Volleyball Picks Up First Win Of Season With Five-Set Thriller vs. Stillman

· Score

o    Rust 3 | Stillman 2

§  18-25, 25-16, 25-19, 19-25, 15-12

· Records

o    Rust (1-5, 0-0 GCAC) | Stillman (0-2, 0-0 Southern States)

· Location

o   Holly Springs, Mississippi (W.A. McMillan Center)

· Series History (Since 2021)

o   Rust Leads 1-0

· Winning Streak

o   Rust (W3) | Stillman's Last Win: N/A

Rust Top Performers:

• Paige Eason broke through the double-digit kill barrier for the first of many times to come, smoking 11 kills and nine digs to lead the Lady Bearcats in both categories, falling just shy of a double-double. She also tacked on a season-most three aces from the service line.

•  Saraih Taylor had the match of her life so far, doubling her previous high by going for 22 assists plus a half-dozen digs.

•  Amya Madlock tripled her previous career-best for aces with three, doubled her career-high for points at four and set a new career-most for digs as well by recording eight.

•  Markeoni Thomas topped all match participants with a trio of blocks (1 solo, 2 assists) to go along with five kills while Syriah Williams almost put together double-figure assists (9).

•  Gabriella Gabriel seemed to be really fond of the number eight, tallying that amount of both kills and digs for new personal-records.

•  Jamika Coleman also joined her teammates in setting personal benchmarks, slamming eight kills plus both a block solo and assist.

•  Latissia 'Kami' Porter logged her first kill as a collegian, her first two aces, and a season-best four digs.

Notes:

•  The Blue and White blew its previous team-highs away on Friday, setting new bests for points (63), kills (42), assists (37), digs (45), and service aces (37).

• RC has not lost a match that went the distance since the start of 2021, improving its mark to 4-0 since that time and 2-0 in non-conference.

Next:

•  The Cats will look to clip the Eagles' wings of Williams Baptist on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. as it attempts to form a winning streak.