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GREENVILLE, S.C. – Led by career-high in kills from Amanda Liguori and Arden Anderson the Wofford volleyball team took a fifth set thriller from Furman, 3-2 (21-25, 28-26, 25-15, 22-25, 18-16) Friday night to give the Terriers their first win over the Paladins since the 2005 season, 13-matches.
 
Wofford improves to 14-10 overall and 4-7 in Southern Conference action, while Furman slips to 19-7 on the year and 7-4 in the conference.  The win ends a seven-year drought to the Paladins and a 13-match streak.  It is the second time Wofford has ended a 13-match losing streak to an opponent this season as they defeated Appalachian State on October 12.
 
Liguori paced Wofford with a career-high 21 kills and 22.5 total pints as she added an ace and one block assists.  Anderson’s 19 kills and set a new career-high.  She also hit a match-high .457 clip and her 20.5 total points, 19 kills and three block assists, set a new career-high.  Rachel Woodlee added 12 kills and a .312 hitting percentage.  Bekah Dorsey shattered her previous career-high with 61 assists in the match.  She also picked up 11 digs to earn her team leading tenth double-double of the season.  Reagan Styles collected a match-high 25 digs for the Terriers on defense, while Jessica Graham and Kelsey Bagwell earned 15 and 13 digs respectively.
 
Wofford held the early advantage in the opening set, 10-8, but Furman notched back-to-back points to tie the set at ten.  The Terriers again took a two-point lead, 15-13, only to have the Paladins retie the set at 15.  With the set tied at 16, Furman took its firsts lead of the set, 18-16, following a Paladin kill and a Terrier attack error.  The Paladins mounted a 5-2 run to take a 23-18 lead as they went on to claim the first set 25-21.
 
In the second set, Wofford took a 5-2 lead and held a 9-7 lead before Furman pulled even at nine.  The Paladins broke a tie at ten with a 4-1 run to take a 14-11 lead.  The Paladins pushed the lead out to five points, 17-12, but Wofford fought back and trimmed the lead to 17-14.  Furman kept the lead between three and four points, until Wofford rallied off four straight points to tie the set at 24.  Trailing 26-25 and facing their second set point and a 2-0 deficit in the match, the Terriers scored the next three points on a Paladin service error, a Styles ace and a Liguori kill to win the second set 28-26.
 
Wofford broke a tie at five in the third set with a kill from Woodlee and Anderson to give the Terriers a 7-5 lead.  Wofford held the small lead until Furman tied the set at 13 on a kill from Chandler Ambrester, but the Terriers retook a two point lead following a Paladin ball handling error and a Woodlee kill to give Wofford a 15-13 lead.  After a kill by Ambrester cut the margin back to one point, 15-14, Wofford closed out the set, 25-15, with a 10-1 run to earn the 2-1 lead in the match.
 
The fourth set saw Furman take a 13-8 and had the Paladins hold the five-point lead until the Terriers pulled within a point, 15-14.  Furman answered by pushing the lead out to four points, 18-14, but Wofford again responded with a 5-0 run to take a 19-18 lead.  Neither team could pull away as they traded the next seven points.  Furman broke a tie at 22 with the final three points on a kill from Christina Dorismond, a block by Dorismond and Jo Wilks and a Terrier attack error to earn the 25-22 set win and force a fifth set.
 
Wofford took an early 5-1 lead in the fifth set, but Furman pulled within two-points, 5-3 on two Terrier errors.  Wofford held the two-point lead until a kill from Rachel Woodlee pushed the lead to three points, 10-7.  The lead waivered between two and three points, the Paladins turned a 12-9 deficit into a 13-12 lead with a 4-0 run.  The two teams traded points as Furman fought off match point at 15-14 with a kill by Ambrester.  The Paladins held off another set point at 16-15, on a kill by Christina Curry to level the set at 16 and force a Terrier timeout.  Coming out of the timeout Wofford took a 17-16 off a Paladin error and claimed the set, 18-16, and the match on another Paladin error.
 
Wofford held a slight advantage in hitting percentage with a .278 clip, while Furman hit .223.  Wofford had one more kill than Furman, 70-69, but the Paladins held a small edge at the net with eight team blocks compared to seven and a half for Wofford.
 
Furman was led by Ambrester, who recorded 23 kills and 20 digs to earn a double-double.  She was also responsible for 24.5 points.  Dorismond added 16 kills, and Caroline Adams notched 13 kills and a .333 hitting percentage.  Jo Wilks handed out a match-high 62 assists, while Katie Harrell picked up 20 digs for the Paladins.
 
Wofford returns to the court Sunday at 2 p.m. when Samford visits the Benjamin Johnson Arena.