CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College volleyball team snapped a three-game skid with a straight set win over Loyola University of New Orleans on Tuesday evening in the Lady Choctaws (3-4) home opener. Loyola moved to 5-4 on the season.
 
KEY NOTES
Shelby Grace Mays garnered her fifth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 10 digs. The double-double is the fourth on the campaign for the Arab, Ala., native.
 
Sydney Chandler and Amanda Torres directed the Lady Choctaws offense. Chandler led the team with 24 assists – one off her season-high – while Torres dished 13 in the win.
 
Julia Martin collected a career-high 13 digs in victory. The mark surpasses her previous best of 11 set earlier this season against Concord.
 
The win over the Wolfpack marks the first in program history.
 
The straight set win is the first since MC topped Miles College on Sept. 30, 2016.

First home-opening win since Sept. 9, 2012 in straight sets against Victory Christian.
 
REDUS COMMENTS
Tonight was just the win we needed. We came off a hard week last week on the road and experienced some tough losses, but tonight I really think our attitudes were different. We were choosing to execute and run the offense and we stayed disciplined to our defensive system. We took it one point at a time and really trusted the people beside us to help us get the win.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
MC rallied in the opening set for a 25-22 win. The Lady Choctaws trailed 10-6 early, but 6-2 run to deadlock the contest at 12-all. MC used the spurt to grab a 16-12 lead that it never relinquished.
 
A back and forth second set saw the two squads tied at 23-all. A pair of Madison Frazier kills pushed MC in front 25-24 as the Lady Choctaws clinched the two-lead on a Wolfpack miscue.
 
The Lady Choctaws led midway through the third set, but an 8-4 Loyola run tied the contest at 22-all. MC capitalized on a Wolfpack service error and collected a kill from Ashton King and Frazier to clinch the set and the match at 25-22.
 
NEXT UP
Mississippi College travels to Magnolia, Ark., for the Dr. Margaret Downing Invitational as it faces Grambling State University and the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Friday, Sept. 15. First whistle against GSU is set for 2 p.m. followed by a 4 p.m. start against UAM.