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Winthrop takes on Wyoming in non-conference womenâ??s volleyball action at the Winthrop Coliseum on Saturday, September 10, 2022 in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Radford RADFORD 5-9, 1-1 Big South
3
Winner WINTHROP WINTHROP 6-7, 2-0 Big South
Radford RADFORD
5-9, 1-1 Big South
0
Final
3
WINTHROP WINTHROP
6-7, 2-0 Big South
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Radford RADFORD 17 6 10 (0)
WINTHROP WINTHROP 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball 2-0 In Big South After Cruising Past Radford

Rock Hill, S.C. –Winthrop cruised to a 3-0 win over Radford Saturday afternoon to improve to 2-0 in the Big South.
 
Winthrop (6-7, 2-0 Big South) | Radford (5-9, 1-1 Big South)
Sept. 24, 2022 | Winthrop Coliseum
Winthrop 3, Radford 0 (25-17, 25-6, 25-10)
 
How it Happened
Set 1 | It was back-and-forth for most of the set until the Eagles pulled away late. Alayna Jansky started off the scoring with a kill, but Radford scored the next two to take the lead. The set was tied 6-6 when Radford went on a 4-1 run to take a 10-7 lead. The Eagles bounced back with a 4-0 run to regain the lead 11-10. The set was tied for the 10th and final time at 14-14 when the Eagles opened up a 19-14 lead. The run was capped off with a service ace from Avery Jolley. The Eagles went on to take the set 25-17. Brookelynn Thomas led with six kills while Jansky had four.
 
Set 2 | The Eagles dominated the set with a hitting percentage of .407, four service aces and six blocks. The set was tight in the early going and tied at 2-2. Then the Eagles went on a 5-0 run behind a couple of kills from Thomas. Then Winthrop used another 5-0 run to open up an 11-3 lead. Karli Shepherd led the way with two kills in the run and Thomas had an ace. The lead grew to double-digits at 15-5 after a kill by Jolley. The Eagles ended the set scoring nine of the final 10 points to claim the set 25-6. Jolley led the Eagles with four kills while Shepherd and Jansky had three kills.
 
Set 3 | Eagles opened the third set with a 3-1 run. It was a 5-4 lead when the Eagles scored 10 straight to open up a double-digit lead. It started with three straight attacking errors by Radford and then an ace from Isabella Murray. Murray had two more aces during the 10-0 run. Winthrop went on to finish off the match with a 25-10 win in the set, capped off by a Jansky kill on match point. Eagles had six aces in the set as Murray had three, Jansky two and Madison Gorniak had one.
Statistical Leaders
  • Alayna Jansky (10 kills, .400 hitting percentage, 2 service aces, 6 digs, 2 block assists)
  • Brookelynn Thomas (9 kills, .350 hitting percentage, service ace, dig, four block assists) 
Notables
  • Eagles hit double-digits in service aces (10) for the second time this season and second time in three matches
  • The three service aces by Murray were a career-best and her fourth match of the year with multiple aces
  • Jansky pushed her streak of 10 or more kills in a match to nine straight
UP NEXT
Winthrop is on the road for its next two contests as it will travel to High Point on Friday, Sept. 30 for a 6 p.m. matchup. Then on Saturday, Oct. 1 the Eagles will head to Buies Creek, N.C. for a 2 p.m. contest with Campbell.
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