MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (September 12, 2006)---The Lady Buffs’ first game at home in the Steve Lacy Fieldhouse was a disappointing loss to the Lady Cobras of Virginia Intermont College by a 1-3 (25-30, 30-22, 26-30, 25-30)  margin. The victory improves the Lady Cobras’ record to 2-0 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference and 3-4 overall, while the Lady Buffs drop to 3-4, 1-1 AAC.

In the loss, Christy Degan (Atlanta, Ga.) totaled 21 digs for the Lady Buffaloes of Milligan College, followed by Alison Slagle (Bristol, Tenn.) with 19. Junior Amanda Hyder (Johnson City, Tenn.) accumulated 10 kills, while teammate Tara Earhart (Bristol, Tenn.) had nine. Credited with five aces was Emily Rigney (Danville, Ky.), followed by Alyssa Graber (Montgomery, In.) with two and Kalyn Perrigan (Bristol, Tenn.) with one. Freshman Meredith Lynch (Lexington, Ky.) had a total of 39 assists in the game, as well as one solo block.

Milligan head coach Kim Hyatt remarked on the game, “We just did not execute our game to the level we are capable of. Virginia Intermont is a good team and we should not have had so many bad serves like the ones that we put in the net and out of bounds.”

Milligan will be taking on conference rival Montreat College in another home appearance at Anglin Fieldhouse on Thursday night, September 14. The game time will be 6:30 p.m.