Wofford College Athletics

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The Wofford College volleyball team defeated Samford 3-1 on Saturday evening inside the Pete Hanna Center. The Terriers improve to 14-5 on the season with a perfect 7-0 record in conference play. That is the best start to SoCon action in program history (6-1 start, 2023).
 
Chloe Smith led the team with 18 kills and nine digs while Bradley Brown followed behind with 12 kills. Avery White had 10 kills on a .400 hitting percentage. Maddy Frazier posted 31 assists to go along with 11 digs for a double-double. Taylor Pecht dished out 19 helpers. Makaylee Ruiz had a career-high four service aces to lead the team.
 
Laney Klika had a team-high 23 digs on the night along with 20 from Ella Coleman. Frazier had 11 and Smith posted nine. Four Terriers finished with one block.
 
Wofford closed the night with 61 kills on a .262 hitting percentage while Samford had 58 kills on a .244 hitting percentage. Wofford had 10 aces compared to seven from Samford. The Bulldogs claimed the edge at the net, posting 10 blocks to Wofford's two. Wofford had 79 digs compared to 77 from Samford.
 
Wofford led early in set one, holding a 7-4 advantage over Samford. The Bulldogs responded with a 4-1 run to tie the frame at 8-all, however. Wofford bounced back with its own 8-2 run take a 16-10 lead after the media timeout. Samford was able to tie it up at 22-22, but the Terriers scored three-straight points to win set one 25-22.
 
It was back-and-forth in the early goings of set two until Wofford scored three unanswered points to take a 9-6 lead. Samford continued to answer, taking its own 15-14 lead into the media timeout. The two teams traded points from there with the set tied at 20-20. Wofford rattled off five-straight points, however, winning set two 25-20.
 
Samford started the third set with an 8-6 lead, but Wofford scored four unanswered points to take a 10-8 advantage. The team turned that into a 16-12 lead. From there, Samford went on a 9-2 run as Wofford trailed 21-18. The Terriers could not complete the comeback, losing set three 25-22.
 
It was all Wofford in set four, with the team leading 9-2 early on. The Terriers later went up 15-5, but Samford was able to cut the deficit to seven points, 23-16. Wofford held on, winning set four 25-16 and the match 3-1.
 
The Terriers will continue its four-match road stint with a trip to ETSU next weekend. The matches can be streamed live on ESPN+.