STAUNTON, VA. — Greensboro College volleyball (19-4, 9-3 USA South) defeated Mary Baldwin (1-19, 0-9 USA South) 3-0 on Sunday. Greensboro recorded 12 service aces, exceeding its season average of 10.23, and held Mary Baldwin to a -.020 hitting percentage while taking the sets 25-11, 25-21, 25-20.
Greensboro Top Performers
Morgan Mayfield
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- 8 service aces, a season high
- 15 digs
- Moved into 8th all-time in career service aces in program history
Abigail Leo
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- 5 total blocks, including 4 solo
- 7 digs
- 3 kills
Kayla Yonker
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- 6 kills on .455 hitting, her season-high hitting percentage
- 2 digs
Larkin Baxley
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- 10 assists
- 7 digs
- 2 kills on .400 hitting
Emory Johnson
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- 10 assists
- 2 service aces
- 4 digs
Greensboro finished with a clear service advantage, recording 12 aces with six service errors while Mary Baldwin had five aces and 10 service errors. The Pride also hit .102 with 28 kills, compared with a -.020 hitting percentage and 20 kills for Mary Baldwin, and used extended scoring runs in the first and third sets to reinforce those full-match edges. Greensboro totaled seven blocks, surpassing its season average of 6.64.
Greensboro created separation in the first set with an eight-point run that moved its lead from 16-10 to 24-10.
Morgan Mayfield served the final seven points of that stretch and had three aces, while
Sydney Beck had two kills and
Abigail Leo added a block during the run. Mary Baldwin took the next point, but a service error gave Greensboro the set, 25-11.
Greensboro's key push in the second set came after Mary Baldwin led 8-7, as a service error, an
Emory Johnson ace and two Mary Baldwin attack errors moved Greensboro ahead 11-8 before
Kayla Yonker made it 12-9. Greensboro kept adding points behind kills from Beck,
Enjoli Allen and Yonker, plus blocks involving Allen,
Kinlin Hulin and Leo, to build a 24-17 advantage. Mary Baldwin scored the next four points, but
Payton Wright finished
Larkin Baxley's assist for a 25-21 Greensboro set win.
Greensboro erased a 9-7 deficit with six straight points, including five consecutive service points by Mayfield that moved the set to 13-9. Mary Baldwin later tied it at 15-15, but Greensboro answered with points from
Dilynn Norris, Leo and Yonker during the closing stretch.
Larkin Baxley finished the set with a kill from Allen as Greensboro took the third set, 25-20.
Up Next:
Greensboro hosts Southern Virginia University on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m. at Hanes Gymnasium.
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