CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College volleyball team battled to the end on Thursday night but came out on the short end of a five-set match against Charleston Southern as the Bucs took the match 3-2 (29-31, 29-27, 25-22, 21-25, 12-15) inside the Buccaneer Fieldhouse. Elyse Hutchinson and Cydni Miller led the Blue Hose offensively with 13 kills apiece. Hutchinson also added seven blocks defensively for PC in the defeat. 

FINAL SCORE: Charleston Southern 3, Presbyterian 2 
LOCATION: Buccaneer Fieldhouse (Charleston, S.C.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (8-19, 4-11) | Charleston Southern (15-14, 8-7)  

Coach Burgess' Thoughts
"Wow, what a battle on the road tonight. It's tough to take the loss with such great hitting and blocking numbers. I'm proud of the fight in our team to continue playing aggressively and fighting to win even though we're out of the playoff picture this season. It was great to have Kinsey back from injury. That allowed us to run a 6-2 and Cydni had a great match playing opposite."

How it Happened
- The Blue Hose and Bucs traded bursts in the early going of set one with four ties leading to a 7-7 match in the opening set. PC went on a 5-2 run to push out to a 12-9 lead in the set before CSU and PC traded points resulting in a 15-13 score at the media timeout. Presbyterian extended it to a 17-13 lead before four straight points from the hosts made it 17-17. CSU scored three of the next five points to take a 20-19 lead forcing a PC timeout. The two teams continued to go back and forth forcing extra points late in the set before a 5-2 run gave CSU the win 31-29.
- Charleston Southern jumped out quickly in set two with four of the first five points before a 7-4 run by the Blue Hose evened the set at eight in the early going. PC extended to a 13-11 advantage on the heels of a 5-3 burst before the two teams traded points leading PC to a 15-13 lead at the media timeout. The Bucs came out of the media timeout with five of the next eight points to take a 20-18 lead and force PC to spend a timeout. The Blue Hose answered with a 6-3 burst to take a 24-23 lead late in the set which led the Bucs to a timeout. CSU battled back with four of the next six points to make it 27-26 leading to a guest timeout. The Blue Hose closed on a 3-0 spurt to even the match at a set apiece with a 29-27 set two win. 
- Similar to the first two sets, both teams went back and forth in the early going before PC used a 3-1 burst to take a 15-14 lead at the media timeout. In the early going the set featured 12 ties before the Blue Hose took a slim one-point lead. CSU would score the next three points before PC took a tight lead at 19-18 after the guests scored four of the next five points. PC pushed to a 21-19 lead before CSU evened it back at 21. The Blue Hose closed by scoring four of the final five points en route to a 25-22 set three victory.
- The two teams battled to a 4-4 tie in the early going before a 4-1 burst gave PC the early 8-5 edge in the fourth set. CSU battled back with a 5-2 run of its own to even the set at 10. In a set that saw seven ties in the middle portion of it, the Bucs used a 5-2 burst in the late going to push in front 21-19 and force a PC timeout. The two teams traded points before a quick pair of points from the Bucs gave them a set four win at 25-21 and forced the deciding fifth. 
- CSU came out of the gates firing in set five with four straight points to get the early 4-0 lead and force a Blue Hose timeout. Charleston Southern kept the offensive hot start going pushing the lead to 7-2 before the Blue Hose scored five of the next seven points to cut the deficit to one, 8-7, and force a timeout from the hosts. PC and CSU traded points before back-to-back points from the Bucs gave them a 12-10 lead late. PC would score the next two points before three straight from the hosts gave them the win in five. 

Notables
- Hutchinson matched her career-highs with 13 kills and seven blocks on Thursday night. She had tallied 13 kills earlier this season against Wofford and seven blocks at home against UNC Asheville.
- Miller set a new season-high with 13 kills on 22 swings with only one error. She added three blocks and two digs in the contest.
- Kasey Battle picked up her sixth 10+ kill performance of the 2022 Big South season as she added 12 kills in the match. Battle has now totaled 138 kills in 56 conference sets for the Blue Hose.
- Rylee Moorhead totaled her 12th match in league play with 10+ kills as she had 10 kills and 14 digs along with four assists and three blocks. It's the sophomore's eighth straight Big South match with 10+ kills. Moorhead totaled her sixth double-double of the season with 14 digs and 10 kills.
- Freshman Anna Baranski led the Blue Hose with 28 assists and 11 digs for her 10th double-double of the season. She also tallied four kills and a block.
- Junior Kinsey Bailey added 24 assists along with seven digs and a pair of kills in the contest.
- Junior Anna Hewitt totaled a team-high 20 digs on the defensive end in a match that saw four Blue Hose tally at least 11 digs. Moorhead (14), Baranski (11), and Abby Sparkman (11) all joined Hewitt with double-figure digs. 
- As a team, the Blue Hose set a season-high for kills (68) and assists (63) while matching a season-best for blocks with 12.
- Thursday marked the fourth time this season that a pair of Blue Hose players recorded double-doubles in the same match as Moorhead and Baranski did it on Thursday. It's the first time since Oct. 7 against UNC Asheville when Baranski accomplished it with Bailey. 
- The match against the Bucs marks the longest match in time for the Blue Hose at 2:34 as Thursday's match marked the third Blue Hose match that went to five sets.
- Thursday's match featured 66 ties over the five sets and 33 lead changes throughout the match. 

Up Next
- The Blue Hose close out the 2022 regular season on Saturday with a 2 p.m. first serve against Winthrop for senior day. Before the start of Saturday's match, the Blue Hose will honor their 2022 senior class of Abby Sparkman, Cydni Miller, and Paige Cairns.