MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Volleyball team suffered their second straight Conference Carolinas loss to league leading Limestone, 3-1, at home on Saturday.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 1, Limestone 3

RECORDS | Chowan 3-7 (1-3), Limestone 8-5 (5-0)

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

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Hannah Sladick notched her first double-double of the season with 11 kills and 13 digs.  Sydney Hiner (20), Anixa Rosa-Martinez (17), and Katie Houston (15) posted double-digit digs.

Ann-Marie Johnson posted nine kills to go with 5.5 total blocks including four solo blocks.

Chowan hit .353 in the third set taking the set 25-20.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Set:

Limestone opened up the match with a 5-0 run before Hannah Sladick put the Hawks on the board with a kill.  Ann-Marie Johnson notched a kill and a solo block to cut the deficit in half, 10-5.

Sydney Hiner sparked a run after trailing 12-7 to take the lead 13-12.  Hiner posted two kills and teamed up with Ann-Marie Johnson for a block.  Hannah Sladick notched a kill and Katie Houston produced a service ace before Limestone called timeout.

Ann-Marie Johnson recorded a kill before the Saints pushed their lead to 20-15.  The Saints would take the set 25-16.

Second Set:

Anixa Rosa-Martinez started the set with a pair of kills.  Rosa-Martinez and Ann-Marie Johnson posted kills to push the lead to 8-4.

Limestone responded with five straight points on three kills and two Hawks miscues.  Ann-Marie Johnson and Anixa Rosa-Martinez would regain the lead with a kill each, 10-9.

Chloe Putnam would put down a kill before the Saints took the lead 18-14 with five straight points.

Following a block and kill by Ann-Marie Johnson, the Saints opened the set to 24-17.  Hannah Sladick notched the final kill for the Hawks as Limestone took the set 25-18.

Third Set:

Anixa Rosa-Martinez, Sydney Hiner, Hannah Sladick and Ann-Marie Johnson posted a kill each to give the Hawks an 8-4 advantage.  Hiner, Sladick and Johnson added to the lead with a kill, 11-6.

Limestone would rally to even the set at 15, 16, and 17-all.  Saints' miscues gave the Hawks the lead before Hannah Sladick recorded two of the final three kills in the set to take the set 25-20.  Ann-Marie Johnson posted the final kill.

Fourth Set:

Hannah Sladick and Ciara Ortega posted a kill and Ann-Marie Johnson recorded a block early in the fourth set.

The Saints rattled off nine straight points to push the set to 17-7.  The Saints would use back-to-back blocks to lead 20-9.

Chowan would score seven of the next nine points to cut the deficit to 22-16.  Sydney Hiner and Anixa Rosa-Martinez posted a kill and Ciara Ortega recorded a service ace.

Limestone finished off the set with a pair of kills to take the match.

UP NEXT

Chowan will travel down the road to take on Barton in a Conference Carolinas match on Wednesday, October 9.  The contest will be held at Fike HS in Wilson.  First serve is at 7pm.