CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College volleyball team posted its fifth, straight-sets win of the season as it advanced in the Gulf South Conference Spring Series Championship with a win over Lee (Tenn.) University on Saturday, March 27. MC improved to 7-1 on the campaign while the Flames concluded their run at 3-5 on the year.
 
Mississippi College is set to face the University of Montevallo on Wednesday, March 31 in Hoover, Ala., at the Hoover Met Complex Finley Center. First serve is to be determined.
 
A pair of Choctaws notched double figure kills in the victory led by Sloane FitzHenry with 12. Jamie Boros joined FitzHenry with 10 in the effort. Lexie Laurendine and Levi Lennard directed the offensive charge. Laurendine dished out a team-best 15 assists while Lennard added 11.
 
Erin Davis helped lead the way on the defensive end with a team-leading 11 digs while Stevie Nesbit was one of four Choctaws to register a block on the day. Nesbit led the squad with two.
 
Mississippi College posted an attack percentage of .281 in the three sets while Lee accumulated a .131 clip.
 
The Flames Emma Flowers paced the team with seven kills.

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Game Score: Mississippi College 3 | Lee 0
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2021
Location: Clinton, Miss. | A.E. Wood Coliseum
Records: Choctaws 7-1, 3-1 GSC | Lady Flames 3-5, 2-4 GSC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Lee jumped out to an early 6-1 lead in the opening set. MC climbed back into the match to cut the deficit to 9-6 and then responded with a 7-1 run to take the lead at 12-10. The Flames broke serve to pull within 13-11, but the Choctaws answered again with an 11-1 run, including nine straight points to double up the visitors from Cleveland, Tenn., 24-12. Lee picked up the next two points, but failed to keep the set going with a service error to end the set, 25-14.
- For the second straight set, Lee took an early lead, this time at 8-1, but again the Choctaws responded and climbed back into the set and took their first lead at 12-11 behind an ace from Kendall Platt.  The two teams exchanged five-lead changes and seven deadlocks during the set, with the last coming at 17-all. MC took control of the set with a 5-1 spurt and closed out the second with the last three points, including a kill from FitzHenry and a Platt ace.
- A nip-and-tuck set, Lee held a 15-11 advantage midway through the third. MC went on a 5-0 run to take the lead at 16-15. Lee attempted a late charge as it tied the set three different times, but the Navy and Gold closed out the set and match with a 7-0 run. Three different Choctaws added a kill during the final scoring spurt (Laurendine, FitzHenry, Boros) as Platt chimed in her fourth ace of the day.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- Mississippi College garnered its second win in the series with Lee and ran its win streak to two straight. MC beat the Flames in Clinton last season – also in straight sets.
- Lee becomes the sixth opponent this season to hit .200 or less this season against the Choctaw defense. MC is 6-0 this season when the opposition posts an attack clip under .200.
- FitzHenry's double-digit kill effort marked a career-high for the Houston, Texas, native. She surpassed her previous total of nine set last weekend in the five-set win at Union.
- Platt registered a team-best four-service ace in the match as the team compiled eight on the day. The four aces equaled her season-high set against Alabama-Huntsville on March 6 in Clinton.