After smashing West Georgia at Spragins Hall on Tuesday night, the Lady Chargers ran into a buzzsaw at Lincoln Memorial. The Lady Railsplitters beat the Lady Chargers for only second time ever. The loss to LMU stopped a 3-game winning streak for UAH. However, the Lady Chargers are still in second place in the GSC East.

Lincoln Memorial def. UAH 3-1

The Lady Charger volleyball team lost to Lincoln Memorial for only the second time ever on Sunday afternoon. The Lady Railsplitters ended a 3-game UAH winning streak with a 30-25, 32-34, 30-17, 30-28 win in Harrogate. The Lady Chargers dropped to 13-16 overall and 10-3 in the Gulf South Conference.

Emily Miller led UAH with 15 kills, while Molly Healey tallied 14, Kristen Henley added 13 and Kristian Kleminsky 11. Healey also had 14 digs. Cathryn Sterling led the defense with 26 digs.

The Lady Chargers were outhit 68 kills to 62. UAH did have 10 aces, however that was overshadowed by 11 service errors.

UAH def. West Georgia 3-0

The Lady Charger volleyball team had little trouble with the struggling West Georgia Lady Braves, taking a 30-16, 30-27, 30-8 sweep at Spragins Hall on Tuesday night. The win, UAH's third straight, improved the Lady Charger's record to 13-15 and 10-2 in the GSC.

Emily Miller led the way for UAH, smacking home 17 kills, while Kristen Henley tallied 14 and Molly Healey 12. Heather Grumke contributed 36 assists and Cathryn Sterling paced the defense with 23 digs.

The UAH defense was stifling, limiting West Georgia to only 24 kills and forcing 17 errors. The Lady Chargers meanwhile piled up 54 kills and 14 aces. Ashley Otwell had five of the aces. Whitney Mock added four aces. She buried the Lady Braves in the third game, serving the last 14 points straight.

The Lady Chargers were in command throughout the match. However, after dominating the opening game of the match, the Lady Chargers got a little sloppy in the second game. The Lady Braves led 22-14 before the home team regrouped and began to come back. The Lady Chargers exploded for 11 unanswered points to take a 25-22 lead. Otwell served nine of the points during the stretch. West Georgia kept the game close, but the Lady Chargers prevailed.

The match-clinching game went by like a blur. Leading 8-7, the Lady Chargers began to pour on points like lava. Samantha Polkowski served up a five point flurry that gave UAH a 14-7 cushion. Katie Boyce temporarily slowed the lava flow with a kill to cut the lead to 14-8. However, that would be all she wrote. Mock climbed into the saddle and her teammates helped her run the table all the way to the win.

Next Week's Match: at Christian Brothers, Wednesday, Oct. 30