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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Arden Anderson set the all-time block assists record as the Wofford volleyball team defeated, 3-1 (18-25, 25-19, 25-15, 26-24) North Carolina A&T in a nonconference match Tuesday in the Moore Gymnasium.
Anderson came into the match just one shy of the all-time mark of 305 career block assists set by Currie Gossett from 1999-2002. Anderson tied the mark in the second set to give the Terriers a 22-16 lead. She set the record early in the third set with Wofford up 4-1 and picked up her third block assists of the match with the score 17-10, Wofford. She earned her fourth of the match in the fourth set with Wofford up 13-8.
The Aggies opened set one with a 10-5 lead and pushed it out to 15-7, before Wofford mounted a 5-0 run and cut the lead to 15-12 highlighted by two Wendy Burnett kills. NC A&T answered with back-to-back points to push the margin to four points, 17-13. The Terriers used an Aggie error to mount their own 3-0 run to cut the lead to one point, 17-16. NC A&T answered with a 6-1 run as they pushed the lead out to 23-17. The Aggies held on for the 25-18 set one win.
NC A&T hit at a sizzling .435 in the set, while Wofford hit a .300 mark. The Aggies also aced the Terriers six times.
The Terriers jumped out to a 6-2 lead early in the second set with a Burnett kill and Taylor Baird ace. Wofford extended the lead to 9-3 to force an Aggie time out. Coming out of the time out, NC A&T went on a 3-0 run to pull within three points, 9-6, but a Woodlee kill ended the run and gave Wofford a 10-6 lead. Wofford held the four-point lead, until the Terriers used two Aggie errors and a kill by Burnett to pull out to an 18-11 lead. NC A&T fought back as they cut the lead to and 20-16 on a Terrier ball handling error as part of a 5-2 run. The Aggies again battle back into the set, 23-19, but the Terriers held on for the 25-19 win.
This time Wofford held a .240 hitting percentage while limiting NC A&T to a .074 mark.
Wofford took the early lead in the fourth set, 4-1, as Jessica Graham had a service aces and Arden Anderson and Amanda Liguori team up for a block. The block assists was Anderson’s 306th career block assists giving her the new Wofford all-time record. She tied the record in the second set. Wofford pushed the margin out to 10-4 after a Liguori kill to force an Aggie time out. The Terriers continued to open up the lead as the margin increased to nine points, 14-5, on a Burnett kill. NC A&T used a 5-1 run to pull within five points, 10-5, but Woodlee ended the run with a kill and block assists as Wofford pushed the lead back to eight points, 18-10. Wofford pulled out a 2-1 set advantage with a 25-15 set three win.
In the third set, Wofford got off to a quick start, 9-5, but NC A&T answered with back-to-back blocks to trim the lead to 9-7. Wofford held the Aggies back as the lead alternated between two and three points, until a Baird kill pushed the lead to 22-18. The Aggies answered with 3-0 run to pull within a point, 22-21, and tied the set at 23. After an Aggie kill to make it 24-23, Woodlee tied the set at 24 with a kill and gave the Terriers a 25-24 lead with another kill. Wofford claimed the set, 26-24, and the match, 3-1, on an Aggie attack error.
Wofford (9-5, 0-2) finished the match with a .281 hitting percentage while limiting NC A&T, (0-19, 0-0) a .157 hitting percentage. Wofford also held a nine to five blocking advantage.
Woodlee lead all players with 18 kills, one shy of a career-high, and a .455 hitting percentage. She finished with 19.5 total points as she added three block assists. Burnett followed with ten kills and a.350 hitting percentage and five block assists. Anderson and Liguori tied with four block assists in the match. Reagan Styles collected a match-high 16 digs, and Bekah Dorsey passed out 36 assists.
Brooke Stamnes led the Aggies with 12 kills, while Aleena McDaniel followed with 11 kills. Ashley Johnson had 14 digs, while Chelsea Fox handed out 28 assists.
Wofford will travel to Chattanooga Saturday for a match at 7 p.m. as its next match.
