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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Despite taking the opening set, the Wofford volleyball team fell 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17) to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans in front of a season high crowd of 521 of Girl Scout Day inside the Benjamin Johnson Arena in a Southern Conference match.
 
In the opening set, Wofford jumped out to a 7-2 lead highlighted by two kills from Amanda Liguori and Wendy Burnett.  After UNCG pulled within three, 7-4, a Burnett kill halted the run.  The Spartans pulled to within three at 14-11, 17-14 and 18-15, but Wofford held on as they went ahead 23-17.  UNCG mounted on more attempt at the set when they pulled within three, 23-21, but kills by Lucy Reser and Kelsey Bagwell gave Wofford the 25-21 win.
 
Wofford again, jumped out to an early lead in the second set as they pulled ahead 8-5, only to see UNCG rally to tie the set at eight.  With the score tied at ten, the Terriers used a Liguori kill and a Tara Gough service ace to take a 12-10 lead.  Trailing 17-15, the Spartans used back-to-back-to-back kills to take an 18-17 lead, but a Woodlee kill knotted the set at 18 on the next point.  Neither team pulled away with the set as the match had three more ties, before UNCG broke a tie at 23 with two kills to take the second set 25-23.
 
The third set opened with the Spartans jumping out to a 7-1 lead highlighted by three service aces.  Wofford got within four 12 times during the set, but couldn’t cut the margin any closer as they fell 25-18.
 
In the fourth set, UNCG again took an early lead, 8-3, only to see Wofford comeback within two points, 12-10, on a Liguori kill and to 15-14 on a Gough kill.  Wofford could never even the set as the Spartans pushed the lead to 17-14.  Two UNCG errors trimmed the margin to 17-16, but the Spartans ended the set and the match with an 8-1 run to win 25-17.
 
Liguori paced Wofford with 16 kills, while Baird added 11 kills on 14 swings with just one error for a .714 hitting percentage.  Burnett chipped in with eight kills.  Styles kept her double-digit dig performance going as she collected a team-high 17 digs.  She now has 18 consecutive matches with double-digit digits and double digits in 22 of the team’s 26 matches.  Burnett had a team-high three total blocks, one solo and two assists., while Bekah Dorsey and Gough passed out 21 and 17 digs respectively in the match.
 
Wofford lost the battle at the net as UNCG had ten total blocks compared to six for the Terriers.  The Spartans also had six service aces with four errors, while Wofford had three aces and eight errors. 
 
The Terriers (13-13, 2-8) will end a three-match home stand when they host Gardner-Webb Tuesday in the Benjamin Johnson Arena at 6 p.m.  The Terriers lost, 3-0, the Runnin’ Bulldogs in the first meeting between the two teams at the USC Upstate Tournament on September 17.