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November 13, 2009
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Fifth-Seeded Pacers Drop Battle With UM in PBC Quarterfinals

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AIKEN, S.C. - Fifth-seeded USC Aiken fell 3-1 to fourth-seeded Montevallo in the third quarterfinal match of the opening day of the 19th Annual Peach Belt Conference Volleyball Championship at the USC Aiken Convocation Center.

Montevallo won the four-set match 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21. With the win, UM (20-13) advances to face top-seeded Flagler on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the semifinals of the 2009 PBC Volleyball Championship.

USC Aiken falls to 15-18 on the 2009 season. The Pacers are still hoping to gain an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, but Friday's loss to Montevallo hurts the Pacers chances.

The score was tied in the first set when Montevallo rattled off three points as part of a 5-1 run. The Falcons got aces from Johnson and Brittany Wilson in the run. USCA responded, cutting the lead to three at 12-9 on a Jessica Loper kill, but that would be as close as the Pacers would get in the 25-18 loss to Montevallo in the first set.

The second set was nearly a complete reversal as Montevallo saw their attack percentage cut nearly in half while USC Aiken found their stride, hitting .270 in the set alone. Nevertheless, the set came down to the wire as USCA saw a 21-13 lead vanish with a 10-2 Montevallo run behind the serve of Anna Garrison. The Falcons ran off five points in a row during the run that left the score, 24-23. After a timeout to regroup, USC Aiken got the second set following an attack error and a kill from Lauren Cedeno.

Montevallo responded with a win in the third set as they hit .293. The set was a back-and-forth affair with neither team able to open up more than a five-point lead. That margin belonged to Montevallo at 14-9 following a kill from Virginia Clay. USC Aiken fought back with a key block from Loper and Megan Disney and kills from Loper and Whitney Tabbert that left the score 16-15 in favor of UM. The rally seemed to spark Montevallo, which outscored USCA 9-5 down the stretch to take the set, 25-20.

UM rallied from a 10-5 deficit with a 12-3 run that left them ahead 17-13. The Falcons got six straight points behind the serve of Carson Anderson, two points coming off Lauren Markle kills. The Falcons made two brilliant defensive plays with one kick save on a long rally and a pancake save from libero Brittany Wilson. UM held USCA to a -.030 hitting percentage in the fourth to win the match.

Anderson finished with 12 kills for Montevallo to go along with the 14 from Johnson and 13 from Handrick. Anna Garrison had 46 assists and 13 digs while Wilson finished with 20 digs. UM held a 73-54 advantage in digs and 10-7 in blocks.

Shannon Byers led USCA with 10 kills with 12 digs while Loper added nine kills and Mortenson chipped in with eight. Lauren Cedeno had 21 assists while Samantha Lukralle added 15 digs.