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INSTITUTE, W. Va. - The Concord University volleyball team had its season come to an end Monday night when West Virginia State defeated the Mountain Lions, 3-1, in the first round of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship Tournament.
Concord closes out its season with an overall record of 15-19. The 15 wins tie last year's win total for the most victories by the program since 2002's 20-win squad.
The Mountain Lions dropped the first set 25-14, before coming back to take the second set 25-20. However, Concord was unable to hold off the Yellow Jackets in the final two games as the Yellow Jackets won 25-14 and 27-25 to advance to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.
Sophomore outside hitter
Brytni Willis recorded her third double-double in four matches with a 10-kill, 10-dig effort to lead Concord. Freshman middle hitter
Kylie Perdue added eight kills and tied for a match-high five blocks while sophomore middle hitter
Sarah Jones chipped in seven kills, five blocks and 12 digs.
Rounding out CU's attack leaders were sophomore middle hitter
Jasmin Sutherland and junior outside hitter
Rebecca Lovejoy with eight and five kills, respectively.
Sophomore setter
Amanda Walker passed out 21 assists while serving two assists. Fellow setter
Nikki McMillan added 12 assists and two aces of her own. Sophomore libero
Lindsey Smith tallied a team-high 22 digs.
The Mountain Lions and Yellow Jackets found themselves tied at 11-11 in the first set before WV State went on a 7-0 run to take a commanding 18-11 lead en route to the 25-14 opening-set victory.
The second set was another close contest with both teams trading points until the frame was tied at 15-15. Concord proceeded to take the set, and tie the match, with a 25-20 win thanks in part to two kills each in the final 10 points by Sutherland and Perdue.
However, WV State halted Concord's comeback bid with a 25-14 win in the third set and a 27-25 victory in the match-deciding fourth set. The Mountain Lions trailed 10-3 in the fourth set before a valiant comeback effort that saw the Maroon and Gray erase its deficit and tie the match at 20-20 and eventually take a 24-23 lead before the Yellow Jackets were able to claim four of the set's final five points, ensuring the victory.
Concord will return 17 players from this year's team in 2013.
