Match Information
Score: Lees-McRae 1, Montevallo 3 (25-23, 16-25, 25-16, 25-16)
Records: Lees-McRae (0-3 overall) | Montevallo (1-2 overall)
Location: Spragins Hall (Huntsville, Alabama)

GAME NOTES

• Brioni Dixon led the Falcons with 17 kills in the match while posting a .556 hitting percentage.
• Evelina Teran registered 13 kills for the Falcons.
• Savannah Roys led the Falcons with a career high 37 assists.
• Montevallo totaled five service aces, including Hannah Fernandez who led the team with two.
• The Falcons totaled eight blocks in the match. Dixon, Fernandez, and Roys each recorded two total blocks.
• Skylar Sieber, the libero, aided the Falcons defensively with 24 digs, a season high.
• Montevallo narrowly edged the Bobcats in service aces 5-4, and in total blocks 8-6. The Falcons took advangte offensively totaling 62 kills in the match, compared to just 35 by Lees-McRae.

 HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1

• Montevallo struck first in the match when Desiree Rodriguez recorded her first kill of the match.
• The Falcons and Bobcats traded points in the early stages of set one before Montevallo jumped out to a 12-8 lead, following an attacking error by Lees-McRae.
• Two kills down the stretch by the Falcons' Brioni Dixon halted a Lees-McRae comeback, resulting in a 25-23 win for Montevallo in set one.

Set 2

• Lees-McRae opened the second set with three straight points, taking a 3-0 lead over Montevallo.
• The Falcons cut the deficit to 8-7 following an attacking error by the Bobcats.
• A four point run for Lees-McRae put the Falcons behind 13-7.
• The Bobcats controlled the set the rest of the way defeating Montevallo 25-16.

 
SET 3

• Montevallo bounced back in the third set, leading 4-3 after a service ace from Hannah Fernandez.
• The third set was a back-and-forth affair for the Falcons and Bobcats until Savannah Roys recorded two kills during a three point run to lead Lees-McRae 10-8.
• Montevallo controlled the pace the rest of the way, defeating the Bobcats 25-16 in set three.

SET 4

• Both teams traded points to start the set before the Falcons took control 16-9 following a kill from Rodriguez.
• Danielle Lee gave the Falcons a 20-12 lead midway through the fourth set following her first kill of the set.
• Dixon recorded the final kill of the match as the Falcons defeated Lees-McRae 25-16 in set four.

The Falcons recorded their first win of the season over Lees-McRae 3-1.
 
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Match Information

Score: Montevallo 0, West Georgia 3 (23-25, 13-25, 21-25)
Records: Montevallo (1-3 overall) | West Georgia (2-2 overall)
Location: Spragins Hall (Huntsville, Alabama)

GAME NOTES

• Evelina Teran led the Falcons will eight kills in the match. Teran also recorded one block and four digs.
• Hannah Fernandez all led the team in blocks with three blocks assisted.
• Savannah Roys totaled 13 assists in the setback.
• Montevallo struggled offensively against West Georgia, totaling just 25 kills.
• West Georgia narrowly edged the Falcons in total blocks 8-7.
• The Wolves gained an advantage in service aces with 10 compared to just one by the Falcons.

 HOW IT HAPPENED

Set 1

• The Falcons traded points with West Georgia before the Wolves pulled away to lead 22-17.
• Montevallo mounted a comeback down 24-19 with a four point run, capped by a kill from Fernandez, to cut the deficit to one point, 24-23.
• The Falcons comeback fell just short as West Georgia took the first set 25-24, following a kill from the Wolves' Tierra White.

Set 2

• The Falcons struck first to open set two, leading 1-0, following a ball-handling error by the Wolves.
• West Georgia took control of the set, following the first point, jumping out to a 13-3 lead. The Falcons were unable to catch the Wolves the rest of the way, falling 25-13 in the second set.

SET 3

• The Falcons battled with the Wolves early in the third set before the Wolves jumped out to a 16-11 lead.
• Down 24-17, the Falcons mounted a comeback scoring four straight, cutting the deficit to 24-21, following a kill from Rodriguez and a trio of errors by the Wolves.
• Montevallo's comeback fell short as the Falcons dropped the third to West Georgia 25-21, following a kill by Tierra White.

 
 Montevallo fell to West Georgia in the fourth match of the UAH invitational, 0-3.
 
UP NEXT:
The Falcons will host Tuskegee University at home in Trustmark Arena on Tuesday, September 10th at 6 p.m. in their home opener. Montevallo finished undefeated at Trustmark Arena last season.