Golden Tigers Volleyball Drops Conference Match

The Brenau Golden Tigers volleyball team fell to Bethel University in an SSAC match in 4 sets, 20-25, 21-25, 25-22, 23-25.

The Golden Tigers had a sluggish start, dropping the first two sets before finally taking the third set. In the fourth set, the team held a 17-8 lead but could not close out the set and eventually lost 25-23.

Leading the Golden Tigers offensively were Pam Konken (Stockbridge, GA) and Marcella Toups (Morris, IL) who had 9 kills apiece, while Ellen Lemos (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) added 8 kills and Rachel Adam (Athens, GA) chipped in 5 kills. Courtney Deason (Pensacola, FL) added 17 assists and Bailey Hicks (Buford, GA) had 13 assists.

Defensively, Konken had 12 digs, Lemos had 9 digs, Lindsay Kelly (Cumming, GA) had 8 digs and Toups had 7 digs in the match.

"We could not overcome a poor start and were unable to finish the fourth set with a big lead," said Coach Jeff White. "We learned a lot from the experience and will not let it happen again."

The Golden Tigers hit the road again on Friday for a 7 pm conference match against Brewton-Parker (GA) College.