HARROGATE, Tenn. -- A solid all-around effort offensively and defensively showcased the Lady Railsplitters' (10-11, 7-8 SAC) straight-set win over the Catawba Indians (11-11, 8-7 SAC) in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action on Saturday afternoon at Mary Mars Gym. Lincoln Memorial snapped its three-match SAC losing skid with set scores of 25-15, 25-22 and 25-22.
 
The Lady Railsplitters dominated on the attacking front, accumulating 46 kills on a .252 attack percentage while limiting their mistakes to just 16. Catawba finished with 31 kills, 20 attack errors and a paltry .092 hitting percentage. Lincoln Memorial had 12 more digs than the visiting Indians, winning that statistical battle 61-49. The Lady Railsplitters had 45 assists, while the Indians could only muster 28.
 
Brooke Fleeman (Nashville, Tenn.) had a huge afternoon for the Lady Railsplitters, producing a match-high 15 kills with a .367 attack percentage to go along with four blocks and two digs. Kiera Holland (Columbia, S.C.) and Liz Brock (Lima, Ohio) compiled 10 kills apiece, while Holland also contributed 12 digs. Tone Gill (Nashville, Tenn.) posted five kills. Abby Cash (New Carlisle, Ohio) racked up 39 assists and 13 digs, while Erica Whiteaker (Kingston Springs, Tenn.) led all players with 20 digs.
 
The Lady Railsplitters and Indians went back and forth early in the first set, tying five times through the first 18 rallies. McKenzie Garrison gave Catawba an 11-9 lead with a kill and a service ace, but Lincoln Memorial quickly regained sideout and ripped off a 9-0 run, capped with a kill by Brock, to build a commanding 16-11 lead. An LMU attack error trimmed their lead back to 17-14 later in the set, but the Lady Railsplitters won eight of the last nine points to complete the 25-15 victory. 17 of the Lady Railsplitters' 25 points in the set were earned via a kill, as they finished with a .316 attack percentage, while Catawba hit .054 with just seven kills.
 
Catawba took the first three points of set two, but the Lady Railsplitters reasserted control at 8-6 following a kill by Holland. A kill by Brock increased the Lady Railsplitters' lead to 13-10 before the Indians went on a 5-0 scoring run to pull ahead 15-13. With the set even at 17-17, the Lady Railsplitters used four-consecutive Catawba attack errors to give themselves some breathing room, which proved significant when the Indians pulled to within one at 23-22 on a Lincoln Memorial miscue. It wouldn't get any closer than that though, as a kill by Brock and a Catawba attack error, their eighth of the set, clinched the 25-22 win.
 
A Bri Howard kill gave the Indians a 12-10 lead early in the third set, but kills by Fleeman, Holland and Jazzy Oates (Franklin, Tenn.) paced a 4-0 run that sparked the Lady Railsplitters to a 14-12 lead. Catawba fought back to tie the set three times after that, eventually pulling back in front at 20-18 on a kill from Kaytee Frabotta. The Indians' lead grew to 22-19 on a kill by Garrison, but that would be the last point of the match for Catawba. Lincoln Memorial used kills from Brock and Danielle Ged (Smyrna, Tenn.), as well as an Indians ball-handling error to even the set at 22-22. Fleeman then recorded a pair of kills around a Catawba attack error to end the match with a 25-22 set-three triumph. Offensively, the third set was another one-sided affair, as the Lady Railsplitters produced 16 kills on a .325 attack percentage, while Catawba hit .146.
 
Bri Howard and McKenzie Garrison led the Catawba attack with seven kills apiece. Alex Hopper and Erin Morant chipped in six kills each. Kaytee Frabotta finished the match with 23 assists and 10 digs, while Meredith Furr paced the Indians with 14 digs.
 
Next on the docket, the Lady Railsplitters welcome the Carson-Newman Eagles to Mary Mars Gym for a South Atlantic Conference showdown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
 
Match Notes
The Lady Railsplitters improved to 12-11 all-time against Catawba and avenged a 3-1 loss to the Indians from earlier in the season back on September 19...With her .367 hitting percentage in Saturday's match, Fleeman had her most efficient outing since hitting .458 against Erskine on September 5...LMU won in three sets for just the fifth time this season