With a outburst of offense, the Panthers’ junior Emily Franklin scored 20 kills and 14 digs for her sixth double-double this season as she led the team to their 11th and final win of the season.

Teammates and sophomores Reynae Hutchinson and Stephanie Arnold added nine kills each.

Hutchinson also had a team high 16 digs while Arnold added eight blocks for the Panther defense.

Before the final match began, seniors Chrissie Albers and Brittany Wallace were honored for their contribution to Eastern’s volleyball team.

Albers scored her 27th career assist-dig double-double as she dished out 50 assists and 12 digs while Wallace had 14 digs to end her career.

Around the OVC

Morehead State set the Ohio Valley Conference record for league victories by closing the regular season with a 3-0 sweep at Tennessee Tech on Saturday.

Morehead State went 19-1 in the OVC, breaking the previous league record of 18 wins by Southeast Missouri. The Eagles also moved their overall mark to 24-6 and finished the OVC schedule 10-0 on the road.

In the last two seasons, the Morehead State Eagles are 36-2 in OVC matches.

Junior Annie Gruenschlaeger recorded 11 kills while red-shirt freshman Laura McDermott and red-shirt sophomore Aryn Bohannon tallied 10 kills apiece.

Tennessee Tech was led by Natalie Penrod with nine kills and Kelsey Gray tallied seven blocks.

Jacksonville State finished its regular season with a win by sweeping Eastern Kentucky to earn a spot in next week’s Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

Junior Hivya Leite hit 16 kills and 10 digs to earn her ninth double-double of the season.

It was Senior Day for Jacksonville State as senior Liza Senenkova had nine kills and seven blocks in her final match at home, while libero Lauren Harkins picked up 11 digs.

Junior Jen Meyer hit five kills while sophomore Abbey Heredia had 24 assists.

Lenny Arquilla can be reached at 581-7944 or [email protected]