STAUNTON, VA — Greensboro College volleyball (18-4, 8-3 USA South) defeated Meredith College (17-5, 8-4 USA South) 3-1 on Sunday, winning 28-26, 25-15, 15-25, 25-22. In the fourth set, Greensboro turned a 15-14 deficit into a 19-16 lead before closing out the match.
Greensboro Top Performers
Enjoli Allen
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- Season-high 10 kills with no errors on 13 attempts
- .769 hitting percentage
- 1 solo block
- 11 points
Morgan Mayfield
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- 4 service aces
- 14 digs
- 8 assists
Larkin Baxley
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- 9 kills
- 15 assists
- 11 digs
Emory Johnson
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- 18 assists
- 13 digs
Abigail Leo
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- 5 total blocks, including 3 solo
- 7 digs
- 7 points
- 5 or more total blocks in 2 consecutive matches
Greensboro and Meredith finished even in kills and attack errors, with Greensboro holding a narrow hitting-percentage edge at .135 to .131. Greensboro's serving line provided a cleaner contrast, as it matched Meredith with five aces while committing three service errors to Meredith's seven, with
Morgan Mayfield recording four aces. The match also included Greensboro swings in multiple sets, including a 6-0 run in the second and a seven-of-eight rally stretch in the fourth.
Greensboro's ability to recover late was the key to a 28-26 first-set win over Meredith. Earlier, Mayfield served Greensboro through four straight points from 14-13 to 18-13, with
Dilynn Norris supplying two kills before Greensboro reached 21-14. Meredith later moved ahead 25-24 and 26-25, but
Payton Shiflet and
Larkin Baxley answered with kills, Norris followed with a kill for 27-26, and a Meredith attack error finished the set. Norris has achieved 11 or more kills in back-to-back matches.
Greensboro turned a 3-2 deficit into an 8-3 lead in the second set, using a six-point stretch to separate early.
Madison Bozarth served five straight points in that run, adding an ace, while
Payton Wright put down consecutive kills and
Skylar Rokov finished the surge with a kill. Mayfield later served Greensboro from 16-8 to 20-8 with two aces, and
Enjoli Allen closed the set with a kill for a 25-15 finish.
Greensboro could not overcome an early 6-1 deficit in the third set, despite cutting Meredith's lead to 7-5 on kills by
Abigail Leo, Norris and Baxley around a Meredith error. Greensboro later closed to 16-13 on a Meredith attack error, but Meredith moved from 19-14 to 24-14 with five straight points. Meredith took the set 25-15.
Greensboro answered Meredith's 15-14 edge by winning seven of the next eight rallies, moving ahead 21-16 with a Rokov kill followed by two blocks involving Leo. Earlier, Greensboro had climbed out of a 12-9 deficit and took a 14-13 lead after a Baxley kill and a Meredith attack error. Shiflet delivered Greensboro's final two kills to close the fourth set, 25-22.
Up Next:
Greensboro visits Mary Baldwin University on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, at 4 p.m. in Staunton, Virginia.
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