LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN -- It had been 492 days since the Covenant volleyball team last played a match inside Barnes PE Center and the Scots celebrated the return with a sweep of Wesleyan on Friday night in USA South action.
Covenant (2-0, 1-0 USA South) cruised to set wins 25-6, 25-11, 25-17. The Scots' last home match was Oct. 30, 2019.
The Scots produced 31 kills in the match, lead by Reagan Keener's six, while tallying 17 service aces. Summer Johnson had 14 assists, four kills, five aces, and eight digs in the win, Alexa Spurling had three kills and two blocks, while Rachel Barlett had 10 assists.
All 16 available players saw action for Covenant.
Covenant used an 8-0 run in the first set to open up a big lead (17-4) and ease to a 25-6 victory. The Scots totaled nine kills in the frame and hit .333 as a group. In the second set, Johnson opened the stanza with four consecutive aces and Covenant scored 13 of the first 14 points to take a 2-0 match lead.
Wesleyan (0-1, 0-1 USA South), playing its first intercollegiate match since restoring the volleyball program, hung with Covenant in the third set. The visiting Wolves tied the score at 9-9 on a Lativa Ray kill, but Covenant answered with an 8-1 run to take a 17-10 lead after a Johnson kill.
A Keener kill on a free-ball capped the victory for the Scots.
Leah Buys added eight digs for Covenant as the Scots had a 32-27 edge in that category. Emma Kalbfleisch and Kyla Bailey each had three aces.
Wesleyan was led by Ray's five kills along with eight assists and 11 digs from Jermaya Love.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH
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