CLINTON, S.C. –  The Presbyterian College volleyball team was unable to take down the preseason Big South favorite High Point on Saturday afternoon 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-17) inside the Templeton Center. Freshman Rylee Moorhead led the way with 14 kills and nine digs in Saturday's contest. 
 
FINAL SCORE: High Point 3, Presbyterian 0  
LOCATION: Templeton Center (Clinton, S.C.) 
RECORDS: Presbyterian (8-10, 3-5) | High Point (16-5, 8-0) 
 
Coach Burgess' Thoughts
"We played well against the top team in our conference this afternoon. Our attitude and effort was great today and we did a lot of good things on the court. Our serve and receive game struggled a bit at key moments and that was our downfall. We are ready to build on what we did well and get prepared for another home match against USC Upstate on Tuesday night. "
 
Notables
 - Moorhead led the Blue Hose with 14 kills on Saturday afternoon as the freshman added nine digs and a pair of aces in defeat.
- Cydni Miller added nine kills. 
- Erin Cooke recorded a double-double with 17 assists and 10 digs while adding seven kills. It's the senior's 13th double-double of the 2021 season. 
- Jordan McAda added six kills with a .417 hitting percentage as both were season-highs for the sophomore. 
- Sierra Jones added 11 assists, while Anna Hewitt totaled 11 digs for the Blue Hose defensive attack.
- Cooke and McAda added three blocks apiece to pace the PC defense.
- PC totaled a .350 hitting percentage with 18 kills in the opening set. 
 
How it Happened 
 - High Point raced out to an early 9-2 lead in the opening set on Saturday before the Blue Hose answered with a run of their own to cut it to four, 14-10. The Panthers pushed the lead back to seven, 18-11 forcing a PC timeout. PC responded out of the timeout with a 6-2 run to cut it to 20-18 HPU. PC and HPU tied it at 23 before High Point closed and won the opening set by the count of 25-23.
- The guests opened the second set with an early 6-3 spurt and after the Blue Hose rattled off a pair of points from Moorhead the Panthers pushed the advantage back to eight, 15-7. Presbyterian cut the HPU lead to two, 17-15 with an 8-2 run. The Blue Hose cut it to one on multiple occasions but couldn't get past the Panthers as HPU took set two by the count of 25-22. 
- High Point opened the third set with an early 7-2 edge but PC fought back to cut it down to a three-point set three at 9-6. The third set stayed within three for much of the third set before a 5-2 burst pushed it to 18-12 and forced a Presbyterian timeout. The Blue Hose cut it to 20-17 before a 5-0 spurt from the Panthers closed the set to 25-17 and took the match in three sets.
 
Up Next
 - PC returns to the courts on Tuesday at 6 p.m. against USC Upstate from the Templeton Center. The match with the Spartans will be broadcast on ESPN+.