Andrea Barman collected 14 kills, while Rachel Hall added 13, to lead the Presbyterian College volleyball team to the 3-1 (17-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-19) win over High Point in action this afternoon in High Point, N.C.

The Blue Hose move up to 7-15 overall and 5-2 in the Big South, while High Point drops to 10-12, 4-3.  PC returns home next weekend to host Liberty Oct. 25 at 7 p.m., and then Radford Oct. 26 at 6 p.m.

Ashtin Frank recorded 35 assists to lead the Blue Hose, with Mary Trimpe coming away with 23 to pace the team defensively.  PC posted 42 kills and carried a .132 hitting percentage.

High Point was led by Kristin Heldt with 15 kills and Chelsea Davis with 14.  The Panthers had 47 kills and 29 errors for a .122 hitting percentage.  HPU held the 15.5-8.0 advantage in blocks with Savannah Angel carrying the load with six block assists.

The Blue Hose found themselves down by just four, 14-10, in the first set, but High Point scored the next seven of eight points to jump out to a 21-11 lead.  PC rallied to seven at 24-17, but it was too late as a kill be Davis ended the run as HPU took the 25-17 win.

With a total of eight ties in the second set, neither team could take more than a few point lead at any time.  Tied 24-24, Hall's kill game PC set point at 25-24, with Trimpe's ace sealing the 26-24 win.

PC opened up a 7-1 lead early in the third set until HPU rallied to cut the margin to three, 14-11.  That would be as close as the Panthers would get as the Blue Hose out-scored HPU 11-7 the rest of the set to take the 25-18 win.  Highlighting the set was the five kills from Hall and four from Barman.

Up by just one, 8-7 in the fourth set, PC opened up a 14-9 lead off multiple kills from Halle Tripp and a block by Kelly Berryman.  High Point cut the margin to three, 19-16, but PC held on and extended its lead back to five at 21-16.  Ahead 23-19, Berryman recorded a kill to set up match point, while HPU's attack error gave the Blue Hose the four set win.