CLINTON, S.C. -- The Winthrop University volleyball team routed Presbyterian, 3-0, on Friday at Templeton Center.
Paige Bennett had 20 kills, her fifth game on the year with 20-plus, adding on 11 digs.
KeAra Bowen added a new career-high 16 kills and a team-high four blocks.
Winthrop hit a season-high .394, with 50 kills. The Eagles committed no attack errors in a second set in which they hit .600. The Eagles registered under ten attack errors for the first time this season, with nine.
Bennett hit a season-high .533 as Bowen also notched a season-high, hitting .469, and
Reece Rhoads had ten kills on a season-high .400 hitting percentage.
TOP PERFORMERS
Kills - Bennett (20), Bowen (16), Rhoads (10) Â
Aces - Alyah Cadavid (2),
Addison Torain (2)
Blocks - Bowen (4),
Teagan Sychterz (3)
Assists - Thatcher (37), Torain (5), Bennett (2)
Digs - Torain (16), Bennett (11), Cadavid (8)
SET 1
- The Blue Hose built a 17-11 lead through the middle of the set.
- The Eagles answered with a nine-point run, starting with a Rhoads kill before Thatcher served eight straight points.
- Bowen had two kills and teamed with Teagan Sychterz on two blocks during the push as Winthrop moved in front 20-17.
- Presbyterian came back to tie the set at 21-21, but Bennett had three kills over the Eagles' final four points, including the last one, as Winthrop took the set 25-22.
SET 2
- Alyah Cadavid opened the set with a service ace, and the Eagles played through early ties before consecutive Bowen kills pushed the lead to 9-5.
- Bennett, Rhoads and Torain helped widen the gap in the middle of the set, with Torain's ace taking Winthrop to 17-10.
- After an Eagles service error made it 19-12, Winthrop scored the final six points; Cadavid served the last five, Bennett had three kills in the closing stretch and Cadavid finished the 25-12 set with an ace.
SET 3
- After the Blue Hose moved ahead 8-7, Bowen and Bennett delivered kills to put the Eagles in front, and Bennett added another kill during a push to 12-9.
- Presbyterian cut the margin to 12-11, but Winthrop kept separation with kills from Bennett, Rhoads and Bowen, reaching 20-15 on Bowen's kill.
- Cadavid served the final five points, a stretch that included a Sychterz-Bowen block, two Bennett kills and two Blue Hose attack errors, as the Eagles closed the set 25-15.
NEXT UP
Up next, the Eagles travel to Charleston, S.C., to face Charleston Southern on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m.
