Region roundup: Liberty volleyball earns third straight sweep, and more – Lynchburg News and Advance

Liberty 3, North Florida 0

Liberty volleyball ran its Atlantic Sun Conference win streak to three games and its overall win streak to five matches with a 3-0 sweep of North Florida (6-10, 0-2 A-Sun) on Sunday at the Vines Center.

The Flames, who swept an A-Sun opponent for the third straight match, won 25-17, 25-21, 25-19. Liberty has won 12 straight at the Vines Center.

Amelia Johnson had a match-high 17 kills for LU (10-5, 3-0), and Kailey Macy had six blocks.

North Florida 1, Liberty 0

In Jacksonville, Florida, Liberty (5-5-2, 1-1 A-Sun) suffered its first conference loss, falling to North Florida in overtime.

Thais Reiss netted the game-winner in the 97th minute for the Ospreys (7-3-1, 1-0).

Notre Dame (Md.) 2, Sweet Briar 1

In Baltimore, Alexis Jones scored in the 30th minute to cut Sweet Briars deficit to one goal, but it wasnt enough to push the Vixens to a victory, and Notre Dame (Maryland) secured the win.

Maia Giafes put Notre Dame up 1-0 in the ninth minute off an assist from Vanessa Dunn, and Hailey Lockard scored the game-deciding goal in the 25th minute.

Notre Dame (4-6) outshot Sweet Briar (1-5) 14-3.

Sweet Briars Kuleba 20th in R-MC tourney

In Ashland, Sweet Briars Annika Kuleba shot a 98 in the second round of the Randolph-Macon Fall Invitational at Hanover Country Club to finish 20th in a field of 36 individuals.

Kuleba carded an aggregate 203 over two rounds. After shooting a 105 in the first round Saturday, she improved her second-round score by seven shots. Kuleba finished 47 strokes behind Stevensons Casey Oppenheimer, who claimed medalist honors in the tournament.

Sweet Briar did not field a team in the event.

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