Birmingham, AL. - The Birmingham-Southern volleyball team looks to continue their season at the SAA tournament. The panthers will play the #4 seed Hendrix Warriors after earning the #5 seed with a 5-9 in SAA play. Berry will host the tournament after going undefeated in conference play with a 14-0 record. The #4 seeded Warriors finished with three all-conference awards. Camryn Presley received 2nd team all-conference, as well as, Sam Friedl and Kyler Greenlee receiving Honorable Mention status.
The Panthers added two 2nd team all-conference players with
Ainsley Schultz and
Kylie Wilhelmi.
Two Previous Matches vs. Hendrix
Game 1 - Sep. 24th, 3-2 win
In the first matchup against Hendrix, BSC took the first two sets dominantly, winning 25-10 and 25-18. Through the first two sets, BSC had 27 kills with the Warriors only having eight. Hendrix came back to win the next two sets with a 0.244 hitting %. The Panthers were led by outside hitter,
Kylie Wilhelmi, with 23 kills. The statistics show that BSC dominated the match putting down 65 kill compared to only 35 for Hendrix.
Game 2 - Oct. 14th, 0-3 loss
Game two vs. Hendrix proved to be a very different game, as Birmingham-Southern got off to a slow start. BSC would only score 13 points in the first set.
Gracie Sims led the Panthers with 15 kills, three errors, and a 387 hitting %.
Final Thoughts
I spoke to head coach Kyndall Waters ahead of the big volleyball match on Friday and she had this to say: "We really want to put everything together that we've been working on in practice. We think we can perform at a high level and we want the team to have that expectation as well. I want the team to be aggressive in the transition game and stay focused on executing on our side of the net". The BSC volleyball team will look to execute tomorrow when they compete for a semi-final spot.
Game Details:
November 10th, 7:00 P.M. ET
MT. Berry, Georgia
#4 Hendrix vs #5 Birmingham-Southern