ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Presbyterian College volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to Winthrop Saturday afternoon 3-0. Match scores were 19-25, 18-25, 23-15.

The Blue Hose fall to 10-19 on the season and 5-9 in Big South Conference play. The Eagles now stand at 18-9 overall and 10-4 against conference competition.

Leading the way for head coach Chris Belshe's team was rookie Presley Mabrey, who tallied a team-best 12 kills and hit .273. Amanda Kettles and Lisa Shelley each accounted for seven kills while Allison Brown chipped in six.

Kilee Ruppe dished out 33 assists and added six digs.

Elizabeth Heineman led the defensive effort with a team-best 14 digs. Ruppe and Ashley Dunlap each had five digs.

Amanda Kettles continued her stellar play at the net, stuffing four shots, three of which were assisted. Mabrey also added three block assists in the contest.

Each of the sets was extremely close. PC held an 11-9 advantage in the first set when Mabrey slammed home a ball from Ruppe. However, the Eagles slowly crept back into the match, reeling off eight of nine points to take a 20-14 advantage they would not relinquish. PC dropped the set 25-19.

The teams played even through the first 20 points of the second set, with neither team taking more than a two-point advantage.

The Blue Hose held a 7-5 lead on Brown's kill. Once again, though, Winthrop would not be denied. Trailing by one, 13-12, PC was unable to get the momentum on its side as the Eagles went on a 5-1 spurt to take an 18-13 margin.

PC closed the gap to three at 18-15 on an attack error, but could get no closer as a kill by Winthrop and an attack error by Belshe's team gave the home squad too large of a lead.

The Blue Hose jumped out to an 11-7 lead when Mabrey and Kettles stuffed a Winthrop player at the net only to see the Eagles embark on a 4-0 run to knot the score.

From that point on, the teams traded points until a bad set gave PC a 20-19 lead. An attack error by PC evened the set and then another attack error gave Winthrop a lead.

The lead would not last as Kettles evened the score at 21-21. It proved not to be PC's day, though, as Winthrop forged ahead to make the score 24-22. Brown pulled the team within one, but a kill by Kellie Sellers ended the match at 25-23.

The Blue Hose return home Tuesday evening in a 7 p.m., contest against Gardner-Webb.