GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Memorial women's volleyball team travelled to Greeneville, Tennessee for a SAC contest with Tusculum, but fell in four sets to the Pioneers on Saturday afternoon.
 
Richlyn Ross led the Lady Railsplitters offensively as she hit .417 on the afternoon with 10 kills. Ross also added two solo blocks and two block assists. Senior Emily Walter recorded 12 assists in the match and added three digs. Libero Sevgi Koyuncu tallied a team-high 18 digs and one assist.
 
Emiah Burrowes led the Pioneers with 12 kills on a .333 hitting percentage while Elise Carmichael tallied 25 assists and three service aces. Libero Carly Sosnowski lead the team in digs with 22 on the afternoon.
 
The Pioneers got to work quick after the first serve, jumping out to a 5-0 lead before a LMU timeout. After the timeout, the Lady Railsplitters were able to get some offense going as they closed the gap to 8-3. Tusculum kept up their high-powered offense has they took the first set, 25-10.
 
The second set saw an eerily similar fate to the first as the Pioneers jumped out to an early 7-2 lead over LMU Tusculum continued to connect on hits and pushed their lead to 16-5. The Lady Railsplitters were able to connect on back-to-back attacks, but the comeback was not enough as the Pioneers took the second set, 25-10.
 
The Lady Railsplitters regrouped in the third set and came out looking to force a fourth set. Using multiple runs of four points, LMU was able to take a 17-10 lead. The Pioneers went onto use a four and three-point run to bring it to within four, but the Lady Railsplitters were able to force the fourth set, capturing the third set, 25-20.
 
Much like the third set, both programs battled back-and-forth until at the 10-8 mark, the Pioneers used a five-point run to make it 14-8 Tusculum. The Lady Railsplitters battled back to within four points, but The Pioneers were able to keep LMU at bay, and capture the fourth set and match, 25-20.
 
Up Next
 
The Lady Railsplitters will have a week off before hosting Limestone on Friday, October 1st at Mary Mars Gym with a 7:00 p.m. first serve.
 
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