Oct. 11, 2008

Final Stats

MACON, Ga. - The Bruins ended their five-match winning streak as they lost to Mercer on Saturday afternoon, in four sets (21-25, 27-25, 20-25, 20-25).

Senior Cat Mundy paced the Bruins in kills for the 12th time this season, finishing with 16. Channing Salava recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 41 assists and 13 digs. Jenny Gray and Lauren Hall reset their career-high in digs, each with 19 - co-leading Belmont in that category.

Kayla Albritton has been outstanding from the outside hitter position in recent matches and today was no different. Albritton finished with 13 kills on a .306 hitting percentage with seven digs. The native of Gainesville, Fla., has now hit over .300 percent in five of the last six matches.

Belmont (13-6, 7-3 A-Sun) eclipsed the Bears in total kills, 56-to-49, but lost their edge in hitting accuracy as Mercer (11-7, 6-4) out-hit the Bruins .155-to-.200. Hitting percentage has proven to be a vital statistic for the Bruins this season. When Belmont is out-hit they are now 0-6, and when Belmont out-hits their opponents they are 13-0.

"Mercer deserved to win; we didn't defend as well as we thought that we needed to," Head Coach Deane Webb said. "They are a good team and we give them credit."

The Bruins are in the middle of their longest stretch of road games this season and have not played a match at the Curb Event Center since mid-September.

"I wouldn't say that it has taken a toll on us," Webb commented. "We certainly enjoy being in front of our fans - they're amazing. At the same time I think that any problems that we are having on the court have to do with our executing and not the location that we have been playing."

Belmont will be on the road again next weekend as they travel to Florida to compete against Stetson on Oct. 17 and Florida Gulf Coast on Oct. 18.