The Lancers unfortunately lost both games, but one highlight was their one set win against Fayetteville Tech 25-23.
USCL vs. Fayetteville Tech: 25-19, 23-25 (USCL), 25-14, 25-19
Final: 3-1 Fayetteville Tech
The Lancers ended their first game against Fayetteville Tech, recording 35 kills on 142 attempts with 21 errors, 34 assists, 10 aces and 78 digs. The Lancers had five service errors on 78 attempts, while blocking saw seven solo blocks and one error. USCL also had 15 errors on 85 reception attempts.
USCL's leaders in kills were sophomore outside hitter Constanza Fuentealba with 10, sophomore opposite hitter Lydia Bunkley and freshman outside hitter Abigail Leopard both having eight each.
Freshman middle blocker Laney Allen, freshman libero Kenzie Woodard and Fuentealba led the team in aces with Allen collecting five, while Woodard and Fuentealba both had two each.
Freshman middle blocker Savannah Savage collected four blocks against Fayetteville while Allen had two and freshman outside hitter Abigail Leopard contributed one.
The Lancer's assist leader was sophomore setter Rebekah Fersner with 30.
On defense, Woodard collected 23 digs, while sophomore outside hitter Hailey Kerestes had 13 and Fuentealba had 12.
USCL vs. Richard Bland College: 25-12, 25-11, 25-16
Final: 3-0 Richard Bland
In the second game of the tri match for the USCL women's volleyball team, the Lancers collected 14 kills on 76 attempts with 15 errors, 13 assists, four aces and 32 digs. The Lancers had four service errors on 40 attempts, while blocking saw two solo blocks. USCL also had 18 errors on 61 reception attempts.
USCL's leaders in kills were Leopard with four, Fuentealba with three and Allen with two.
Freshman outside hitter Andra Sheilds led the Lancers in aces with two while Fersner and Allen both collected one each.
Allen and Savage both collected one block each against Richard Bland while Fersner led the team in assists again with 10. Allen and Woodard followed suit with one assist each.
On defense, Fuentealba collected 11 digs, Woodard had eight and Kerestes had five.
The Lancers play again on Wednesday, September 8 at Cleveland Community College. The game starts at 6:00 p.m. Make sure you tune in to cheer on the USCL Lancers.
