--- Kassie Voelker recorded 10 kills and a .421 hitting percentage to lead second-seeded Tusculum College to a 3-0 victory over No. 7-seed Mars Hill University in the quarterfinal of the 2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Tournament.

The three-day, single-elimination tournament is being held at Eleazer Arena on the campus of Newberry College. Tusculum (21-9) advances to Saturday's 4 p.m. semifinal and will face No. 6-seed Anderson University, who defeated No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne University, 3-0.

Tusculum won the match by scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-8 as the Pioneers advance to the SAC semifinals for a fourth consecutive year.

The TC setter combination of Ashley Sarmiento and Hannah Berling dished out 20 and 16 assists, respectively, while two-time All-America libero Caitlyn Dean accounted for 19 digs. Danae Stauffer finished with seven kills and Megan Hasse contributed four kills, 13 digs and a service ace.

MHU's Marissa Wixson led the Lions (16-12) with 10 kills and seven digs, while Maggie Murphy recorded a match-high 21 digs in the loss. Tusculum closed out the opening set with a 7-1 run en route to claiming a 25-17 win. The trio of Voelker, Stauffer and Hasse posted three kills apiece while Dean accounted for nine kills in the frame.

In the second set, Tusculum jumped out to a 15-11 lead following a MHU attack error. Following a Lions' timeout, Mars Hill answered with six consecutive points to take a 17-15 lead following a MaryKate Griffin kill. MHU increased its lead to 19-16, but the Pioneers responded with a 7-1 spurt to lead 23-20. The Lions cut the deficit to 23-22 following a pair of points, but TC would win two of the next three points, including Voelker's kill on set-point as the Pioneers won 25-23 to take a 2-0 advantage in the match.

With Tusculum leading 6-4 early in the third set, the Pioneers put the contest away with a 12-0 run as TC claimed the clincher, 25-8. Tusculum hit .379 in the set while limiting Mars Hill to hit minus-.103. Victoria Ashley recorded four of her seven kills in the set, while Dean contributed five more digs for the Pioneer cause.

Voelker also recorded two service aces, two digs and two blocks for the Pioneers. Rachel Garnett, the 2013 SAC Freshman of the Year, finished the match with six kills and a .333 hitting percentage, while Jaida Allen added four kills and a team-best three blocks.

The Pioneers finished the match hitting .245 and totaled 60 digs on defense, while limiting Mars Hill to hit .068 for the contest.

In earlier action on Friday, top-seeded Wingate University defeated No. 8 seed Newberry 3-1 in the day's opening match. No. 5 seed Queens University of Charlotte defeated No. 4 Lincoln Memorial University 3-1 to advance to the Saturday's semifinal.