ROCK HILL, SC – Liberty Flames blanked Winthrop 3-0 on Friday at the Winthrop Coliseum.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Winthrop 0, Liberty 3 (16-25, 22-25, 10-25)
Records: Winthrop 13-10 (4-5 BSC), Liberty 8-14 (5-4, BSC)
Location: Rock Hill, SC
 
EAGLES HIGHLIGHTS

• Sophomore Siani Yamaguchi led the Eagles with 25 assist and three kills on four total attacks
• Freshman Puaooleglagi Sao helped the Eagles with 16 digs

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1

• Both teams were neck and neck until Liberty went on a 5-1 run to make it 12-6
• The Flames kept attacking as Casey Goodwin had back-to-back kills and an error by sophomore Jace Kleffner forced Winthrop to call a timeout
• Liberty won the set 25-16 with a kill by Gabrielle Vess
• Winthrop had 10 errors in that set with only 13 kills while Liberty had 10 kills and two errors
• With the 13 kills, Pheobe Wu had six of them

Set 2

• The Flames started off hot with the lead of 18-13
• The Eagles fought back to tie it at 21-21 with Gunter having two kills in that period
• Liberty finished on a 4-1 run to win 25-22
• Winthrop had 15 kills with eight errors while Liberty had 16 kills with six errors

Set 3

• The Flames started on a 10-3 run
• Winthrop scored the next three points before Liberty went on a 8-0 run to make it 18-6
• The Flames finished on a 7-4 run to win 25-10
• Casey Goodwin for the Flames had 10 kills in the third set
• Winthrop only had three kills to Liberty's 16 kills
• The Eagles finished 31 kills, 26 errors with a .041 hitting percentage while Liberty had 42 kills, 11 errors with a .333 hitting percentage

 
UP NEXT
The Eagles will be back in action tomorrow Saturday Oct. 21 when they take on High Point beginning at 4 p.m.