ROCK HILL, SC – The Winthrop Volleyball team fell to Radford 3-1 to start off conference play on Tuesday at the Winthrop Coliseum.  
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Winthrop 1, Radford 3 (23-25, 25-22, 19-25, 23-25)
Records: Winthrop 8-6 (0-1 BSC), Radford 11-1 (1-0, BSC)
Location: Rock Hill, SC
 
EAGLES HIGHLIGHTS

• Sophomore Sydney Gunter led the Eagles with 17 kills with a .448 hitting percentage
• Sophomore Jace Kleffner also helped the Eagles with 17 kills

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1

• Winthrop started the set off on a 7-3 run
• Radford worked its way back to tie it 11-11
• Both teams kept it neck to neck until Radford won back-to-back points to take the set 25-23

 
Set 2

• The Eagles took an early 12-9 lead
• The Highlanders worked back to tie it 18-18 until Winthrop made a 5-0 run to take the lead 23-19
• Radford tried to fight back but were unable to as Winthrop won the set 25-22

 
Set 3

• Radford kept the lead away from Winthrop the whole match.
• The Highlanders finished the set with a 8-4 run to win 25-19

 
Set 4

• Both teams fought back-and-forth until Radford started taking the lead at 19-16
• Winthrop fought back to tie it at 21-21
• Radford finished the set on a 4-2 run to win 25-23

 
UP NEXT
The Eagles will be home this Saturday September 23 where they will play Campbell at 4:00 p.m.