VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

Lake Marion 3, Lee Central 0

The Lady Gators defeated Lee Central 25-9, 25-7, 25-9 in region play.

MarQuayla Lee-Parson pushed Lake Marion to victory with 20 points, three kills and three aces. Sherie Asberry had 19 points, 10 aces and three kills. Carmen Robinson finished with 13 points, four aces and two kills. Nekochia Moody tallied 11 points, 19 assists and four aces. Jessica Blanchard added four points and six kills.

Lake Marion (11-4, 6-1) heads to Woodland today. JV will start at 4:30 and varsity will immediately follow.

CLAFLIN VOLLEYBALL

Claflin turns the tables on Fayetteville State 3-1

Claflin (12-8) snapped a six-match losing streak while avenging an earlier season loss with a 3-1 (25-16, 25-20, 19-25, 25-23) win over Fayetteville State University(14-3) 3-1.

Joylene Thompson led the Lady Broncos with 12 kills, followed by Ifeyinwa Nwokolo with nine kills. Molly Farrington and Paige Horne dished out 18 assists each and JaMisha Jordan was credited with a match-high 21 digs for Fayetteville State in the loss.

The Lady Panthers were led by Chelcey Foster with 12 kills as Keyarh Turner added 11 kills. Katherin Fischer recorded a double-double with 16 digs while passing out a match-high 21 assists for Claflin. Also standing out for the Lady Panthers defense were Kiara Johnson with 15 digs and Courtney Person with 11 digs.

Claflin’s next match will be in Winston-Salem, N.C., as the Lady Panthers tangle with Winston-Salem State University on Oct. 13. read more…