Tingle leads Bishop volleyball squad to 10th straight victory

Winchester, VA - Freshman setter Mackenzie Tingle (pictured) totaled 80 assists in two matches on Saturday afternoon to lead her North Carolina Wesleyan volleyball squad to two USA South victories over Peace College and Shenandoah University. The Bishops downed the Pacers and host Hornets by 3-2 and 3-0 scores, respectively. Wesleyan has now won 10 straight matches to improve to an impressive 20-6 on the season. More importantly, the Bishops stand alone as the league's second place team with an 11-2 conference mark. 

Against Peace, set scores were 14-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-27, and 15-7. The Pacers looked to pick up a major upset by forcing a fifth and deciding game.  The Bishops, however, responded with their highest single-game hitting percentage of the match at .444 with nine kills against just one error to secure the victory.

Junior Brittany Insley led all players with 15 kills, while Leslie Hassell and Sydney Bens added 14 and 12. Tingle finished with 47 assists, and Kelly George recorded a game-high 24 digs.

Against Shenandoah, set scores were 25-17, 25-20, and 27-25. Insley again led all players in kills with 14, and Tingle dished out 33 more assists. As a team, the Bishops amassed 13 service aces, led by sophomore Alyssa Balzano's eight.

The Bishops will host Chowan University on Tuesday night. Game time is slated for 6:00 p.m. in Everett Gymnasium.  The game, which was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m., was moved up 30 minutes to accommodate several student-athletes wishing to participate in the Bishops' "DIG PINK" event, a breast cancer awareness initiative.  For more information on the event, click here!