Bucs fall to Blue Hose to close three-match road trip

Tuesday, October 5

Clinton, SC

6 PM

5-10,1-4Big South

Presbyterian

7-8,2-3Big South

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Charleston So.	20	25	16	15	1
Presbyterian	25	15	25	25	3

Photo by: Jim Killian/CSU Sports

Bucs fall to Blue Hose to close three-match road trip

10/5/2021 8:28:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

CLINTON, S.C. – Peyton Thompson had a match-high 18 kills Tuesday evening, but Presbyterian defeated visiting Charleston Southern in four sets (25-20, 15-25, 25-16, 25-15) inside the Templeton Center.

Gabrielle Naniseni tied her season high with 11 kills for the Bucs, while Kaileigh Ammons had a career-high eight kills on 13 attempts. Emma Minnick had a match-high 38 assists, while Ashleigh Holweger led all players with 18 digs.

CSU jumped out to a quick start, taking the first three points and six of the first nine. PC rallied with a 9-3 run of its own before the set became a back-and-forth affair. A 7-1 Blue Hose run late in the set, led by a pair of Rylee Moorhead kills, was too much to overcome for the Bucs, as Presbyterian took the opening set 25-20.

The Bucs jumped out to a 9-3 lead in the second set and kept their foot on the gas to tie the match. Thompson had four kills during the early run and Presbyterian never got closer than a five-point deficit in the set. Naniseni and Ammons were responsible for six of the Bucs' last seven points in the set, as CSU tied the match with a 25-15 win.

Charleston Southern and Presbyterian traded early scoring runs in the third set before the Blue Hose took control midway through. A 12-2 run turned an 8-6 lead for the Bucs into an 18-10 deficit, one CSU could not climb out of in a 25-16 third set loss. PC followed that with a 10-4 run to start the fourth set and CSU never got closer than a five-point deficit following the early run. Aside from a 4-1 run to start the set, the Bucs failed to string together a run of more than two points, as the Blue Hose took the set 25-15 and the match, 3-1

News and Notes

Despite losing the match, the Bucs had the players with the most kills (Peyton Thompson, 18), assists (Emma Minnick, 38), digs (Ashleigh Holweger, 18) and aces (Thompson, three).
Kailiegh Ammons' eight kills surpassed her previous career high of seven, which also came against Presbyterian during the 2020-21 season.
Gabrielle Naniseni had double-digit kills for the fourth time this season, with two of those coming in conference play.
After entering the match with just one ace this season, Abigail Breeden served up two aces against Presbyterian.