FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Greensboro College volleyball team swept a USA South Athletic Conference quad-match at Methodist University Saturday.
The Pride defeated the Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan, 3-1, to start the day before topping the host Monarchs, 3-0.
After the Bishops opened a 11-8 lead in Set 1, Greensboro came back to tie the set at 13 before going on to win the set, 26-24, to take a 1-0 lead.
Greensboro then took the second set of the match by an identical score to push their advantage to 2-0, but N.C. Wesleyan sent the match into a fourth set with a 25-21 win in Set 3.
The Pride raced out to an 11-8 lead in the fourth set, following a 6-0 spurt.
Emily Horn,
Jordan Ware and
Shayla Moss each had a kill during the run, while the Bishops committed three errors.
Following the Greensboro run, the Bishops were able to battle back to tie the set at 15, but Greensboro was once again able to pull away to win the set, 25-22, to secure the victory.
Horn finished with 17 kills, while
Danyale Berry and Moss combined for 23 kills.
Katie Clark and
Briley Hale-Jarrell combined for 49 assists in the victory and
Tori Belcher had a match-high 30 digs.
After their victory against the Bishops, Greensboro raced out to a 4-0 lead in Set 1 against the host Monarchs.
However, Methodist came back to take a 11-8 lead before Greensboro used a 5-1 run to regain the lead at 13-12 before going on to win the set 25-23.
Following the Set 1 victory, Greensboro went on to win the next two sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-22 to secure the straight-set victory.
Horn once again led the Pride in kills with 17 and Berry finished the match with nine kills.
Evan Sherer and Berry also had four blocks each to lead the Pride, while Clark had 26 assists.
"Today was a great day for the Pride volleyball team," Head Coach
Kathy Bullock said. "The girls played amazing and were clicking on all cylinders.
"I am very proud of the girls."
The Pride volleyball team will return to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday when they travel to Danville, Va. to square off with the Cougars of Averett University. For more information on Greensboro College volleyball, continue to follow www.greensborocollegesports.com.
