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Presbyterian takes on Furman in non-conference womenâ??s volleyball action at the Holmes Convocation Center on Friday, September 09, 2022 in Boone, North Carolina.
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Winner Presbyterian Presb 7-15,3-7 Big South
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USC Upstate USCU 6-17,3-7 Big South
Winner
Presbyterian Presb
7-15,3-7 Big South
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Final
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USC Upstate USCU
6-17,3-7 Big South
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Presbyterian Presb 19 25 25 27 (3)
USC Upstate USCU 25 19 21 25 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | PC Athletic Communications

Hewitt's 1,000th Dig & Multiple Career-High's Propel Blue Hose Past Spartans in Four Sets

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Presbyterian College volleyball team led by a career-high 19 kills from sophomore Rylee Moorhead got back in the win column on Saturday with a 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-21, 27-25) victory over host USC Upstate from the G.B. Hodge Center. In the match, junior Anna Hewitt became the sixth Blue Hose in the DI era to eclipse 1,000 digs as the junior led the team with 28 digs in the victory.
 
FINAL SCORE: Presbyterian 3, USC Upstate 1
LOCATION: G.B. Hodge Center (Spartanburg, S.C.)  
RECORDS: Presbyterian (7-15, 3-7) | USC Upstate (6-17, 3-7)  
 
Coach Burgess' Thoughts
"It was a gritty performance on the road today! After dropping the first set, we were able to focus on executing our first contact better. I'm very proud of how the team battled back to take the 4th set and the win after being down in end game. I know we had players hit some individual career highs, but really proud of the team effort today!"
 
How it Happened
-  The Blue Hose opened the match quickly with an early 6-3 lead that saw the guests led by a pair of kills from Moorhead. The Spartans responded with a 6-3 burst of their own to even the set at nine in the early going. After a pair of PC points, the hosts answered with an 11-2 burst to take a 20-13 advantage late in the opening set. The Blue Hose cut the deficit to five but the hosts held on down the stretch to take a 25-19 set one win.
- PC jumped on the Spartans in set two with a 9-4 start to the set highlighted by three kills and an ace from Moorhead. USC Upstate quickly scored four of the next six points to cut the PC advantage to 11-8. After a quick 3-1 Blue Hose burst, Upstate went on a 6-3 run to cut the PC advantage to 17-15. PC responded quick with an 8-4 run down the stretch to flip the script on the Spartans with a 25-19 set two victory.
- In set three, the Blue Hose jumped on the Spartans with a 5-2 burst in the early going to get the early lead in the set. The Spartans cut it to one on a pair of occasions with the last happening at 8-7 before a 7-1 run by PC pushed the lead out to 15-8 halfway thru set three.  The Spartans were able to cut it to five, 19-14 before a 6-1 burst from the hosts evened it at 20. The Blue Hose closed the set on a 5-1 run to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
- The two teams traded points in the early going before a 4-0 spurt from the hosts gave them a 9-6 lead in the fourth set. PC responded in a big way with an 8-2 run of its own to take a 14-11 lead in the set. USC Upstate answered quickly with an 8-3 run of its own to take a 19-17 lead late in the fourth set. The Spartans pushed it to 22-19 before three in a row from the Blue Hose made it 22 all. The Spartans took a 25-24 lead before three straight kills gave the Blue Hose the set and the match on Saturday afternoon.
 
Notables
 - Moorhead led the Blue Hose attack on Saturday with a career-high 19 kills as she added seven digs and a pair of blocks to her stat line.
- The Blue Hose sophomore has totaled 111 digs in 10 conference matches to lead the team. She's eclipsed 10 or more kills in seven of those 10 league matches.
- Junior Hailey Grocholski rewrote her career-highs on Saturday with 14 kills, eight blocks and seven digs. The 14 kills and seven digs are new career-highs with her eight blocks matching a career-high mark.
- Hewitt became the sixth Blue Hose in the DI era to surpass 1,000 digs in her time with PC as she tied her career-high with 28 digs in the contest to lead PC. She became the first Blue Hose since Erin Eulitz in 2019 to surpass 1,000 digs in their time with Presbyterian.
- Freshman Anna Baranski set a new career-high with 43 assists and tied her career-best with three blocks. She also tallied 15 digs for her eighth double-double of the season and second of the weekend after 18 assists and 13 digs last night at High Point.
- She became the first Blue Hose to have 40+ assists in a match since October 2021 when Erin Cooke totaled 44 assists against Radford.
- Senior Paige Cairns totaled eight kills and tied her career-high with five blocks in the match.
- Grocholski's eight blocks are a season-high for any PC player throughout the 2022 season.
 
 Up Next
 - The Blue Hose return home on Friday, October 28th for a 6 p.m. match against Radford on ESPN+. PC wraps up the weekend the next afternoon with a 2 p.m. start against Campbell on ESPN+ as well.
 
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