ANDERSON, S.C. -- The Trojans turned the tables on Lenoir-Rhyne University on Tuesday night, sweeping the Bears by scores of 25-21, 25-11 and 25-22 to extend their win streak to eight, their sweep streak to six and their set-winning streak to 20. Anderson has not lost since getting swept by Lenoir-Rhyne earlier this season. With the win, the Trojans sit comfortably at second place in the South Atlantic Conference and move to 11-4 overall and 6-1 in the SAC. 

"I really liked our mindset coming into tonight's match," head coach Todd Hay said. "LR is so solid in every position it makes you have to play well in all areas in order to have a chance to win. Our offense was very balanced and Ellie's decision making was good from the start. Defensively, we had great effort and our blockers worked really hard to try and slow them down. I'm proud of the team for their work in practice these past two days. They earned this win tonight."

Junior Ellie Nieporte (Boca Raton, Fla.) dished out 43 assists in the sweep, tying her career-high of 14.3 assists/set. She added four digs and one block. 

Sophomore Maura Kindel (Easley, S.C.) came up with a career-high 10 kills with just one error for a .391 clip. 

Sophomore Mia Elder (Leland, N.C.) had 11 kills with just one error for a .500 hitting percentage. She tied her career-high of three blocks.

Junior Ava Reeves (Lexington, S.C.) added another 11 kills on a .320 clip. Junior Emily Campbell (Statesville, N.C.) and freshman Mikaylah Hedlund (Fountain Inn, S.C.) had nine and eight kills, respectively to round out the scoring for the Trojans.

Junior Sophie Deese (Hickory, N.C.) led the defense with 13 digs.

Sophomore Tara Wheeler (Greenville, S.C.) and freshman Jamie Juhnevicz (Taylors, S.C.) came up with 10 digs each, a career-high for Wheeler.

The Trojans fought for the first and third set of the day while the second set came easily. Anderson held their attack errors on the day to just 10 for a .348 hitting percentage while the Bears hit .157 with 19 errors. The Trojans came up with 8.0 blocks to the Bear's two. 

The Trojans went on a 9-3 run to open set one before the Bears answered with a 9-3 run of their own to tie things up at 12. They took a 14-12 lead before Anderson regained control and got the 25-21 win. Kindel had seven of her ten kills in the first set.

The second set saw just four tie scores and two lead changes all within the first ten points.

The third set seemed to be going the Bears' way before four back-to-back errors gave the Trojans a 21-19 lead that they were able to hold to finish out the sweep.

The Trojans hit the road to finish out their three-game week when they take on Tusculum University on Friday, Oct. 17 and UVA Wise on Saturday, Oct. 18.