WISE, Va. – The Concord University volleyball team lost a road Mountain East Conference match to UVa.-Wise (19-25, 25-21, 13-25, 23-25) Tuesday night at the Prior Center.
After dropping the first set, the Mountain Lions (2-18, 1-3 MEC) stormed out to a 10-4 lead in the second set as sophomore outside hitter
Lisette Roldan recorded four of her eight kills during the spurt. UVa.-Wise (8-7, 4-0 MEC) was able to pull within 22-20 of the Concord lead, but CU scored three of the next four points that included a kill each from freshman middle hitter
Brooke Heck and freshman outside hitter
Alexi Pranckus.
With the match level at one set a piece, the Cavaliers won the third set 25-13 to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
The Mountain Lions led throughout the fourth set, and held their biggest lead of four points on multiple occasions, including 23-19. However, UVa.-Wise scored the final six points of the set and the match to take the set 25-23 and the match 3-1.
Heck tallied 12 kills and a hitting percentage of .409 in 22 chances. Sophomore middle hitter
Alexis Elliott notched 11 kills and 12 digs for her third double-double of the season.
Freshman setter
Jayden Jacobs dished out 26 assists while sophomore setter
Casey Mandeville handed out 14 assists.
CU opens up a five-game home stand 5:00 p.m. Friday against West Virginia Wesleyan.
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