JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Wofford volleyball team fought hard Friday night in Brooks Gymnasium, but the Terriers fell in three sets (25-27, 24-26, 22-25) to ETSU. Wofford drops to 15-4 (6-2 SoCon) with the result while ETSU improves to 2-16 (2-5 SoCon).
 
Though out-hitting ETSU .200 to .190, Wofford was out-dueled on the service line 10-2. Blocks were even at 6-6 between the teams, and the Terriers tallied one more dig, 42-41.
 
Sarah Barham and Bri Mahoney paced the offense with eight kills apiece. Millie Loehr contributed seven with no attack errors, hitting .500 on the night. Loehr also tallied both of the Terrier aces.
 
Barham topped the squad with five blocks, her 10^th five-plus blocking effort of the season and fifth in the last seven matches. Emily Hodsdon tallied 19 assists to top the team, and Taylor Pecht added 15 helpers of her own.
 
Abbey Richman extended her double-digit dig streak to 40 matches with 13 tonight to tie for the team lead. Mary Emily Morgan matched Richman with 13 herself.
 
The first set was a back-and-forth battle that featured 15 ties and eight lead changes, setting a tone for the match in which all three sets were close battles. Tied at seven, ETSU gained a lead with a kill, but Mary Emily Morgan pulled Wofford back level with one of her own. This sparked a three-point run that put Wofford on top, 10-8. But the squads kept trading blows until the Buccaneers led 22-20 late. Another Morgan kill created another three-point run, punctuated by Sarah Barham's kill, to put Wofford ahead 23-22. The squads traded each of the next four points, with Millie Loehr bringing about set point. But the Bucs responded with each of the next three points to claim the first set, 27-25.
 
Wofford opened set two with three-straight points and led 9-5 early on the back of a three-point swing that featured a pair of Sarah Barham kills. The Bucs would pull close, but Wofford stayed ahead, leading late 22-18 with another three-point swing. But ETSU responded with a four-point run to tie the match at 22, and the Bucs would then reach set point at 24-23. However, Millie Loehr put home a kill to retie the set at 24-24. The Bucs then notched a kill of their own, and they followed that up with a block to claim set two, 26-24.
 
ETSU led early in set three and later held a 21-15 advantage. But Sarah Barham tallied a kill, and an ensuing Buc error helped spark a four-point swing for the Terriers. Bri Mahoney added a kill of her own before Barham closed the run with Wofford down only two points, 21-19. The Terriers kept battling, and though ETSU reached match point, a tandem block by Barham and Mary Emily Morgan preceded a Buc attack error to pull Wofford within two, 24-22. But ETSU recorded a kill on the next rally to claim the set, 25-22, and the match in three sets.
 
With the four-match road swing concluded, Wofford returns home next weekend to open the back half of SoCon action. The Terriers welcome Chattanooga to Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium on Friday, October 20, before facing Mercer the following night. Both matches are set for 6:00 p.m. start times and can be streamed on ESPN+.