FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Greensboro College volleyball (21-4, 11-3 USA South) defeated Methodist (11-11, 7-6 USA South) 3-1 on Saturday. In the fourth set, Greensboro went on an 8-0 run after trailing by one and won the set 25-19.
Greensboro Top Performers
Morgan Mayfield
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- Team-high 20 digs
- 5 assists
- 1 service ace
Larkin Baxley
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- 10 kills on .292 hitting
- 16 assists
- 5 digs
Payton Shiflet
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- Team-high 11 kills
- 11.5 points
- 1 block
Emory Johnson
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- Team-high 18 assists
- 8 digs
- 1 service ace
Dilynn Norris
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- 10 kills
- 2 blocks, including 1 solo
- 11.5 points
Greensboro erased a one-point deficit in the fourth set with an 8-0 run, moving from 16-15 down to a 23-16 lead. Across the match, Greensboro finished with 48 kills to Methodist's 40 and 67 digs to 57, while hitting .151 compared with Methodist's .132. Methodist had one more service ace, but Greensboro committed one service error while Methodist had 13.
Greensboro opened the first set with five straight points, getting two kills from
Enjoli Allen and two from
Payton Shiflet to take early control. Later,
Madison Bozarth served Greensboro from 19-11 to 23-11, with
Skylar Rokov and
Dilynn Norris adding kills during the stretch and Bozarth recording an ace. Greensboro won the set 25-13.
Greensboro used
Grace Young's serve to take the first five points of the second set, with
Larkin Baxley recording two kills and Young adding an ace. Methodist closed the gap to 6-5 with three straight service aces, but Greensboro kept creating separation with kills from Baxley,
Abigail Leo and Norris. After Methodist scored four straight late,
Emory Johnson ended the set with a kill to give Greensboro a 25-19 win.
Greensboro stayed even through the early part of the third set, with Baxley putting down three kills as the set reached 9-9. Methodist then scored seven straight points to move in front 16-9, and Greensboro could not fully recover. Shiflet added two later kills, but Methodist closed out the set 25-17.
Greensboro turned a 16-15 deficit into a 23-16 lead with eight straight points in the fourth set.
Skylar Rokov's kill brought the set level, and Johnson followed with seven straight service points, including an ace, while Norris and Baxley added kills during the run. Greensboro finished the set 25-19 on
Morgan Mayfield's kill.
Up Next:
Greensboro travels to Misenheimer, N.C., to face Pfeiffer University on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m.
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