CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College volleyball team dropped a tightly-contested 3-1, Gulf South Conference decision to Lee University on Friday at A.E. Wood Coliseum.
 
The Lady Choctaws received double-digit kill efforts from Madison Frazier and Ashton King. Frazier led the squad with 11 putaways while King, who led the squad with a .529 attack percentage (10 for 17), recorded 10 kills in the effort. Bailee Berringer dished out a team-best 25 assists while Sydney Chandler added 14.
 
Defensively, Alex Hackett and Shelby Grace Mays tallied double figure digs. Hackett supplied 13 with 11 coming from Mays. Kayana Mitchell added a total of three blocks in the outing.
 
MC fell in the opening two sets 25-21 and 25-18, but rallied back in the third frame, 25-21, to send the match into fourth. The Lady Choctaws posted a .235 attacking-clip in the third set, its second highest total of the match behind a .484 attacking percentage in the opening set.
 
The Lady Choctaws jumped out to an early 11-2 lead in the third set behind the offense prowess of King and Frazier, who combined for six of the points during the run, including a pair of aces from Frazier. LU attempted a run at deficit, cutting the lead to 22-20, but MC rattled off three of the final four points with a kill from King and a kill from Frazier along with an ace to close out the set.
 
"I thought we were really competitive tonight," said head coach Peter Cosmiano. "We really played well through the first three sets and could have won either of the first two and forced the contest into five (sets). Ashton (King) and Madison (Frazier) really provided great offense tonight and that's evident by their number of kills. All in all, we played well and stayed together as a team and that's something we've been pushing for all season."
 
The Navy and Gold fell behind early in the final frame, 18-8. MC's attempt at a rally fell short as the squad dropped the fourth set 25-18.
 
Silvia Sartori paced the Flames with 18 kills while Catherine Conley added 12 kills. Hillary Hoffpauir set up the offensive effort for LU with 42 assists on the night. Stephanie Hernandez and Sarah Davis recorded 16 and 15 digs respectively on the defensive side while Brooke Wilsman tallied four blocks.
 
Mississippi College concludes the 2015 campaign on Saturday, Nov. 14 as it hosts Shorter University. Match time is slated for Noon. MC will honor its two seniors, Arielle Laurent and Caitlyn Arender, prior to the match.