MONTEVALLO, Ala. - The Trevecca Nazarene University volleyball team fell 3-0 at Montevallo on Tuesday after the Falcons rallied from a 10-point deficit in the opening set. Montevallo won 28-26, 25-18, 25-22 at Central State Bank Arena to split the Gulf South Conference season series.
 
Trevecca (13-12, 10-5 GSC) finished its regular-season road schedule as its three-match winning streak ended. Montevallo (18-7, 10-4 GSC) moved ahead of the Trojans in the conference standings. Trevecca returns home Saturday to host Lee at 2 p.m., opening a three-match homestand to close the regular season.

SERIES HISTORY

Trevecca leads the NCAA-era series 6-3 after Montevallo ended the Trojans' five-match series winning streak. Each team won in three sets at home this season. Trevecca took the Oct. 6 meeting 25-23, 25-21, 25-18 behind Katilyn Grant's 19 kills on .667 hitting.

MATCH RECAP 

Trevecca scored the first five points and built a 14-4 lead in the opening set. Montevallo later erased a 23-20 deficit with four straight points, but kills by Emma Schnitzer and Grant gave TNU set point at 25-24. Grant and Isabella Sherrod combined on a block to tie the score at 26 before a Katie Wilkerson kill and a Trevecca attack error closed the set.
 
Montevallo never trailed in the second set, using a 7-0 run to expand a 5-3 lead to 12-3. Schnitzer collected six kills without an error on eight swings, but the Falcons finished with 17 kills to Trevecca's 12 and won 25-18.
 
The Trojans recovered from a 5-1 deficit in the third set and led 11-8 after consecutive Zoie Elrod aces. Grant had five kills without an error on six attempts in the frame, and TNU led 19-18. Montevallo scored three straight points, then broke a 21-21 tie with another three-point run. Sherrod saved one match point with a kill before Eliza Tyrrell finished the sweep.

TROJAN HIGHLIGHTS

Grant led Trevecca with 13 kills on .458 hitting and added six digs and two block assists. Schnitzer finished with 12 kills, six digs and two blocks.
Jordan Hunt totaled seven blocks, her most in a GSC match this season, with two solo blocks and five block assists. She added four kills as Trevecca outblocked Montevallo 9-2.
Brynne Krangnes recorded 27 assists, seven digs and four kills. Lily Vanbebber led TNU with 12 digs, while Kayla Bullard and Sherrod had eight each. Sherrod joined Elrod with two aces.
Wilkerson led Montevallo with 17 kills on .438 hitting, and Ava Wind collected 21 digs. The teams finished even at 51 digs.

SEASON SERIES COMPARISON

METRIC	TNU 10/6	UM 10/6	TNU 10/27	UM 10/27
Kills	44	35	42	50
Hitting pct.	.269	.158	.202	.240
Service aces	6	4	4	6
Team blocks	7	3	9	2

MILESTONES AND MOMENTUM 

Schnitzer passed 300 Trevecca career kills and finished the night with 304. Krangnes passed both 750 assists at Trevecca and 800 for her collegiate career. She has 766 as a Trojan and 801 overall, including 35 at Evansville.
 
Vanbebber extended her streak to 17 consecutive matches with double-digit digs. Grant has 292 kills this season, eight from 300, and Schnitzer needs three to reach 250. Bullard is one dig from 200 this season.

UP NEXT

Trevecca hosts Lee on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m. in Trojan Fieldhouse. The Trojans won the first meeting 3-2 in Cleveland on Oct. 3. They close the regular season at home against Mississippi Christian on Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. and West Alabama on Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. All times are Central.
 
Live stats and streaming links are available on the Trevecca volleyball schedule at tnutrojans.com.