LONGVIEW, Texas - Cami Davis recorded her 200th career block and
Kayla Robinson collected her 1,500th career dig Tuesday night as Belhaven fell to LeTourneau in four sets at Solheim Arena. The YellowJackets won 25-21, 22-25, 25-16, 25-17, splitting the season series after the Blazers took their September meeting in five sets.
Belhaven (9-9) opened with a 7-1 lead behind two
Goldie Lowe aces, two Davis kills and a Davis-
Laila Gauthier block. LeTourneau worked back into the first set, tying it at 17-17, then scored the final five points after trailing 21-20 to take the opener.
The Blazers answered in the second. Down 16-13, they drew even on kills by
Tarryn Woodall and Gauthier and a Woodall ace.
Megan LaCour later put Belhaven ahead 20-18 with a kill, and
Angel Edwards served an ace before LaCour and Davis combined for a block to stretch the lead to 23-18. LeTourneau cut the margin to two, but Woodall closed out the 25-22 win with a kill.
Davis reached her milestone early in the third set. After assisting on one block in each of the first two frames, the senior teamed with
McKenna Matthews to stop Claire Bezanilla and tie the score at 2-2. It was the 200th block of Davis' Belhaven career. LeTourneau pulled away later in the set, turning a 7-5 lead into a 14-5 advantage during a run that included three Bezanilla aces.
Robinson entered the match 19 digs shy of 1,500 and finished with a match-high 25, bringing her career total to 1,506. She also served an ace to tie the fourth set at 4-4, but the YellowJackets moved ahead 12-9 and held the lead the rest of the way.
Woodall paced Belhaven with 14 kills and 20 digs. Davis added 10 kills on 15 attempts with one error, hitting .600 and finishing with five block assists. LaCour posted 10 kills and 13 digs, while Edwards handed out 22 assists and
Kylie Lindsey added 14. Lowe led the Blazers with three aces.
Belhaven held a 79-75 edge in digs, but LeTourneau finished with advantages in kills (51-44), hitting percentage (.214-.104) and team blocks (10-6). Elizabeth Corbitt led the YellowJackets with 12 kills.
The Blazers return to CCS play Friday at Piedmont.
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