Lookout Mountain, GA – After battling back from being down 2-1 to force a deciding fifth set, the Piedmont College Lady Lions Volleyball team rallied to a 3-2 victory against Covenant Wednesday night. There were seven ties in the final set before Piedmont took the 15-13 win to seal the match.
Piedmont jumped out to a 25-22 first set victory marking their first set over the Scots since the final meeting in 2013. In the second set, Covenant opened on a 12-0 run, but the Lady Lions were able to pull back into the set dropping it 25-14. The Scots followed that up with a 25-19 win in the third to take a 2-1 advantage.
In the fourth set, the Lady Lions came back from being down by as many as seven to knot it up at 14, and eventually take a 25-21 win. The fifth set was a battle to the finish with Piedmont fighting from behind to tie it up five times including at 10-10 and 13-13 before taking the final points and winning the match.
“It’s the second huge with for us this year, the last one was Averett and now we have beaten Covenant,” Head Coach Sid Feldman said. Both matches were five set victories, the two five set matches the Lady Lions have played in this season.
Taylor Cramsey had a monster evening with a team high 18 kills in the match, her highest total of her career as a Lady Lion, and tallied a .333 attack percentage with 15 digs. Randee Harvel led the team with 25 digs while Kaitlin Normanand Xandy Green both added 17. Green had 19 assists while Kait Steele posted 15.
History repeated itself Wednesday as this marked the second straight season these two went to five sets in Lookout Mountain with Piedmont getting a win in both matches. The Lady Lions only tallied 42 kills in the match and a .117 attack percentage despite giving up 63 kills to the Scots.
The win puts the Lady Lions one game back of Covenant in the USA South standings with four conference matches remaining for Piedmont. All four contests will be inside Cave Arena and available on the Mane Event Broadcasting Network.
Piedmont will play host to a tri-match with Huntingdon College and Wesleyan College visiting Sunday with the Lady Lions taking on the Hawks at noon and the Wolves at 4 p.m.
