CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College volleyball team picked up its second Gulf South Conference win of the season as it sank Christian Brothers in four sets inside A.E. Wood Coliseum. The win is the first since 1994 in the series and snapped an eight match skid to the Lady Buccaneers.
 
A trio of Choctaws posted double figure kills led by Kendall Platt with 14 kills. Lexi Richards and Jamie Boros each added 10 kills on the night. Lexie Laurendine directed the offensive attack with 22 assists.
 
Defensively, Laurendine, Julia Martin and Platt each notched double figure digs. Laurendine led the team with 13 while Martin and Platt supplied 12 and 11 respectively. Kate Bass recorded five blocks in the contest as the Choctaw frontline totaled 10 blocks in the match. Richards and Autumn Frost each added four.
 

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Game Score: Mississippi College 3 | Christian Brothers 1
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019
Location: Clinton, Miss. | A.E. Wood Coliseum
Records: Choctaws 5-10, 2-2 GSC | Lady Buccaneers 2-14, 0-4 GSC
 
TURNING POINT
Mississippi College opened the fourth set on a 13-3 run, including a run of nine straight points. Four different Choctaws added kills during the spurt, including three coming from Richards.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Choctaws opened the match with wins in the first two sets (25-16, 25-18). Trailing 12-11 in the first set, Platt tied the contest at 12-all off an assist from Laurendine. The point started a 10-point swing for the Navy and Gold. CBU cut the lead to 22-15, but the Choctaws closed the set on a 3-1 run.
• MC took control midway through the second set as it claimed a 14-8 advantage behind a kill from Lauredine, Boros and Frost. Platt registered a service ace during the run.
• A back and forth contest in the third set, CBU went on a 7-2 run to gain the advantage in the set. MC cut the deficit to 23-21 behind a 4-2 spurt, but the Lady Bucs halted the streak on a kill from Mollie Wadsworth. MC fought off set point and cut the lead to 24-23, but an Emma Lenoir kill claimed the set for the visitors and sent the match to the fourth set.  

INSIDE THE BOX

• The 10 kills marks a season-high for Richards as she surpassed her previous total of nine at West Florida on Sept. 27.
• Platt notched her 13th career double-double in the match while Laurendine added her 12th.
• Platt recorded seven service aces during the contest – a career-high for the Anaheim, Calif., sophomore. It's tied for fourth-best in a single-match. She's the first Choctaw since Shelby Grace Mays against William Carey on Sept. 7, 2017 to accomplish the feat.

 NEXT UP
Mississippi College travels to Jackson, Tenn., for a pair of matches. MC takes on Lane College on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. before facing Union at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4 in Gulf South Conference action.
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and began competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.

The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.

For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.