Friday, September 18
Rock Hill, S.C.
1:00 p.m.
Davidson College
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Winthrop
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Wildcats Drop Opening Match to Host Eagles at Wingate Inn Classic
9/18/2009 4:29:32 PM | Volleyball
Box Score
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The Davidson Wildcats dropped the opening match of the Wingate Inn Classic to the host Winthrop Eagles, 3-1 (16-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-18) Friday afternoon at the Winthrop Coliseum.
Sarabeth Peele posted a double-double to lead Davidson (2-9) with 19 kills and 13 digs, while Winthrop (6-5) placed a pair of hitters in double figures. Kaley Viola paced the Eagles with 14 kills, and Kelly Taylor added 12.
Ariel Ley and Madison Benedict each tallied seven kills, and Hayley Lawson had 38 assists. Molly Crenshaw led the Wildcat defense with 14 digs.
Winthrop setter Kelsey Hall chipped in 43 assists, and the Eagles had a pair of defenders with double-digits in digs in Kristin Cruse (13) and Ginnie Talley (10).
The Wildcats jumped out to an early 8-4 lead, forcing the Eagles into a quick timeout, and captured an easy 25-16 win to open the match. Peele tallied five kills and a pair of aces in the first set to lead the Wildcats, who opened a 21-13 lead late in the game. Madison Benedict closed the set with four straight kills before an Eagle hitting error lifted Davidson to a 25-16 win.
The two teams traded possessions to open the second set, until a 4-0 span gave Winthrop an 11-7 lead and prompted the Wildcats to take a timeout. Back-to-back hitting errors by the Eagles put the 'Cats back within two, but Winthrop started to pull away again as Davidson took another timeout, trailing 18-13. A 4-1 Winthrop run opened a 22-14 margin, before a kill from Jorden Benedict and a pair of Eagle hitting errors forced the Eagles to call a timeout. Erin Lupfer posted two kills along with a putaway from Ley, but Winthrop evened the match at a set apiece with the 25-20 win.
Kills from Lupfer, Ley and Peele helped Davidson take a 7-5 edge, but the Eagles rattled off four straight scores to reclaim a 9-7 lead. Two kills from Peele cut Winthrop's lead to one, 11-10, but Taylor and Carolyn Weed pushed the margin back to two. Davidson wouldn't get closer, but the Wildcats fought off four set points until Viola finally secured the 25-23 win to give the Eagles a 2-1 edge in the match.
The fourth and final set was tied at six and again at 12-12, before three Wildcat hitting errors and an ace by Cruse put the Eagles ahead 16-12. Davidson would never recover, and Winthrop closed out the match with a 9-6 run en route to the 25-18 victory.
Davidson will return to action with a double-header on the final day of action at the Wingate Inn Classic. The Wildcats will play James Madison at 1 p.m. and close out the day with Gardner-Webb at 5 pm.
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The Davidson Wildcats dropped the opening match of the Wingate Inn Classic to the host Winthrop Eagles, 3-1 (16-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-18) Friday afternoon at the Winthrop Coliseum.
Sarabeth Peele posted a double-double to lead Davidson (2-9) with 19 kills and 13 digs, while Winthrop (6-5) placed a pair of hitters in double figures. Kaley Viola paced the Eagles with 14 kills, and Kelly Taylor added 12.
Ariel Ley and Madison Benedict each tallied seven kills, and Hayley Lawson had 38 assists. Molly Crenshaw led the Wildcat defense with 14 digs.
Winthrop setter Kelsey Hall chipped in 43 assists, and the Eagles had a pair of defenders with double-digits in digs in Kristin Cruse (13) and Ginnie Talley (10).
The Wildcats jumped out to an early 8-4 lead, forcing the Eagles into a quick timeout, and captured an easy 25-16 win to open the match. Peele tallied five kills and a pair of aces in the first set to lead the Wildcats, who opened a 21-13 lead late in the game. Madison Benedict closed the set with four straight kills before an Eagle hitting error lifted Davidson to a 25-16 win.
The two teams traded possessions to open the second set, until a 4-0 span gave Winthrop an 11-7 lead and prompted the Wildcats to take a timeout. Back-to-back hitting errors by the Eagles put the 'Cats back within two, but Winthrop started to pull away again as Davidson took another timeout, trailing 18-13. A 4-1 Winthrop run opened a 22-14 margin, before a kill from Jorden Benedict and a pair of Eagle hitting errors forced the Eagles to call a timeout. Erin Lupfer posted two kills along with a putaway from Ley, but Winthrop evened the match at a set apiece with the 25-20 win.
Kills from Lupfer, Ley and Peele helped Davidson take a 7-5 edge, but the Eagles rattled off four straight scores to reclaim a 9-7 lead. Two kills from Peele cut Winthrop's lead to one, 11-10, but Taylor and Carolyn Weed pushed the margin back to two. Davidson wouldn't get closer, but the Wildcats fought off four set points until Viola finally secured the 25-23 win to give the Eagles a 2-1 edge in the match.
The fourth and final set was tied at six and again at 12-12, before three Wildcat hitting errors and an ace by Cruse put the Eagles ahead 16-12. Davidson would never recover, and Winthrop closed out the match with a 9-6 run en route to the 25-18 victory.
Davidson will return to action with a double-header on the final day of action at the Wingate Inn Classic. The Wildcats will play James Madison at 1 p.m. and close out the day with Gardner-Webb at 5 pm.
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