GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Shay Meeks recorded 28 kills, 10 digs and a .431 attack percentage to lead the Catawba College volleyball team to a 3-1 win at Tusculum College Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Arena in South Atlantic Conference action.

The Catawba Indians (16-6, 10-4 SAC) won the match by scores of 26-24, 11-25, 25-21, 26-24, marking the first time Tusculum has suffered back-to-back home losses since the 2009 season.

Setter Jordan Raye recorded her double-double with 52 assists and 13 digs, while Kaitlyn Whitmer finished with a dozen kills and six digs as Catawba records their fourth consecutive victory.

Tusculum juniors Sam Underwood and Bailee Price added 13 kills each, while rookie Megan Hasse accounted for 10 kills and three blocks as TC is riding a five-match losing streak, its first such drought since the 2005 campaign.

Sophomore setter Ashley Sarmiento dished out 45 assists and seven digs, while Taylor Boone and Kassie Voelker added eight and seven kills, respectively.

In the first set, Tusculum had a pair of three-point leads, including 17-14 following a Price kill and a Catawba ball handling error. The Indians answered with a 5-2 run to take the lead at 19-18 thanks to a kills by Meeks. With the score tied at 21-21, Tusculum got kills from Voelker and Hasse to take a 23-22 advantage. After a Catawba timeout, the Indians posted a 4-2 spurt, including two kills from Meeks and a Haley Lanier kill on set point as Catawba prevailed 26-24. In the frame, Catawba hit a sizzling .350, including Meeks' .571 hitting percentage as she tallied eight kills in her 14 attempts with zero errors.

The Pioneers barreled out of the gate in the second set scoring the first four points in leading wire-to-wire in a 25-11 win. Tusculum boasted a .625 team attack percentage (15-0-24) as Price tallied four kills in her five attempts (.800) with zero errors. Tusculum also accounted for four blocks in the frame, while limiting Catawba to hit minus .067 in the set.

For Catawba in the third set, Meeks accounted for 10 kills and hit .692 as the Indians won the frame 25-21. With the score tied 16-16, Catawba went on a 5-1 run to lead 21-17 following a kill by Whitmer and back-to-back TC attack errors. Tusculum trimmed the deficit to 22-19 on a kills by Hasse, but after a Catawba timeout, the visitors finished the set scoring three of the next five points, all coming on kills by Meeks.

In the fourth set, Tusculum used an early 8-2 run to take a 12-6 advantage. But with the Pioneers leading 20-15, Catawba put up a furious charge with an 8-2 spurt of its own as the Indians led 23-22. Tusculum would tie the set at 24-24, but Emily Richardson would cap the Catawba rally with back-to-back kills to win the stanza 26-24 and seal the victory.

Tusculum finished the day hitting .291, while Catawba posted a .259 attack percentage.

The Pioneers will close out its three-match home-stand on Tuesday as they host arch-rival Carson-Newman College for a 7 p.m. match. Tuesday will be "Dig For the Cure" Night as the Pioneers will be raising funds to assist with Breast Cancer Awareness.

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