The No.13-ranked Berry Vikings (20-4, 13-0 SAA) swept Millsaps (33-31, 25-18, 25-20 ) and No.25-ranked Covenant (25-18, 25-22, 25-20) extending their win streak to 10.
Bella Boston combined for 38 kills between the two games.
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Berry 3 Millsaps 0
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Four consecutive kills from the Vikings made it 17-10, but the set would be far from over as the Majors came crawling back to make it 19-18. A Millsaps kill brought the score to 25-25, neither team was able to find the momentum to put down those last two points until
Olivia Mallow and Lindsay MacDiarmid came up with a massive block that put Berry on the track to the first set victory.
Jazzy Innis put the final two kills down ending a 33-31 set.
The Majors kept it close until the final half of the second set when the Vikings dug in to win 11 of the last 13 points. Berry put Millsaps away for good in the third set thanks to a last minute offensive spark boosting the Vikings to the conference victory.
Boston led the team with 22 kills, a career high for the junior, while Innis double-doubled recording 11 kills and 17 digs. MacDiarmid totaled 40 assists, and
Kate Whittle recorded 21 digs.Â
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Berry 3 Covenant 0
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The Vikings led by only one point 14-13 before a block from
Cypress Guenther and MacDiarmid sparked a run which put Berry ahead 19-13. Two straight kills from
Bella Boston distanced her team from the Scots even further, now up 21-14.
Berry found themselves down 13-10 in the second set, the Vikings worked their way back and put down six unanswered points. Two kills from Boston ended the second set, holding off a comeback from Covenant.
Late in the third set, the Scots challenged for a fourth set as they led 19-18. But a Viking timeout turned things around to put Berry back in the driver's seat. Coming out of the timeout, the Vikings scored six consecutive points bringing them to match point.
Boston led with 16 kills, MacDiarmid set up 26 assists, and
Kate Whittle recorded 13 digs in the back row.
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The Vikings will be back in action on Saturday facing off against Birmingham-Southern at 1 p.m. in Birmingham, Ala.
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