CLINTON, S.C. - The Presbyterian College volleyball squad knocked off High Point 3-2 (26-24, 23-25, 34-32, 16-25, 15-10) in a crucial Big South Conference contest Saturday afternoon behind an all-around solid effort by the team.

With the win, the Blue Hose improves to 7-11 on the season and 2-2 in Big South Conference play. The Panthers fall to 9-10 on the year and 0-4 against conference competition.

Leading the way for Belshe's team was Lisa Shelley. Shelley amassed a double-double with a match-high 26 kills to go along with 16 digs. Junior Amanda Kettles notched 16 kills and rookie Presley Mabrey added 15 kills.

Junior Kilee Ruppe dished out a match-high 59 assists while adding 13 digs for a double-double. Defensively, Elizabeth Heineman recorded a match-best 22 digs. Ashley Dunlap came off the bench to tally 15 digs and two aces.

Kettles stuffed six shots, including one solo. Mabrey and Shelley also had one solo block each.

In the fifth set, PC started out by gaining the first two points behind a kill from Mabrey and a block by Mabrey and Kettles. After HPU had a point, the Blue Hose ran off five straight points for an insurmountable lead. During the run, Shelley had a kill while Mabrey posted back-to-back aces. Shelley and Kettles then added back-to-back kills for the 7-1 lead.

After a bad set gave PC its 14^th point of the set, the visitors ran off three straight points to close the gap to 14-10. However, after a wild play, Heineman dug the ball and Ruppe tapped it over the net. The Panthers could not play the ball, ending the match with the PC victory.

The Blue Hose jumped on top by winning the first set 26-24. PC jumped on top 3-0 but found itself in a tough battle as the teams played to a 20-20 tie after the first 40 points. PC edged ahead, 24-22 on an attack error. That led to the Panthers tying the set at 24 apiece. Allison Brown slammed home a kill and an attack error by the visitors secured the first set for the Blue Hose.

After dropping a tough second set 25-23, PC came out of the intermission very determined. The Panthers went ahead early in the set 11-7, but head coach Chris Belshe's team came back to knot the score at 23 apiece.

The Blue Hose misfired on their next attempt but evened the score on a service error. PC then went up one, but could not finish the set at that point. The teams battled back-and-forth until the Panthers took a 32-31 lead on an attack error by PC. A service error by HPU gave the ball back to the Blue Hose. From there, Shelley powered home a kill before Kettles' ace ended the set.

The Blue Hose return to action Tuesday when they host UNC Asheville in a 7 p.m., contest.