CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College volleyball team wrote the final chapter of the 2022 season on Saturday with a four-set (29-27, 20-25, 25-22, 25-19) senior day victory over Winthrop inside the Templeton Center. Junior Kasey Battle led the offense with 14 kills in the victory.

FINAL SCORE: Presbyterian 3, Winthrop 1
LOCATION: Templeton Center (Clinton, S.C.)    
RECORDS: Presbyterian (9-19, 5-11) | Winthrop (16-11, 12-4)    

Coach Burgess' Thoughts
What a great way to end the season! Obviously, disappointed not making the tournament, but this team stayed invested these last two weeks of conference play and continued to get better. We're sad to see the seniors finish their careers at PC, but also really excited for what the future holds. 

How it Happened
- Winthrop jumped out quickly to a 6-2 lead before PC responded with a 5-1 burst of its own to even the set at seven. The Blue Hose got the lead out to 13-10 before the Eagles scored four of the next six points to give PC a slim 15-14 lead at the media timeout. The hosts used a 7-4 run out of the break to extend to a 22-18 lead and force a Winthrop timeout. The Eagles answered with five of the next seven points to cut it to a 24-23 lead and force PC to call timeout. The Eagles rattled off back-to-back points leading to a second Blue Hose timeout. PC fought back and scored five of the final seven points to take the opening set 29-27.
- PC came out of the gates quick in set two with three of the first four points before Winthrop came back with six of the next 10 points to take a 9-7 lead forcing an early timeout from Presbyterian. The Blue Hose cut the deficit to one, 10-9 before a 6-3 burst gave the Eagles a 16-12 lead forcing PC to call timeout. The Blue Hose responded with a 5-1 run to even the set at 17 and force the guests to spend a timeout. Winthrop closed on an 8-3 run to even the set at one apiece.
- Winthrop raced out to a 5-1 lead in the set before the Blue Hose responded with a 7-2 burst to take an 8-7 lead. The Eagles scored the next three points before a four-point run gave the Blue Hose a 12-10 lead forcing a timeout from the guests. PC pushed it to a 17-14 lead before the Eagles responded with a 5-2 run to even the set at 19 leading to a timeout from PC. Winthrop answered out of the timeout with two of the next three points before the Blue Hose closed on a 4-1 run to take set three 25-22.
- The fourth set began tight before the hosts were able to push in front by the score of 8-5 with the Eagles answering with six of the next seven points to take an 11-9 lead. Both teams continued to trade runs before a 4-0 burst from PC pushed the lead to 19-15 in the later stages of the fourth set. Winthrop cut it to 20-18 before a 5-1 burst from PC gave the Blue Hose a senior day four-set win over the Eagles.

Notables
- Prior to first serve, PC honored its 2022 senior class of Paige Cairns, Abby Sparkman and Cydni Miller.
- Battle paced the Blue Hose on Saturday with 14 kills on 24 swings just committing one error. The Blue Hose junior picked up her seventh match of the season with 10+ kills.
- Cydni Miller closed out her Blue Hose career with 13 kills along with three digs and a pair of blocks in her final match for Presbyterian. She closed out her collegiate career with 13 kills in each of her final two matches.
- Hailey Grocholski added 11 kills on 19 swings with just one error as she hit .526 in the contest.
- Kinsey Bailey totaled 29 assists along with 10 digs for her fifth double-double of the 2022 season.
- Freshman Anna Baranski added 20 helpers along with seven digs in the victory. Baranski finishes her debut season leading the Blue Hose with 492 assists averaging 6.15 per set.
- Abby Sparkman led the Blue Hose defensively with 14 digs as she was one of four with 10+ digs in the contest. Rylee Moorhead (13), Anna Hewitt (12) and Bailey with 10 also reached that mark.
- Elyse Hutchinson continued her block party from Thursday night as she totaled six blocks following her seven block performance on Thursday.