Facing a 2-1 deficit in
Tuesday night’s TranSouth Conference match with the
Bethel Lady Wildcats, the Lyon College Pipers reached
down, won the next two games and pulled out a 3-2
victory.
The Pipers captured the
first set 30-21, but Bethel went on to take the next two
32-30 and 30-19. Lyon rallied to steal the fourth game
in a 33-31 dogfight then took the match by a 15-11 count
in the fifth and deciding game.
Lyon moves to 15-7
overall and 7-4 in the TranSouth Conference standings.
Bethel sinks to 12-10 and 2-9 in league play.
Senior middle blocker
Alyson Boone led the Pipers in kills with 13. Lyon
freshman Katie Beineke of Jonesboro added 11 kills and
Lauren Castleberry of Bono had nine kills and 15 digs.
Piper libero Ann Sullivan
of Jonesboro picked up 33 digs to spark Lyon, while
setters Jessica Sylvester and Julie Arnold of Bono had
25 and 21 assists, respectively.
