Brenau Volleyball Struggles At Emory Classic

The Brenau University volleyball team had a tough weekend playing in the Emory Classic in Atlanta over the weekend.

The Golden Tigers opened the weekend with a heartbreaking loss to Lynchburg (VA) College 25-21, 25-19, 35-33. In the next match, Brenau fell to NCAA Division III #3 ranked Emory (GA) University, 25-13, 25-15,25-15.

On Saturday, the Golden Tigers faced two teams that are receiving NCAA Division III Top-25 votes-Cornell (IA) College and Randolph-Macon (VA) College. Brenau lost to Cornell College, 25-16, 25-23, 25-12, while also dropping their last match against Randolph-Macon, 25-9, 25-12, 25-16.

For the tournament, Ellen Lemos (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) led the team with 34 kills (0.291% attack efficiency), 4 blocks and 8 digs. Marcella Toups (Morris, IL) and Pam Konken (Stockbridge, GA) each contributed 16 kills each while Allie Smith (Pace, FL) added 7 kills and 9 total blocks at the net. Lindsay Kelly (Cumming, GA) had 36 digs while Konken and Chelsea Foster (Roswell, GA) added 33 and 21 digs respectively.

"Unfortunately, we were unable to compete with the teams we played this weekend, although our effort was great. Key injuries have impacted our team but we must deal with adversity and move on," said head coach Jeff White. "Several players have stepped into starting roles and worked very hard. We are looking forward to get back into the gym and play hard for the second half of the season".

The Golden Tigers will try to rebound this week as they travel to Dalton State on Tuesday and then re-enter conference play with matches against University of Mobile and Spring Hill College on Friday and Saturday. The team is now 5-10 overall, 4-3 in SSAC.