CLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College volleyball led for much of the first set Friday night, but Winthrop took control from there and swept the Blue Hose 25-22, 25-12, 25-15 at the Templeton Center in Clinton.
The loss dropped PC to 8-14 overall and 2-6 in the Big South.
The Blue Hose jumped ahead 8-3 early and later stretched the lead to 17-11 in the opening set. Winthrop answered with nine points in a row, eight of them with setter Lexi Thatcher serving, to go up 20-17. Two kills from Meredith Reisman pulled PC even at 21, but Paige Bennett put away three of the Eagles’ last four points to close out the set.
The second set was close early before Winthrop pulled away, ending it on a 13-3 run. In the third, PC edged in front 8-7 and later trailed only 13-12, but the Eagles finished the night with six straight points.
Reisman and Ashley Miller each had eight kills for Presbyterian, the second match in a row Miller reached that total. Anisa Dorlouis turned in her 15th double-double of the season with 21 assists and a team-best 12 digs, and Celimar Hoyos added nine digs. Courtney Williams led the Blue Hose at the net with two blocks, the 20th time in 22 matches she has had at least that many.
Winthrop hit .394 as a team, its best mark of the season, and made just nine attack errors, with none at all in the second set. Bennett had 20 kills and 11 digs, and KeAra Bowen set a career high with 16 kills to go with four blocks. Reece Rhoads added 10 kills.
The Blue Hose wrap up the homestand with a 2 p.m. match against Gardner-Webb on Saturday. Winthrop heads to Charleston Southern the same day.
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