MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Volleyball extended their winning streak to three matches as the Hawks soared to a straight set victory over the visiting Lions of Lincoln (Pa.) in CIAA Northern Division action.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 3, Lincoln (Pa.) 0

SCORES | 25-14, 25-16, 25-10

RECORDS | Chowan 4-8 (3-0, 4-3), Lincoln (Pa.) 2-7 (0-3, 0-6)

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Helms Center)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Brittany Tschida hit .500 on the evening with a team-high 12 kills.  Makayla Castro tallied five kills for the Hawks.

Karisa Patterson dished out 25 assists and served up four aces.  Courtney O'Keefe tossed up seven aces.

Milica Vejnovic dug up a team-high 14 digs. Alyssa Born chipped in with seven digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

1st Set: Chowan 25, Lincoln 14

Early kills by Karisa Patterson, Milica Vejnovic and Courtney O'Keefe allowed the Hawks to jet out to an early 5-2 lead.  The Lions would claw back to knot things up at 5-all.

Kayla Gates handed the Hawks the lead back after a kill, 6-5.  Milica Vejnovic and Gates pushed the lead out to 10-6.  Back-to-back kills by Brittany Tschida doubled up the lead for the Hawks, 12-6.

Makalya Castro pushed the Hawk lead to eight, 18-10, before the Lions scored three straight to cut the deficit to five, 18-13.

Brittany Tschida killed the rally with a kill to give the Hawks the momentum back at 19-13.  Two Tschida kills along with a kill by Kayla Gates and a service ace by Bailey Zavala wrapped up the first set 25-14.

The Hawks recorded 14 kills in the set compared to two by the Lions.

2nd Set: Chowan 25, Lincoln 16

Back-to-back attack errors by the Lions paced the Hawks to open up the second set.  Sydney Bell recorded the first kill for the Hawks to give Chowan an early 3-0 advantage.

Lincoln rallied back to knot the set up at 8-all after a Hawk miscue.  Karisa Patterson ended the drought with a kill as Sydney Bell pushed the lead to five, 13-8, after a kill.

The Hawks would string together six straight points to force a Lion timeout, 19-9.  Sydney Bell sparked the rally with a kill.  Karisa Patterson added to the rally with four aces.

The Lions made a push late to cut the deficit to 23-16, but Brittany Tschida ended the set with back-to-back kills to give the Hawks a 2-0 set lead.

3rd Set

The Lions took their first lead of the match in the final set as a Lions service ace provided a 7-3 advantage.  Brittany Tschida ended the run with a kill handing the serve over to Courtney O'Keefe.

Courtney O'Keefe served the Hawks to match point at 24-7.  O'Keefe tallied seven service aces during the run.  Milica Vejnovic sparked the rally with a kill.  Makayla Castro and Brittany Tschida recorded four and two kills respectively during the run to soar towards victory.

The Lions were able to add three points to their total but a Lions service ace ended the set and match.

UP NEXT

Chowan heads to Oxford, Pa. to compete in the CIAA Round-Up hosted by Lincoln on Saturday and Sunday, September 30-October 1.  The Hawks will face Livingstone and Johnson C. Smith on Saturday and take on Fayetteville State in the finale on Sunday.