ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Coming off a difficult road loss to USC Upstate Friday evening, Winthrop bounced back in a big way with a four-set victory over UNC Asheville
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Winthrop (10-6, 5-1 Big South) | UNC Asheville (4-11, 2-4 Big South)
Oct. 9, 2021 | Kimmel Arena
Winthrop 3, UNC Asheville 1 (25-16, 25-14, 14-25, 25-14)
How it Happened
Set 1 | Winthrop took an early 2-0 lead, but the Bulldogs battled back to take a 5-4 lead. The teams see-sawed back and forth before the Eagles took a 15-12 lead and cruised to a 25-16 victory. Kills by
Jana Owens,
Morgan Bossler, and Brookelyn Thomas finished out the stanza.
Set 2 | The second set saw both teams battle hard early on before the Eagles took a 5-3 lead and never relinquished it the rest of the way. Leading 10-8, Winthrop went on a 5-0 run to take a 15-8 lead and extended it to 20-10 a short time later. The Eagles went on to win the set 25-14.
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Set 3 | Asheville took an early 5-2 lead in the third set and rarely looked back. The Bulldogs stretched the lead out to 11-4, but Winthrop closed to within 14-11 to make things interesting. However, Asheville won 11 of the last 14 points to easily take the set by a 25-14 score.
Set 4 | Once again, the teams see-sawed back and forth before the Eagles took a 10-6 lead. Asheville kept the lead within four at 14-10, but Winthrop took a 18-10 lead and dominated the rest of the way for a 25-14 victory.
Statistical Standouts
Up Next
Winthrop continues its conference slate at Campbell on Tuesday, Oct. 12.Â
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