Match Information
Score: Harding 0, Montevallo 3 (20-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-17, 13-15)
Records: Harding (1-0 overall) | Montevallo (0-1 overall)
Location: Spragins Hall (Huntsville, Alabama)
GAME NOTES

• Evelina Teran led the Falcons with 15 kills in the match. Teran also totaled four blocks and 24 total points in the match.
• Desiree Rodriguez registered 12 kills and registered 14.5 points in the match.
• Savannah Roys led the Falcons in assists with 35 total in the match.
• Montevallo had 10 aces, including Teran who led the team with six.
• The Falcons totaled 11 blocks in the match. Brioni Dixon recorded one solo block to go along with six blocks assisted.
• Harding edged the Falcons in blocks with 16, compared to 11. The Bison recorded 11 service aces, just edging the Falcons who totaled 10.

 HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1

• The Falcons traded points with the Bison in the opening stages of the first set. A kill from Hannah Fernandez gave the Falcons a 15-10 advantage.
• Harding responded with a six point run to reclaim the lead 16-15. Desiree Rodriguez tied the game up at 16 with her first kill of the set.
• A kill from Evelina Teran and a service ace from Rodriguez put the Falcons up 18-16. The Bison answered with a five point run, taking the lead 21-18.
• The Falcons were unable to catch the Bison the rest of the way in the first set, falling 25-20.

Set 2

• Harding struck first in set number two and controlled the opening stages of the set, leading the Falcons 10-5 early on.
• Midway through the match Harding led 20-15. Montevallo responded with four straight points, capped by a Rodriguez kill, to get within one point of the Bison 20-19.
• Montevallo failed to catch Harding down the stretch in set two, falling 25-21.

 
SET 3

• The Falcons found themselves down 10-6 to begin the third set, following a kill from Harding's Logan Smith.
• Montevallo took the lead 11-10 following a four point run, capped by a service ace from Teran.
• After taking the lead, Montevallo traded pairs of points with Harding before the Bison jumped out to a 22-18 lead late in set three.
• Montevallo mounted a comeback in the third set, scoring seven straight points down-the-stretch to top the Bison 25-22 and force a fourth set.

SET 4

• The Falcons jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the beginning of the fourth set, following a pair of kills from Danielle Lee and Hannah Fernandez, as well as a pair of errors by the Bison.
• Montevallo conceded the first point of the set on a service error but responded with three straight points, capped by Lee's third kill of the set to lead 10-1.
• The Bison cut in to Montevallo's lead midway through the set following four straight points. However, Harding still trailed the Falcons 18-13.
• Rodriguez put the game away with a kill to win the set 25-17, forcing a tie-breaking fifth set

SET 5

• Harding controlled the fifth set early, racing out to a 4-1 lead over the Falcons.
• Montevallo tied the Bison 7-7 following a service error by Harding's Emily Smith. Brioni Dixon then gave Montevallo the lead 8-7.
• After trading points, Harding began to pull away down the stretch, leading 13-10.
• A kill by Teran cut the deficit to 12-14. The Falcons stayed alive, 13-14, following a attacking error by Emily Smith.
• Harding took the fifth set 15-13 following a kill by Ally Stoner that grazed the fingertips of Fernandez before sliding out of bounds.

The Falcons comeback came up just short, dropping the first match of the season 3-2 against Harding.
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Match Information
Score: Montevallo 1, Trevecca Nazarene 3 (22-25, 25-21 ,25-23, 25-19)
Records: Montevallo (0-2 overall) | Trevecca Nazarene (1-0 overall)
Location: Spragins Hall (Huntsville, Alabama)
GAME NOTES

• Brioni Dixon and Evelina Teran led the way for the Falcons with 12 kills each.
• Desiree Rodriguez was one kill behind the leaders with 11 total in the match.
• Michaela Henderson totaled four service aces, leading the way for Montevallo.
• Dixon, Teran and Hannah Fernandez all led the team in blocks, each with two blocks assisted.
• Savannah Roys added in 33 assists during the second match of the day.
• Trevecca Nazarene totaled 12 service acces, compared to just seven by the Falcons.
• The Trojans also edged Montevallo in blocks 6-4.

 HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1

• The Falcons jumped out to a 10-5 lead in the first set following a kill from Brioni Dixon.
• Trevecca Nazarene began closing down the Falcons lead getting within one point 12-13 before the Falcons scored three straight points to lead 16-12 following a service ace from Desiree Rodriguez.
• Montevallo led 24-16 after a kill from Savannah Roys gave the set-point to the Falcons.
• The Trojans rattled off six straight points to get within three of the Falcons lead before Hannah Fernandez's kill put the game away 25-22 for the Falcons.

Set 2

• The Falcons were off to quick start again in set two, leading 6-2 following a kill from Hannah Fernandez.
• Trevecca closed in on the Falcons lead, tying the set up at 11 following an attacking error by the Falcons.

• Trevecca controlled the set until Desiree Rodriguez's killed tied the game back up at 20.
• Down the stretch of the second set, Trevecca outscored the Falcons 4-1 to win the set 25-21

SET 3

• Trevecca Nazarene controlled the third set from the beginning and led 18-13 midway through.
• Montevallo responded with a three point run to cut the deficit to 18-16 following an attacking error by Ellie Buffler of Trevecca.
• Trevecca led 24-21 in the later stages of the third set, two errors by the Torjans gave Montevallo life towards the end but it wasn't enough Montevallo fell 25-23.

SET 4

• The Trojans controlled set four early on, much like the third set, to lead 8-4 following a service ace.
• Montevallo scored five straight points to regain the lead 10-9 after a kill from Michaela Henderson.
• The Falcons were outscored 13-6 by the Trojans after taking the lead; Montevallo trialed 23-16.
• Three kills down the stretch by the Falcons, including two from Dixon, weren't enough as Trevecca topped Montevallo 25-19 in the fourth set.

 
 
·         Montevallo led the match 1-0 following the first set, however Trevecca went on to win the next three and take the match 3-1.
 
UP NEXT:
The Falcons return to action tomorrow as they take on Lees-McRae College at 11 a.m. and West Georgia at 5 p.m. in the final day of the UAH Invitational in Huntsville, AL.