Box Score FLORENCE, Ala.—Host North Alabama handed the Christian Brothers University Lady Bucs a heartbreaking five-set loss Saturday afternoon as the Lady Bucs wrapped up the first half of the Gulf South Conference schedule.

The Lions (5-10, 3-3 GSC) took an early lead with a 25-18 win in the first set, but the Lady Bucs (11-5, 6-2) knotted the match with a 25-20 win in set two.  UNA answered with a 25-20 win of their own in the third set, but the Lady Bucs forced a fifth set by cruising to a 25-16 win in the fourth set.  In the decisive fifth set, the Lady Bucs built a 13-10 lead, but the Lions scored six of the last seven points to claim a 16-14 win and win the match.

Hailey Gillis (Corpus Christi, Texas/Carroll HS) and Lizzie McLean (Munford, Tenn./Munford HS) led the Lady Bucs with 13 kills each, while Alexis Gillis (Corpus Christi, Texas/Carroll HS) added 11 kills.  Kristina Headrick (Memphis, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) led the Lady Bucs with 15 digs, followed by 14 from Corinne Doder (St. Louis, Mo./Cor Jesu Academy) and 12 by Alison Welch (Olive Branch, Miss./Olive Branch HS), and Kelsey Miles (Cordova, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) collected 48 assists.

Priscilla Massengale led the Lions with 20 kills, and Jessica Ronyak collected a match-best 24 digs to go with 15 kills.  Hope Rayburn logged a match-best 57 assists.

With the loss, the Lady Bucs fall a game behind first-place West Florida and are tied with Shorter for second place in the GSC.  The Lady Bucs return to action Friday night at 7 p.m., when they host West Alabama for Senior Night.