Concord Drops Match at Glenville State, Wraps Up MEC South Division

Box Score GLENVILLE, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team lost a four-set match to Glenville State Monday night in a Mountain East Conference match inside the Waco Center.

The Mountain Lions (19-10, 11-4 MEC) clinch the MEC South Division even in the loss as Charleston was defeated at Shawnee State Monday night. Concord has a two-game lead for the top spot in the division with one match to play. It is CU's first MEC South Division regular season title since the conference went to divisional play prior to the 2021 season. 

The set scores Monday for the Mountain Lions were 23-25, 21-25, 29-27, 23-25.

Concord forced the fourth set after fighting off four set points in the third. Down 24-23, CU never got ahead of the Pioneers (16-12, 8-7 MEC) until a kill from sophomore right side Alexis Stack pushed the Mountain Lions out in front 28-27. And then an attack error by GSU gave CU its first set of the night.

The Maroon and Gray nearly pulled off a similar comeback in the fourth set. Down 22-19 late, Concord evened the fourth at 22-22 after three straight GSU errors. Senior outside hitter Chloe Thompson knotted the set at 23-23 after one of her team-best 11 kills, but CU could not fight off another series of match points.

Concord scored six of the first eight points of the match after a service ace by senior libero Allie Davis. However, the Mountain Lions could not hold the momentum as Glenville State scored five straight points to go up 22-20 on its way to a 1-0 lead in the match.

GSU went up 13-11 midway through the second set after a quick 4-1 run as CU was never able to tie the set.

Junior right side Maddie Stull was the only other Concord player with double-digit kills as she recorded 10.

Senior setter Savannah Davila tallied her second career double-double with 18 assists and 14 digs off the bench. Thompson had her own double-double as she added 10 digs. Senior setter Paige Richmond threw in 22 assists and eight digs.

Davis registered 21 digs.

Senior middle hitter Jasmine Anderson added to the defensive effort with eight blocks to go with seven kills.

The Mountain Lions celebrate Senior Night when they welcome Shawnee State to the Carter Center 7:00 p.m. Thursday.