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The Bluefield College volleyball team dropped Mid-South Conference contests on back-to-back evenings, as Shawnee State and Rio Grande downed the Rams 3-0 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
 
Against Shawnee State, the Bears defeated BC with scores of 25-16, 25-11, 25-21. The hosts quickly earned a 7-1 lead, while the Rams bounced back with three straight points of their own. The Bears had an answer, however, and stretched their lead to 14-4 behind a run of seven straight points. Bluefield pulled within four at 17-13, but SSU answered the Rams once again and closed on an 8-3 run.
 
While the teams battled back and forth during the opening portion of set two, SSU pulled away with a strong closing run. The teams were square at eight apiece, before the Bear's Hannah Gephart served 14 consecutive times to open a wide advantage en route to the 25-11 set two win.
 
Despite being down 2-0, the Rams put together a challenging third game. The two sides went back and forth, eventually being tied at 18. The Bears took a 21-20 edge, before two kills a BC attack error and a final kill sealed the contest.
 
Jasmine Morrow paced BC with 11 kills, while Sydney Spencer tallied 20 assists. Morrow also had 13 digs to lead the Rams.
 
The RedStorm then knocked off Bluefield in straight sets, 25-15, 25-20, 25-16 on Wednesday evening. Rio Grande claimed the first two sets without trailing, as BC struggled to get its attack going and registered negative attacking percentages.
 
Bluefield once again battled in the third set, and rattled off three consecutive points to pull within one, 17-16. However, a large rally of eight points closed out the set and match.
 
The Rams were once again led by 11 kills from Morrow. Spencer totaled 17 assists and Morrow had 15 digs. Hannah Winter also recorded double-digit digs, with 10.
 
Bluefield faces a busy weekend schedule as they compete in the Tennessee Temple Invitational, featuring competition against three fellow National Christian College Athletic Association Mid-East Region members. Bluefield begins by facing Mid-Continent University and Georgia Northwestern Technical College—the only non NCCAA regional team—on Friday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. On Saturday, the team will take on Hiwassee College and Tennessee Temple University at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.