Tigers Sweep Barons on Senior Night

Gainesville, GA-The three amigos, Karen Green, Maida Smajic and Audra VanArsdale, had a big night as the Tigers cruised past Brewton Parker in SSAC volleyball action, running their conference record to 5-6 and their overall mark to 23-9. Game scores were 25-13, 26-24 and 25-12 as the fourth place team in the conference left no doubt that they were going to give their three beloved seniors a great sendoff.Brewton Parker dropped to 1-10 and 12-16 with one game to play before the conference tournament. Green had 17 kills to go with six digs and five blocks, Smajic had 16 digs and 12 receptions and VanArsdale collected 33 assists and 14 digs. Junior Meredith Hardin got in on the fun with 12 blocks and Freshman Melissa Thornton chipped in with nine kills. Kerry Abernathy helped out with 12 receptions as the Tigers will close out the regular season tomorrow, hosting Shorter before heading to the conference championships next weekend. "I was really proud of the seniors and I thought they really stepped up tonight," said Coach Meredith Matthews.