extended into a 13-3 stretch, with Rivas adding two more kills to make the lead 17-8.