CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The Wofford volleyball team dug deep over the final two sets to see itself climb back from a 2-1 deficit and edge the Catamounts in five sets, 17-25, 28-26, 18-25, 25-16, 19-17, at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center on Wednesday night. The Terriers were met with a plethora of career-best performances in the five-set clash, though, freshman Sarah Barham emerged as a bright spot for Wofford on the evening, accounting for 19.5 points in the match with career-highs of 14 kills, seven blocks (four solo) and six digs.
 
The victory moves the Terriers to 5-2 in the Southern Conference, as Western Carolina drops to 3-4 in-conference and 3-6 overall.
 
Barham hit .387 for the contest, with just two errors, as sophomore Bella Zeman followed with a team-high 17 kills, career-high seven digs and one block. Senior Riley Coonan was solid with added 11 kills, five blocks and three digs as the SoCon offensive player of the week.
 
Fresh off SoCon setter of the week honors, Emily Hodsdon paced the Terriers with her fourth career double-double, recording a career and match-high 55 assists and 11 digs to pair with a career-best five kills on 10 swings (.500) and no errors. Meghan Yaffa tallied a season-high 12 kills to couple with five digs, while first-year Millie Loehr also provided solid contributions with eight kills and four blocks on the night.
 
Freshman Abbey Richman turned in a career-best performance at libero, collecting a career and match-high 32 digs, while notching career-highs with two service aces and five assists.

Sophomore Chasidy Sharpe also contributed two service aces in the match, as senior Emily Durham and first-year Kaitlyn Brown tallied 14 and eight digs on defense, respectively.
 
After splitting the first three sets, the Terriers regained their composure in the fourth, using a 3-0 run that saw a Bella Zeman kill and Emily Hodsdon ace fuel a 12-9 advantage that forced a Catamounts timeout. Kills from Sarah Barham and Riley Coonan paced a seven-point lead before the Catamounts responded to force a Wofford timeout at 19-14.
 
Wofford came out the timeout focused, as an Abbey Richman ace, followed by a pair of kills from Zeman and WCU attack error set up set-point. Millie Loehr then sealed the deal to push the contest to a fifth set, 25-16.
 
The Catamounts came out hungry, hopping out to a 9-5 lead before a WCU service ace forced Wofford to revisit the game plan at 10-5. WCU extended a 13-8 margin, though, a Sarah Barham swing would be the catalyst for the Terriers, following up with another big kill before assisting a block with Millie Loehr to cap a 3-0 run and force a Catamounts timeout at 13-11.
 
Barham returned with her heroics on another point, as Coonan would notch the following two equalizers on a block and kill prior to Kennedy Smith rattling WCU into a bad set on serve for the 17-16 advantage late. Wofford was met with a Catamounts block before another Coonan swing from Emily Hodsdon forced a timeout at match-point, 18-17. Freshman Abbey Richman would then put the nail in the coffin, coming out of the timeout to land her second ace of the night to grant the Terriers the five-set victory at 19-17.
 
Next, Wofford (5-2, 5-2 SoCon) returns back to Spartanburg to host The Citadel at the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium for its next conference series on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. and Monday, March 1, at 5 p.m.