CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- There is no longer any doubt which team is the No. 1 in the NAIA.

No. 1 UTB/TSC made a big statement in the NAIA volleyball world as the Scorpions took down No. 2 Lee University (Tenn.), 3-0, in a showdown of the top two NAIA volleyball teams before 1,000 screaming fans at the Paul Dana Walker Arena on Lee's campus.

The much-hyped match featuring the top two teams was not as close as many expected. Both teams reached the NAIA National Tournament semifinals in 2010. Lee lost only one match in 2010 in the semifinals to Columbia College, while UTB/TSC lost only twice, once to Lee and the second time to eventual national champion Fresno Pacific in the semifinals.

"We played really well in both matches," Scorpion head coach Todd Lowery said. "We did a good job on ball control, and improved on the things we wanted to work on. We're getting better every game and we need to keep that up. This weekend was an improvement over last weekend."

Scorpions 3, Bryan College 0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22)

UTB/TSC had leads of up to five points for most of the first set, and took a 22-17 lead into a Lee time out. The Flames came fighting back, and got within one point at 23-22 and 24-23. But the Scorpions nailed down the win with a kill by Danica Markovic. In the set, the Scorpions had a .175 attack percentage while Lee hit .189.

The Scorpions were down early, 6-3, but scored seven straight points behind Markovic's serving and took a 10-6 lead. UTB/TSC led the rest of the way. The Scorpions had a better attack percentage in the second set with a .326 mark compared to .209 for Lee. After two sets, Markovic leads the Scorpions with eight kills while Amber Brooks has 20 assists.

In the third set, the score was tied at 9 before the Scorpions went on a 6-1 run behind the serving of Brooks and Michelle Marques to take a 15-10 lead. UTB/TSC's lead the rest of the way was never less than two points.

UTB/TSC finished with an attack percentage of .241 compared to .194 for Lee.

Blocks were big for the Scorpions, who had 11 team blocks compared to two for the Flames. Ana Guerra had three solo and five assisted blocks, while Katharina Nobel and Vanja Joksic had three assisted blocks each, and Markovic had two.

Markovic led the attackers with nine kills, while Nobel had seven kills on 17 attacks without an error. Amber Brooks had 26 assists and Paula Barros led the back row with 13 digs.

Scorpions 3, Bryan College 0 (25-7, 25-10, 25-11)

UTB/TSC posted a .430 hitting percentage in its win over Bryan. As a team, the Scorpions had 49 kills on 100 swings with only six errors. Bryan posted a hitting percentage of negative .024. The match took 57 minutes.

Danica Markovic posted another double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs. She had 23 attacks and committed only one error for a .522 attack percentage, and also had three service aces. Ana Guerra had 12 kills on 17 swings with one error for a .647 attack percentage. She also had one solo block and three assisted blocks.

Setter Amber Brooks had 37 assists, and Paula Barros led the defense with 23 digs. She also had six service aces without an error.