SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Middles Danni Densford and Colleen Reilly combined to hit .333 with 25 kills to lead the Wofford volleyball team in a sweep of Western Carolina (25-22, 25-20, 25-22), Friday night at Benjamin Johnson Arena. It was the first of two matches the volleyball team has during Wofford's 2015 Homecoming Weekend.
 
Densford tallied match-highs in both kills and hitting percentage, posting 14 kills at a .346 clip. Eight of the sophomore's kills came in the very first set. Reilly, a freshman, powered home 11 and hit .318, adding a team-high four blocks.
 
The win boosts Wofford's record to 14-12 overall and 5-4 in Southern Conference play. The Terriers remain in fifth place in the SoCon standings, but gained a game on league-leading Chattanooga (7-2 SoCon), who lost in five sets to UNCG (6-3 SoCon). The Mocs now share the SoCon lead with Furman (7-2), who are just two games in front of the Terriers.
 
Friday night's victory also marked Wofford's seventh in its last nine matches, as well as its fourth straight at home. It's the program's first four-game winning streak at home since winning the last two home matches of 2005 and the first two of 2006. It's the first time Wofford has won four straight at home in the same season since 1992.
 
The Terriers outhit Western Carolina (7-19, 2-8 SoCon) .208 to .088 on the night, avenging a five-set loss to the Catamounts that opened the conference season on September 25 in Cullowhee, N.C. Part of what contributed to WCU's low hitting percentage was the play of senior libero Jessica Graham, who went for a match-high 24 digs, the third-most in program history for a three-set match. Freshman Bella Santoro had 14 digs, helping the Terriers out-dig the Catamounts 63-48.
 
Wofford led most of the opening set and pulled in front 19-13 thanks to a 3-0 run with kills by Densford and Santoro. Western Carolina came right back with the next six points to tie it up, even taking a 21-20 lead when one of Santoro's attacks went long. The Terriers were able to rally out of it, getting a kill from Densford, two straight from Reilly and an ace from Graham to earn set point at 24-21. Mayo won it on her first attack of the match, a dump set that caught the Catamount defense flat-footed as the Terriers claimed the first.
 
Wofford mounted a major comeback to win the second. Coach Roos called time with her team down 12-5 and the deficit remained seven points at 15-8. That's when sophomore Alex Holland began the run, putting down a kill and serving the next five points, including two aces, to get Wofford within a pair. WCU let the lead slip away just a few points later as Densford found another kill to put the home team in front 18-17 and the Terriers never trailed again. Tied at 19, Wofford rolled off four straight with kills from Densford and Holland to put a stranglehold on the set.
 
A similar storyline played out in the third. Once more, the Terriers trailed in the latter stages. This time, it was 18-13 before a 9-1 run put Wofford in front 22-19. Densford, Reilly and Santoro all had kills through the run and Graham seemed to dig every ball the Catamounts could throw at her. The senior libero went for 11 digs in the set and the Terriers moved above .500 in Southern Conference play for the first time all season.
 
The Wofford volleyball team will look to stay hot on Saturday, welcoming Mercer to Benjamin Johnson Arena. The match starts at 6 p.m.
 
Terrier Notes:
- Jessica Graham went for 24 digs, the third-most in a three-set match in school history behind herself (25) and Brittany Thompson's record of 27 (Nov. 5, 2008 at Furman).
- Wofford increased its winning streak at home to four matches, its longest that has spanned one season since 1992.
- Wofford splits the season series with Western Carolina. The Catamounts lead the all-time series 22-11.