NASHVILLE,
Tenn. -
#2 Seeded Trevecca (25-12) fell in a five-set thriller to #1 Seed Freed-Hardeman (22-12) in the Winners Bracket Championship in the 2009
TranSouth Volleyball
Tournament. FHU won 25-18, 25-21, 20-25, 23-25, 15-8.
Freed looked unstoppable in
the first two sets, but the Trojans rallied to take the next two
setting up
just the second five-set match of the tournament. The teams sparred
early, but with Trevecca leading 7-6 the Lions pulled away to take a
10-7 lead and
Trevecca couldn't close the gap.
Kaley Ward had 16 kills for Trevecca. Brooke Cannon had 24 assists and Halley Wiggins 22. Jessica Hoold
had 11 kills and 16 digs. Kimi Coffey and Teegan Hunziker had 15 digs apiece.
Freed had dominating attack
percentages in the first two sets. In set one they had a .286 attack
percentage and .386 in the second. After falling off in the next two
sets the Lions had a .500 attack percentage in the fifth set. Diana
Silva had 23
kills and a .327 personal attack percentage. Nataly Gutierrez had 19
kills and a .405 attack percentage. Karim Raymond had 19 digs and Amber
Turner
had 54 assists.
Trevecca will play at 9:30
a.m. on Wednesday against the winner of Tuesday's 9:30 p.m. match
between #4
Seed Union and #5 Seed Cumberland. Freed advances to the first
championship match at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. They will play the winner
of Wednesday's
9:30 a.m. match. Whoever wins the 9:30 a.m. match will need to beat
Freed twice to win the tournament. One win by Freed gives the Lions the
tournament
championship.
Trevecca will provide live
video of all Tournament matches.