BREVARD, N.C. – The Brevard College volleyball team honored its senior class on Friday in a special pre-match ceremony as senior setter
Izzy Boulay and senior defensive specialist
Kirklyn Hudler competed for the final time inside the Boshamer Gymnasium.
The Tornados (12-17, 9-9 USA South) closed the regular season out with a 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-21) defeat at the hands of Meredith (21-7, 12-6 USAS).
Caroline Moon led all Tornados with 12 kills, her 16th double-digit kill output of 2026. Junior middle blocker
Emma Fontana served three aces and added two blocks at the net, while Boulay
distributed out 18 assists.
The Avenging Angels were led by Caitlyn Russell and Elena Bostick, who drove home 12 kills apiece.
The Tornados surged early, opening up a 16-7 first-set lead. The Avenging Angels responded with an 8-0 scoring run to cut the deficit to one. Meredith took the lead, 19-18, as the two sides went back and forth for the remainder of the frame. BC got on set point after a
Bailey Blackmon kill, 24-23, but Meredith scored the next two points to go on top, 25-24. Brevard tied the set with a kill by Moon, but consecutive Meredith points led to a 27-25 victory for the visitors.
BC jumped out to an early lead in the second set, 6-2, but Meredith surged ahead, 13-10. With the Avenging Angels up by one point at 15-14, the visitors scored seven in a row to go up by eight at 22-14. BC made a late rally, cutting the deficit to four, but a kill from Caitlyn Russell ended the frame for the Avenging Angels, 25-20.
Brevard took the early edge, 8-5, before a stellar 12-2 run from the visitors flipped the script in the third set. The Tornados used a late run to pull within two points, 22-20, but Meredith scored three of the last four to take the sweep, 25-21.
Brevard is now locked into the seven-seed in the upcoming 2026 USA South Conference Volleyball Tournament and will await the destination it will travel to for the first round on Tuesday, November 10.
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