The Lyon College Pipers
had little trouble dispatching the Mid-Continent Lady
Cougars Saturday on Senior Day. The Pipers topped
Mid-Continent 3-0 for the second time this season and
ran away with a TranSouth Conference victory at Becknell
Gym.
It was appropriate that
the seniors led the Pipers to victory on Senior Day:
* Senior outside hitter
Alison Sablick picked up her 1000th career dig with a 12
dig, 13 kill performance (both game-highs). Sablick
currently sits in third place on the all-time Lyon
College dig list with 1003.
* Senior Alyson Boone of
Cabot picked up nine kills and four blocks.
* Senior middle Madeline
Homer added 10 kills and four blocks.
Junior libero Ann
Sullivan added a stat line of 12 assists, nine digs and
three aces. Leah Eifling pitched in 18 assists and
Jessica Sylvester had 11 assists.
Head coach Justin Dee’s
Pipers won the first game 30-14, took the second game
30-24 and finished off the Lady Cougars 30-20 in the
final set.
Lyon halted a two-game
slide and ran its record to
17-11 and finished 9-7 in the TranSouth. Mid-Continent
sinks to 2-19 overall and is
still searching for its first victory in league play
with an 0-15 record.
The Pipers currently sit
fifth in the league and await a Nov. 6 matchup between
Mid-Continent and Union to see if they can move up to a
fourth-place finish. Lyon holds the tie-breaker, with a
sweep in the season series with Union, but Union has the
advantage of playing league doormat MCU and also has a
slight lead in the standings with a 9-6 record.
