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Liguori became the 10th Terrier to reach 1,000 career kills.

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Liguori Reaches 1,000 Kills, Volleyball Splits Day Two of Bulldog Classic

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Box Score – Mississippi State
Box Score – Niagara
 
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Wofford College volleyball team earned a victory on day two of the Bulldog Classic, highlighted by senior Amanda Liguori tallying her 1,000th career kill, Saturday from Mississippi State's Newell-Grissom Building.
 
Wofford (4-6) defeated Niagara (0-9) for the second straight day, earning another sweep, 3-0 (25-23, 25-11, 25-17). The Terriers took on Mississippi State (6-4) to start the day, but fell to the Bulldogs, 3-0 (25-8, 25-12, 25-17).
 
Liguori's 1,000th kill was her last of the day, helping Wofford extend its third-set lead to 10-6 against the Purple Eagles. Liguori becomes the 10th member of Wofford's 1,000 kill club and needs just two more to surpass Courtney Howe's (1993-96) 1,001 career kills.  The outside hitter finished with nine kills against Niagara and hit .346 (9-0-26) for the match.
 
The Terriers were dominating on offense the entire way over Niagara, outhitting their opponent .423 (48-4-104) to .103 (23-13-97). Junior Taylor Baird led the way with a match-high 17 kills and a .503 attack percentage (17-1-30). Senior middle blocker Wendy Burnett hit a match-high .562 (9-0-16).
 
At the conclusion of the Bulldog Classic, Burnett and sophomore Jessica Graham were named to the all-tournament team. Graham went for 44 digs on Friday and added 21 on Saturday to complete the weekend with 65.
 
"We were dominating against Niagara," Wofford head coach Ron Sweet said. "We went two sets without a hitting error and hit at an amazing percentage. It was a great match all around.
 
"We played very poorly in our earlier match versus Mississippi State. We were not aggressive."
 
Mississippi State held Wofford to just 20 kills and a .047 (20-13-97) attack percentage. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs hit .400 (41-9-80), led by Chelsea Duhs and Kimmy Gardiner who had 11 and 10 kills, respectively.
 
The Wofford volleyball team heads for Orangeburg, S.C., on Tuesday for a midweek matchup against South Carolina State.
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