VolleyBucs rally past Hampton for first Big South win

Saturday, September 25

Charleston, S.C.

2 PM

Charleston Southern University Athletics

5-7,1-1Big South

Hampton

1-8,0-2Big South

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Hampton	20	25	29	22	9	2
Charleston So.	25	17	27	25	15	3

Photo by: Jim Killian/CSU Sports

9/25/2021 7:11:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Peyton Thompson and Emma Minnick recorded double-doubles Saturday afternoon, helping Charleston Southern come from behind to down Hampton in five sets (25-20, 17-25, 27-29, 25-22, 15-9) inside Buccaneer Fieldhouse.

Thompson had a career-high 26 kills along with 16 digs, while Minnick had 47 assists and a career-best 24 digs for the Bucs.

Paige Reagor (12), Gabrielle Naniseni (10) and Ella Lochbiler (10) each reached double-figures in kills for the match, with Lochbiler's 10 representing a career high for the freshman. Ashleigh Holweger added 24 digs for the Bucs' backline, while CSU had seven aces as a team.

CSU got off to a strong start in the first set. Led by four kills by Lochbiler, CSU trailed for just five of the 45 points played in the set on their way to a 25-20 win to start the match. Hampton came out firing in the second set, with three different Pirates recording three kills in the set on their way to a 25-17 set win.

The Bucs and Pirates played a back-and-forth third set, with neither team leading by more than three at any point in the match. Each team had multiple set points, with the Pirates eking out a 29-27 win in the set. Hampton then got out to a quick start in the fourth set and had a three-point lead late in the set, 22-19. The Bucs rallied with six straight points, including a pair of Lochbiler service aces, to force a deciding set.

Charleston Southern took five of the first seven points of the fifth set and never looked back. Reagor had four kills in the set and combined with Lochbiler for a block on the final point of the match to seal the win for the Bucs.

News and Notes

Charleston Southern had a season-high 62 kills, 57 assists and 87 digs as a team.
Ella Lochbiler had her first-ever match with double-digit kills, finishing with 10.
Indigo Young had four blocks for the second straight match.
The four Bucs recording double-digit kills (Peyton Thompson, Paige Reagor, Gabrielle Naniseni, Ella Lochbiler) was the first time this season the Bucs had more than three players with 10 or more kills in a match.
Saturday's match was the first this season where multiple Bucs had double-doubles (Peyton Thompson – kills and digs, Emma Minnick – assists and digs).
At two hours and 24 minutes, Saturday's match was the longest in duration this season for the Bucs.