Volleyball Sinks Argos in Friday Night Sweep

Friday, October 30

Nashville, Tenn.

6 pm

Lipscomb University

15-5,8-2ASUN

West Florida

13-5,5-3ASUN

Team	1	2	3	Final F
West Florida	11	15	23	0
Lipscomb	25	25	25	3

Box Score (PDF)

10/30/2026 8:43:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

NASHVILLE – Posting just nine attack errors on 104 attempts and holding their opponent to its lowest attack percentage of its young Division I history, the Lipscomb University Volleyball team (15-5, 8-2 ASUN) shut down the University of West Florida (13-5, 5-3) in a three-set sweep, 25-11, 25-15, 25-23, Friday night inside Allen Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED
UWF led 5-4 in the opening set before Anna Claire Brown tied it with a kill, Ella Durham followed with a service ace and Brown added two more kills as the Bisons moved in front 8-5.

After West Florida got within 10-7, Lipscomb ran off six straight points, with Madyson McCarthy, Kelsey Schenck and Sydney Strenger supplying kills and Brown adding an ace during the stretch to make it 16-7. The Bisons kept extending the margin with kills from Makenna Kirlin and Durham, then reached 24-11 on McCarthy's kill before Brooklyn Fuchs closed the set with a kill for a 25-11 win.

LUV's dominance in set one saw them hit. 593 in the opening set with 17 kills, committing one attack error on 27 swings. Brown led the way with six digs and five kills.

After West Florida opened the second set with two Kumara Flanagain kills, Lipscomb scored nine straight points to move ahead 9-2, with McCarthy serving throughout a stretch that included two aces, two Strenger kills and a Durham kill.

UWF broke the run on a Delaney Hanowell kill and continued to trade points, but LUV kept the cushion as Brown, McCarthy and Durham added kills to push the set to 17-11. Lipscomb followed with four straight points, capped by a Schenck ace, for a 21-11 lead, and after West Florida trimmed the score to 23-15, Brown's kill brought up set point before Schenck and Strenger combined on the block that finished the set 25-15.

West Florida led 15-13 in the third set before Sydney Strenger's kill and a Strenger block helped the Bisons pull even at 15-15.

After the teams traded points to 18-18, the Bisons won the next stretch on two Durham kills, a Fuchs kill and two West Florida attack errors to move in front 22-18.

The Argonauts worked back within 23-22, but Lexi Guinn answered with a kill to give the Bisons set point at 24-22. After West Florida fought off set point, Strenger finished the set with a kill from Schenck for a 25-23 Bisons win.

HERD NOTES
The Bisons picked up their first-ever win over the Argos on Friday night in the second-ever meeting.

LUV committed nine attack errors in the match and a .337 attack percentage. In the 25-point era (since 2008), the Bisons have had 31 matches in which they had a single digit in the attack error column.

Now at 15-5 on the season, the 2026 Lipscomb Volleyball program is the second-best start to a season in program history, missing the 2009 and 2020 seasons by two matches (17-3).

KEY STATISTICS
Anna Claire Brown and Sydney Strenger put together 12.5 points, as each had 10 kills, one service ace, a solo block and an assisted block.

Ella Durham also had 10 kills to go with an ace and a block, while Madyson McCarthy posted three aces.

Grace Jones and Makenna Kirlin each had 10 digs, while Kelsey Schenck added 34 assists.

UP NEXT
LUV wraps up the four-match home stand on Halloween against Queens. First serve is set 2 p.m. on Saturday.