Dalton Christopher
Assistant Athletic Director of Communications & Media
dchristopher@transy.edu


LEXINGTON, KY - The Transylvania University Pioneers defeated Illinois College to kick off day two of the 2024 Transy Invitational on Saturday, 3-0. 

Cate Scheper would score first for the Pioneers, leading to an opening 7-2 lead for Transy. Illinois would begin to climb back into the game, exchanging points with Transy until the Pioneers opened a 15-8 lead following a kill by Kayden Holcomb. The Pioneers would never lose the lead, eventually winning the first set 25-15. 

In the second set, Transy and Illinois would exchange points early on, with both teams struggling to build a lead. A kill from Addie Atcher would give the Pioneers the start of a run, followed by three straight kills from Cate Scheper to take a 12-7 lead. Transy would hold onto win set two 25-17.

Set three would provide a more competitive exchange, with kills from Isabella Myers, Lilly Kaiser and Addie Atcher opening a 16-13 lead. The Pioneers would finish the third set with a five point run to take a 24-17 lead. Kayden Holcomb's final kill would give Transy a 25-21 set victory, to secure the victory. 

Transy out performed Illinois College in several statistal categories, including 50 kills for the Pioneers to 28 from Illinois. The defensive effort was just as impressive for Amy Barmore, Head Coach of the Pioneers, who was proud of her team for taking the victory after the quick turnaround from night one's battle with Centre College. 

"I'm very proud of how we bounced back this morning after a tough loss last night," said Barmore. It was a team effort for us against Illinois College, but we came out very disciplined. We hit .352 as a team and did a very nice job defensively, holding them to .147."

Up next for the Pioneers is their final match of the 2024 Transy Invitational against Covenant College at 4 p.m. at the Clive M. Beck Center. 

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