Greensboro College Pride

BUENA VISTA, VA. — Greensboro College volleyball defeated Southern Va. 3-2 on Wednesday at Knight Arena. Greensboro hit .444 with nine kills and one error in the fifth set to finish a 22-25, 25-12, 22-25, 25-20, 15-12 win.

After Southern Va. built a 9-2 lead, Greensboro put together six straight points to get back within 9-8, with Madison Bozarth serving three aces and Dilynn Norris involved in two blocks during the run. Southern Va. moved back ahead 12-8, but Greensboro worked back through kills from Sydney Beck and Abigail Leo, an Emory Johnson ace and Southern Va. errors to tie the set at 13-13. Grace Young's ace put Greensboro in front 16-15, and the teams traded points through late ties at 17-17, 18-18, 20-20 and 22-22. Southern Va. finished the set with three straight kills, including the last two by Macie Weatherly, to take the opener 25-22.

Greensboro opened the second set with a Payton Shiflet kill from Johnson, a Southern Va. attack error and a Young ace for a 3-0 lead, then stayed in front as Southern Va. cut the margin to 8-7. Greensboro answered with six straight points, using four Southern Va. attack errors, a Shiflet kill from Johnson and another Young ace to build a 14-7 advantage. After Southern Va. got back-to-back points to make it 18-11, Greensboro closed by winning seven of the final eight rallies, with kills from Norris, Skylar Rokov and Payton Wright and a Charlotte Michaels ace helping finish a 25-12 set win.

The third set stayed level through 10-10, with Greensboro trading points on kills by Larkin Baxley, Leo, Norris, Rokov and Shiflet before Southern Va. scored seven straight to move ahead 17-10. A Southern Va. service error stopped the run, and Bozarth then served six straight Greensboro points as Beck put down two kills, Leo and Rokov added kills, and a Southern Va. attack error tied the set at 17-17. Southern Va. answered with three points for a 20-17 lead, but Greensboro worked back to 22-22 on kills by Rokov, Leo, Baxley and Shiflet. Southern Va. took the final three points on a Macie Weatherly kill, an Adah Elam ace and a block by Summer Hahn to close the set 25-22.

Greensboro scored the first three points of the fourth set on kills by Baxley and Shiflet around a Southern Va. setting error, but Southern Va. worked back to ties at 5-5 and 6-6. Greensboro rebuilt the margin to 11-7 with help from a Beck kill, a Michaels service ace and Southern Va. attack errors, then held a 15-11 lead before Southern Va. pulled even at 16-16. Rokov's kill gave Greensboro a 17-16 lead, and Johnson served through five straight points as Baxley had two kills and Beck and Leo added one apiece to push the score to 22-16. Southern Va. answered with four straight points to get within 22-20, but Greensboro closed the set with a Southern Va. attack error, a Young service ace and Leo's kill from Johnson for a 25-20 win.

After Southern Va. scored the first point of the fifth set, Greensboro answered with kills from Leo, Shiflet and Baxley around a block by Shiflet and Norris to move in front 4-1. Southern Va. stayed within range, but Beck, Leo and Baxley put down consecutive kills to push Greensboro ahead 10-6, and a Southern Va. service error plus a block by Leo and Baxley made it 12-7. Southern Va. scored the next four points to cut the margin to 12-11 before Shiflet stopped the run with a kill from Johnson. After Southern Va. got back within 13-12, Shiflet delivered another Johnson-assisted kill for set point, and Greensboro closed the set 15-12 on a Southern Va. attack error.

Greensboro Top Performers

Payton Shiflet
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- Team-high 13 kills
- 13.5 points
- 1 block
- Achieved a total of 103 kills this season, surpassing the 100-kill mark.

Abigail Leo
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- 12 kills with 1 error on 27 attempts
- .407 hitting percentage
- 3 blocks
- 13.5 points

Morgan Mayfield
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- Team-high 22 digs
- 4 assists
- Recorded at least 22 digs in three consecutive games.

Emory Johnson
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- Team-high 25 assists
- 13 digs
- 1 service ace
- Recorded a season-high total of 13 digs.

Dilynn Norris
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- Team-high 5 blocks, including 1 solo
- 5 kills
- .250 hitting percentage

Madison Bozarth
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- Achieved a season-high of 17 digs.

Greensboro and Southern Va. each finished with 54 kills and 87 digs, but Greensboro hit .175 to Southern Va.'s .120 while committing 24 attack errors compared with 32 for the home side. Greensboro also posted 11 service aces against six service errors, while Southern Va. had 10 aces and 10 service errors, even as Southern Va. held a 12-8 edge in total blocks. Leo's 12 kills on a .407 hitting percentage supported Greensboro's attacking efficiency. Greensboro achieved 11 service aces in the game, above their season average of 10.42. The team also totaled eight blocks in the game, exceeding their season average of 6.25. Additionally, they have achieved at least eight blocks in two consecutive games.

Up Next:
Greensboro hosts Methodist University at Hanes Gymnasium in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Saturday, Sept. 26, at noon followed by a match against Sweet Briar at 4pm.

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