Box Score GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Memorial women's volleyball team won the first set at rival Tusculum, but fell in four sets (22-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-18) on Tuesday night at Pioneer Arena. The Railsplitters (3-8, 1-2 South Atlantic Conference) had at least a dozen kills from three players, but the Pioneers (3-5, 3-2 SAC) had big performances from Emiah Burrowes (17 kills) and Martina Foster (15 kills) to take the final three sets of the match.

Set 1: Lincoln Memorial 25-22
The Railsplitters led 6-3 early thanks to two kills by Ketura Margaret and aces from Lydia Thurman and Kristen Moehring. A later 4-0 Lincoln Memorial spurt increased the visitors' advantage to six at 15-9. A pair of kills from Maggie Sanderson would up the lead again, this time to seven at 21-14. The Pioneers fought off three set points in a row, but Margaret sealed the opening frame for the Railsplitters with a kill. Margaret paced the Lincoln Memorial offense with five kills in the first set, while the Railsplitters out-served their opponents 3 aces to 0.

Set 2: Tusculum 25-22
Back-and-forth early in the set until a 3-0 Tusculum scoring run increased its advantage to 17-13. A Margaret kill was part of Lincoln Memorial's 3-0 run to cut the deficit to two at 19-17, but the Pioneers maintained at least a two-point advantage the rest of the way. Margaret again led the Railsplitters in the second frame, this time with six kills.

Set 3: Tusculum 25-16
The Pioneers led the set from start to finish, with the major differentiator being a 7-0 spurt that turned a two-point lead into an 18-9 advantage. Moehring (five kills) and Sanderson (four) put down multiple points for the Railsplitters in the third frame.

Set 4: Tusculum 25-18
Tusculum started with a 10-1 lead and led by at least four for the balance of the frame. Moehring posted four kills for Lincoln Memorial in the final set.

Stat of the Match
After Lincoln Memorial led in service aces 3-to-0 after the first set, Tusculum led in that category 9-to-1 the remainder of the match.

Inside the Box Score
- Moehring posted 15 points on 13 kills (.300 hitting percentage), an ace and a solo block while adding nine digs.
- Margaret had 13 kills, two blocks and two digs.
- Sanderson went for 12 kills (.385 hitting percentage), four digs and a solo block.
- Setter Amanda Lisi stuffed the stat sheet with 43 assists, nine digs, an ace and a kill.

Up Next
Lincoln Memorial returns home to face Emory & Henry on Friday at 7 p.m. in Mars Gym.