Emerging from their Fall Break, the Lady Lions look to be in prime position to make a serious run into the post-season. The team has chosen not to pursue post-season play in the NCCAA, instead focusing on trying to win a conference championship and make it to the regional championship.

 

When the Lions return to conference play next Tuesday at Covenant, they will put their second-place standing on the line. The team is 18-8 overall, 10-2 in conference play.  Six conference matches remain, with 4 of those games against the other top conference teams.  After Covenant, the Lions travel to Milligan, then must face AAC #1 King and #3 VIC Saturday, Oct. 28.  Oct. 31, AAC #4 Union comes to town, followed by AAC #5 on Saturday, Nov. 4.  The team holds their fate in their own hands as they seek to build a successful run into post-season.

 

Statistically, the Lions are high in conference standings as a team and individually.

The Lions rank as the #1 team when all conference-only statistical categories are combined, with a slight lead over Union College. King College ranks third, followed by UVA-Wise and Virginia Intermont College.

The Lions rank in each AAC statistical category:

Hitting percentage: 2^nd

Kills: 1^st

Assists: 2^nd

Service Aces: 2^nd

Blocks: T-4^th

Digs: 3^rd

 

Several individual Lions rank highly in statistical categories as well. Five players are ranked in the conference top ten in at least 1 category. Three players are ranked top ten in two or more categories. Amber Smith leads the way with top 10 rankings in four categories.

By category:

Hitting Percentage:        Amber Smith – 2^nd overall (.346), #1 Conference (.362)

                                    Robin Renfroe - 6th overall (.293) #5 Conference (.323)

 

Kills:                            Amber Smith – 7^th conference (3.8)

                                    Abby Humphrey – 12^th conference (3.0)

                                    Robin Renfroe – 14^th conference (2.9)

 

Service Aces:               Amber Smith – 1^st overall (.7/gm), #2 conference

                                    Abby Humphrey – 7^th overall

                                    Hannah Suits, 11^th overall

 

Blocks:                        Robin Renfroe – 3^rd (1.0)

                                    Amber Smith – t-6^th (.9)

                                    Kaylin Carswell – 12^th

 

Assists:                        Jenny Loveday – 6^th (8.7)

                                    Hannah Suits – 11^th (3.0)

 

Digs:                             Kathryn Rawley – 5^th (4.9)

                                    Abby Humphrey – 8^th (4.0)

                                    Heather Hacker - #19 (3.3)

To view all AAC rankings, follow the link to the AAC statistic page:

 

 

Bryan players have received several weekly honors during the season. Setter Jennifer Loveday and MB Amber Smith have been named Regional and Conference player of the week. Libero Kathryn Rawley not only received AAC and Regional Libero of the week, she followed it with a NCCAA National Student-Athlete of the week honor as well. Robin Renfroe was recently named AAC Player of the week for setting Bryan’s game hitting percentage record, which has been broken 4 times this season by Renfroe, Humphrey, and Smith.  This is the first season in several years where multiple players have received Regional weekly honors during the season.