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Volleyball Gets Back On Track, Blanks Presbyterian College

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ROCK HILL, SC – The Winthrop volleyball team took its ninth conference match of the season as the Eagles defeated Presbyterian College in straight sets (25-19, 25-22, 25-21) Wednesday night at the Winthrop Coliseum.

Winthrop improves to 12-15 on the season and 9-6 in the conference. The Blue Hose fall to 12-18 overall and 5-10 in the Big South.

The Eagles finished the match with 54 kills, 45 digs and an attacking percentage of .351. Senior outside hitter Kellie Sellers and junior middle hitter Becca Toor both finished the match with 12 kills and senior middle hitter Sara Felts ended with 10 kills. Freshman setter Stephanie Palmer played both the left and right side and led the Eagles with a .438 attacking percentage. Defensively, senior setter Kelsey Hall led the Eagles with 11 digs. Three Eagle players finished the night with 9 digs. Hall also dished out 46 assists.

“Kellie Sellers played well tonight,” head coach Sally Polhamus said. “She controlled the blocks and bounced back great when she had a couple plays not go her way.”

The Eagles never trailed in the first set when they took the lead at the 4-3 mark. Winthrop cruised to a victory in the opening set 25-19. The Eagles finished the set with 17 kills and a .414 attacking percentage. Five Winthrop players ended the set with attacking percentages at or over .400.

In the second set, the Blue Hose took an early advantage. The Eagles clawed their way back to tie the set at 13-13. Presbyterian College took another lead, going ahead 19-16. Winthrop then staged another comeback, only this time; it held the lead to take the set 25-22. The Eagles closed out the second set with 19 kills. Toor closed out the second set with 7 kills and an attacking percentage of .667.

The third set started well for the Blue Hose as they jumped out to another early lead. Winthrop fought its way back into the set, tying the score at 14-14. From that mark, the Eagles never trailed and took the set 25-21. Sellers finished the final set with 7 kills and an attacking percentage of .667. Winthrop, as a team, finished with 18 kills. 

“We're a piece or two away from where I think we need to be at,” Polhamus said. “But we battled back tonight and we're getting there.”

The Blue Hose was led offensively by Presley Mabrey with 13 kills. Defensively, Presbyterian was led by Ashely Dunlap as she finished with 16 digs.

“PC attacks from all over the court,” Polhamus said. “They're a balanced team, but we controlled them for the entire match.”

The Eagles will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 13 for Homecoming as they play host to Gardner Webb. That match is set for 1 p.m. The Blue Hose will close out their regular season in North Charleston as they take on Charleston Southern on Saturday, Nov. 13 for a 6 p.m. showdown.
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