Blue Mountain Christian University’s volleyball season ended Friday morning with a four-set loss to Loyola University (La.) at the SSAC Volleyball Championship in Montgomery, Alabama. Loyola won 25-19, 20-25, 25-20, 25-20.
After Loyola took the opening set, Blue Mountain evened the match with a 25-20 second-set win, recording 13 kills and limiting Loyola to a .057 hitting percentage. Loyola then took the third set 25-20 and clinched the match with the same score in the fourth.
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Salice Speed led Blue Mountain with 12 kills, 13 digs, four blocks and two service aces. Marissa Gerleman added 10 kills and four blocks, while Olivia Lewis had six kills and a team-high six blocks.
Sydney Tague recorded 18 assists and two service aces, and Brenyn Wilbanks had 11 assists and 10 digs. Abbi Williams led the team with 18 digs. Blue Mountain finished with 42 kills, 76 digs and 13 blocks.
The university expressed appreciation to the seniors who represented its volleyball program.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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