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BOONE, N.C. –  The Wofford volleyball completed a three-match road trip with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-15) loss at the hands of Appalachian State Sunday afternoon in the Holmes Center in a Southern Conference match.
 
In the opening set, the Mountaineers got off to an early 4-1 lead highlighted by two kills and a service ace.   App State maintained a narrow lead; until Wofford used a 5-0 run to take a 12-10 lead highlighted by a Rachel Woodlee kill and two service aces from Kelsey Bagwell.   The Mountaineers rallied with a 3-0 run to take a 13-12 lead only to have Wofford tie the set at 13 on a Wendy Burnett kill.  App State pushed two points to take a 15-13 only to see the Terriers battle and tie the set at 15 on an Amanda Liguori kill and a Mountaineer attack error.  With the set tied at 15, App State mounted a 5-0 run to pull ahead 20-15 on three kills and a Terrier attack error, but a block by Baird and Arden Anderson halted the run.   With back-to-back blocks, Woodlee and Anderson and a solo block by Woodlee, Wofford cut the lead to 20-18, and would pull within one, 21-20.  However, the Terriers dropped four of the final six points to fall 25-22.
 
App State opened the second set with a 4-0 run before a Lucy Reser kill put Wofford on the scoreboard.  Another Reser kill and a block by Burnett and Woodlee helped pull the Terriers within 6-4, but the Mountaineers used an 8-1 run to take a 14-5 lead, before an Anderson broke the run with a kill.  App State took control of the set as they pulled ahead 17-6 en route to a 25-13 set two win.
 
The two teams traded the opening six points in the third set, before App State pulled ahead with three kills to take a 6-3 lead.  Wofford cut the lead to 7-6 on kills from Baird and Liguori, but App maintained control of the set as they rallied back with a 5-1 run to take a 12-7 lead.  The Terriers made a 2-0 run on a Bekah Dorsey kill and a block by Reser and Burnett, but the Mountaineers used back-to-back kills to regain a five-point lead, 14-9.  App pulled ahead 16-10 with a service ace, and extended their lead to as high as nine points, 21-12, as they took the set, 25-15 and clinched the match.
 
Reagan Styles continued her double-digit-dig streak as she collected ten digs.  She has now picked up ten plus digs in 16 straight matches and 20 of the team’s 24 matches this season.  Baird, who had six kills, led Wofford offensively, and Liguori and Anderson followed with four kills.  Tara Gough and Dorsey handed out eight assists and six assists respectively.  Reser had a team-high five block assists, and Woodlee added four total blocks, two solo and two block assists.
 
Wofford was outhit in the match .000 to .233, but held a 10-7 advantage in blocks.  App State had 19 more kills, 41-22, on only one more attempt than the Terriers, 103-102. 
 
Wofford (13-11, 2-6) has dropped its last eight straight to App State and hasn’t won in Boone since 2001.
 
The Terriers will take four days off as they prepare for a three-match home stand starting with Elon on Friday, October 21.
 
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