Radford, Va. – Senior Erin Cooke totaled her sixth triple-double of the season with 12 kills, 44 assists, and 10 digs as the Presbyterian College volleyball team defeated Radford in five sets (25-22, 23-25,25-22,23-25,15-9) at the Dedmon Center. 5th year senior Allie Wright totaled 13 kills and a .619 hitting percentage in the victory.
FINAL SCORE: Presbyterian 3, Radford 2
LOCATION: Dedmon Center (Radford, Va.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (10-12, 5-7) | Radford (5-19, 3-8)
Coach Burgess' Thoughts
"I'm proud of our high level of execution today. We made a couple of lineup changes going into the 3rd set and the subs rose to the occasion. Erin Cooke did a great job running the offense. Allie Wright was error-free and Kasey Battle came off the bench and did really well. Samantha Stanko came in to the match at a critical point in the 5th set and handled it well. Very proud of the attitude and effort of the whole team today!"
Notables
- Cooke totaled her sixth triple-double of the season with 12 kills, 10 digs along with a season-high 44 assists in the victory. The 44 helpers also tied a career-high set during the 2019 season against Asheville which is the last time a PC player totaled 40+ assists in a contest.
- Allie Wright totaled a season-high 13 kills with a .619 hitting percentage. Wright also added five blocks and a pair of aces in the contest.
- Freshman Rylee Moorhead recorded her ninth double-double of the season with 15 kills and 12 digs. She added an ace as well to her stat line.
- Junior Paige Cairns had a season-high 11 kills and added a pair of blocks.
- Anna Hewitt led three players with 10+ digs as she totaled a team-high 13 along with Moorhead's 12 and Cooke's 10.
- PC matched a season-high as a team with 65 kills as four players totaled 10+ kills in the contest led by Moorhead's 15.
How it Happened
- The Highlanders and Blue Hose played a tight first set with three early ties before Radford pushed ahead 9-7 midway thru set one. PC remained within reach and pushed ahead behind a 10-5 spurt to give the Blue Hose a 17-14 advantage. Presbyterian kept a slim lead down the stretch before pulling ahead late and taking the set 25-22.
- The Blue Hose opened the second set red hot with a 6-1 run to force an early Highlanders timeout. PC pushed the lead out to 11-6 before an 8-3 run from Radford pushed the lead down to three, 14-11, and forced a Blue Hose timeout. Radford put together a 10-4 run out of the timeout to take a 21-18 lead in the set. PC got a lead late before three straight points from Radford gave them the set two win.
- The third set started fast for Radford with a quick 5-2 lead in the set before PC rattled off an 8-1 run to take a 10-6 lead. PC continued to hold the advantage with a five-point lead in the set at 18-13 forcing a Radford timeout. The Highlanders fought back to tie the third set at 20 before a 5-2 PC run gave them the set win.
- PC raced out to an early 4-1 lead before Radford battled back with an 8-5 run to even the set at nine. PC went on a 7-4 run to take a 16-13 lead in the set and maintained a tight lead as Radford got it back to one, 23-22. The Highlanders rattled off three straight points to force a fifth set.
- PC opened the fifth set with a 5-1 run before Radford cut it down to 7-4 midway thru the set. The Blue Hose pushed it to 10-5 with Cooke getting a kill and forced the Highlanders into three straight attack errors en route to a fifth set winner.
Up Next
- The Blue Hose return home next week for the final time during the 2021 regular season with a Friday night matchup against Gardner-Webb slated for 6 p.m. The home regular-season finale is set for next Saturday at 2 p.m. against Winthrop. Both matches will be shown on ESPN+.
