ST. CATHARINE, Ky. — Campbellsville played a close first set, but errors proved costly in sets two and three as the Lady Tigers lost to St. Catharine tonight, 26-24, 25-17 and 25-18.

The loss quite possibly sets up a rematch of the Lady Tigers (6-26. 4-8 MSC) and the Patriots (26-9, 9-3 MSC) in the first round of the Mid-South Conference Tournament that CU will host on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15 in the Powell Athletic Center.
 

The Lady Tigers rallied from a five-point deficit (13-8) in the first set, eventually tying SCC at 17-all. CU led briefly at 19-17 and 21-19 before two straight errors allowed St. Catharine to tie the match at 22-22. With the Lady Tigers leading 24-23, Shauna Stone picked up a kill for the tie and her teammates blocked Campbellsville at the net before winning set point at 26-24.

 

Four consecutive attack errors in the middle of set two allowed the Patriots to gain separation and a 14-8 lead. CU never got closer than that spread the rest of the way.

 

Leading 9-6 in the third, CU sandwiched a couple of attack errors around an ace by SCC's Casey Stone and the Patriots took seven of the next 10 points and won 25-18 when Campbellsville made three errors in the match's final four points.

 

Jade Nelson led CU with seven kills on a .462 hitting percentage, followed by six from Jana Kortas (.263). Brianna Harman and Rachel DeCoursey had five kils each.

 

Marcella Compeau, Harman and DeCoursey had 19, 10 and seven digs, respectively. Jackie Schwieger had 21 assists.

 

Campbellsville stays on the road with the Lady Tigers traveling to No. 10 Lindsey Wilson for an 8 p.m. match Thursday Oct. 28. Junior varsity will start at 6:00.

 

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