BATESVILLE – The Lyon
College Pipers suffered their second straight defeat via
sweep when the TranSouth Conference-leading Martin
Methodist Lady RedHawks earned a 3-0 league victory
Saturday afternoon in a volleyball match at Becknell
Gymnasium.
Martin Methodist had to
weather a rally by Lyon to win 31-29 in the first game,
blasted to a 30-11 win in the second and captured the
sweep with a 30-21 triumph in the third set.
Daria Paunovic was the
Pipers’ kill leader with eight. Jessica Sylvester had 10
assists and Ann Sullivan of Jonesboro had 14 digs.
Lyon sinks to 15-9 this
season with a sixth-place conference mark of 7-6. Martin
Methodist moves to 19-6 and remains on top of the
TranSouth volleyball standings with an 11-1 record.
