CLINTON, S.C. – Winthrop volleyball lost to Presbyterian in the regular-season finale by a final score of 3-1 (27-29, 25-20, 22-25, 19-25) Saturday afternoon at the Ross E. Templeton Center.
Winthrop (16-11, 12-4 Big South) | Presbyterian (9-19, 5-11 Big South)
Nov. 12, 2022 | Ross E. Templeton Center
Winthrop 1, Charleston Southern 3 (27-29, 25-20, 22-25, 19-25)
How it Happened
Set 1 | Winthrop started the match up 7-3, with a kill each by
Avery Jolley,
Alayna Jansky and
Karli Shepherd leading the way. PC then went on a 10-3 to take a 13-10 lead. The Eagles responded with four of the next five points to tie the set at 14 via three Jansky kills. The Blue Hose exploded again with a 10-6 run to take a 24-20 lead and put the Eagles on the brink of going down 1-0 in the match. The Eagles refused to go away, rallying with five straight points to take a 25-24 lead. The run was capped by a kill from Shepherd. PC then got two straight to put themselves within one point of winning the set. But
Riley Oglevie tied it up on a kill on the next play. PC took the lead again only to have
Sydney Nolan tie it up at 27. PC finally got two points to clinch a thrilling first set, 29-27.
Set 2 | The second set started at 4-4 but PC scored three straight for a 7-4 lead. Winthrop then responded with six straight points to take a 10-7 lead, capped off by a Nolan kill. PC had four errors during the run. The Blue Hose cut it to one at 10-9 only to see the Eagles get three quick points for a 13-9 lead. PC continued to fight, eventually taking a 20-19 lead. Undaunted, the Eagles closed the second set with a 6-0 run to tie the match at one apiece.
Isabella Murray had two kills during the clinching run and was capped off by an error against PC.
Set 3 | The Eagles started out the third set with a 6-2 lead, with Oglevie getting two kills. PC scored six of the next seven points to take an 8-7 lead but Winthrop scored three straight of their own for a 10-8 lead. A 4-0 run by PC gave the hosts a 12-10 lead only to see Winthrop score three of the next four points to knot it at 13. The Blue Hose scored six of the next nine points to take a 19-16 lead but Winthrop battled back to lead 21-20 on a Jansky kill. PC took a 22-21 lead but Oglevie tacked on a kill to make it 22-22. The home team then would score three straight to end the set and take a 2-1 lead in the match.
Set 4 | Winthrop fell behind early in the fourth set at 8-5, with Jansky registering three kills. The Eagles took an 11-9 lead by scoring six of the next seven points via four PC errors. For the next several points, neither team could take more than a one point edge. Winthrop tied it for the last time at 15-15 on a kill by Shepherd. A 10-4 run ended the set at 25-19 and the match 3-1 for PC, enabling their seniors to go home happy in the final home contest of their careers.
Statistical Leaders
Alayna Jansky (15 kills, 18 digs, 1 ace)
Riley Oglevie (9 kills, 4 blocks)
Madison Gorniak (3 aces, 2 assists, 13 digs)
Notables
- Winthrop has won ten of the last twelve matches
- Winthrop finishes the regular season at 3rd in the league behind Campbell and High Point
- The Eagles have played 1,774 matches all-time as the program holds a mark of 1,058-715
- Jansky had her 22nd match with 10 or more kills on the season
- Thomas has 24 service aces on the year, a career-high for a single-season
- The Eagles nine-game win streak against Presbyterian is snapped. The Eagles still lead the all-time series 32-10
UP NEXT
The Eagles are back in action next Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Millis Athletic Center on the campus of High Point University in High Point, N.C. as they take on the Campbell Camels for the third time this season in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament.
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