FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Volleyball Defeats Catawba Valley in Three

HICKORY, NC  – The Spartanburg Methodist College volleyball team beat Catawba Valley CC 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-15) Saturday afternoon at the Multipurpose Complex on the campus of CVCC in Hickory, NC. 

Sophomore Tiffany Dean (Westminster, SC/West Oak HS) led all hitters with a .682 hitting percentage with 19 kills on 26 attempts and only one error.  Dean also chipped in two solo blocks.

Other contributors include freshman Haley Cannon (Hickory, NC/Hickory HS) posted nine kills in her hometown crowd, respectively.  Sophomore Kayla Potter (McDonough, GA/Union Grove HS) led the team with 12 digs, freshman Morgan Dacus (Greenville, SC/Southside Christian HS) had 18 assists and freshman Ashley Trunk (Columbia, SC/Ben Lippen HS) had three aces.

The Pioneers are currently 3-3 and will be back in action this Friday when the take on Lenoir CC on the road.  Saturday they open up Region X play against Pitt CC in Greenville, NC.

Spartanburg Methodist College has 14 intercollegiate teams that compete in Region X of the National Junior College Athletic Association, which includes colleges in the Carolinas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Spartanburg Methodist College is in its 98th year of providing quality education to students in a Christian environment.  More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.

For more information contact sports information director Brittany Harry at (864) 587-4008.

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