BLUE MOUNTAIN, MS – The Bethel Volleyball team won their seventh straight and eighth of their last nine matches with a 3-0 win at Blue Mountain Saturday. Bethel won 25-22, 25-17, and 25-21.
With the victory the Lady Cats improved to 17-11 overall and 9-2 in the SSAC. Blue Mountain fell to 8-16 and 2-9. It was the third straight loss for the Toppers.
Bethel plays their last road game of the season Tuesday traveling to Williams Baptist for a 6 p.m. match.
They close out the regular season Friday and Saturday in two key SSAC match-ups. The Lady Wildcats play Martin Methodist Friday at 6 p.m. and Faulkner Saturday at 1 p.m.
Volleyball Standings (Potential seeds, points and remaining opponents)
1. Martin Methodist 16 (Bethel, Blue Mountain)
2-3. Bethel 13 (Martin Methodist, Faulkner)
2-3. Mobile 12 (Brewton-Parker, Middle Georgia)
4-6. William Carey 9 (Brewton-Parker)
4-7. Faulkner 8 (Blue Mountain, Bethel)
4-7. Loyola 8 (Middle Georgia, Brewton-Parker)
5-7. Florida College 8 (Done)
8-9. Blue Mountain 4 (Faulkner, Martin Methodist)
8-10. Brewton-Parker 1 (William Carey, Mobile, Loyola)
9-10. Middle Georgia 1 (Loyola, Mobile)
Note all of the above remaining opponents are divisional and worth only 1 point, except for William Carey v. Brewton-Parker, which is crossover and worth 2 points.
Tie-Breakers
(1) overall conference match record, (2) head to head competition, (3) percentage of sets won of those played among tied teams (total games won/total sets played), (4) percentage of points won in matches played among tied teams (total points won/total points played), (5) percentage of total sets won, (6) percentage of total points won, and (7) flip of the coin by the conference commissioner. When more than two teams are tied, the top seeded team is determined using the above criteria. For the remaining tied teams the tiebreaker criteria is re-utilized including the remaining teams.
