HICKORY, N.C. — The Catawba Valley Community College volleyball team collected its third consecutive victory on Thursday night, cruising to three-set Region X victory against Surry Community College at the Tarlton Complex.

Set scores were 25-22, 25-14, 25-8

"It was nice to have a win, especially one at home in conference play," said CVCC head women's volleyball coach Shannon Hudson. "It was another slow start. I'm not sure real sure what's going on with that. I think part of it is we've got a young team, and they are still a little unsure of themselves. It just takes them a little bit of time to kind of build confidence going into the set. They've never seen these teams before. It's a whole new group on the floor. Maybe that's it. Once they figured things out, they dominated. I was really proud of how they came together and finished strong."

CVCC freshman Adair Melton continued her solid play of late, tallying a team-high 10 kills. She also made 12 assists.

"We are asking Adair to do so much," Hudson said. "She's our outside hitter. She's also setting for us. She's in six rotations. She carries the team a lot of times with just all of our responsibilities. I'm proud of how she played."

Karsyn Mundy and Sabrina Pinard added nine and eight kills, respectively, for Catawba Valley and Emilee Webber made a team-high 19 assists.

Defensively, Emily Williams tallied a team-best 25 digs, and Leslie Leonard made 3.5 blocks to go along with six kills.

CVCC will try to carry momentum from its three-straight victories into this weekend's Bryant & Stratton College tournament in Norfolk, Va.

Hudson is hoping her group can maintain its energy heading into the event.

"This is kind of a laid back team," she said. "It's a different dynamic that I'm used to. We're just kind of pushing them to bring energy to the court and use that to build on in the middle of game play. It's something that we just kind of have to keep nudging them towards, but they're getting it. I think they're going to be just fine."