Wofford College Athletics

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College volleyball team took down the Citadel in straight sets on Thursday evening at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. The Terriers improve to 15-7 on the season with an 8-2 record in conference play.
 
Leading the way offensively was Bradley Brown with 12 kills on a .500 hitting percentage. Chloe Smith followed behind with 10 kills and 10 digs for her ninth double-double of the season. Avery White finished the match with nine kills. Maddy Frazier orchestrated the offense with 19 assists while Taylor Pecht had 10. Laney Klika posted a career-high four service aces.
 
Laney Klika had a team-high 17 digs while Taylor Pecht followed behind with 12 to round out her double-double. Avery White posted 11 digs while Chloe Smith had 10. Charlotte Bell led the efforts at the net with four blocks. Bradley Brown was right behind with three of her own, all of which were solo.
 
Wofford finished the night with 39 kills on a .222 hitting percentage while The Citadel had 22 kills on a .045 hitting percentage. Wofford had seven aces to The Citadel's zero. The Terriers recorded eight blocks compared to five from The Citadel.
 
Wofford jumped out to an early 6-3 lead in set one behind a trio of kills from Bradley Brown. The Terriers continued to dominate the opening stanza, taking a 15-8 lead into the 15-point media timeout. Wofford would go on to win set one 25-12.
 
The Terriers dominated set two as well, taking a quick 6-2 lead over the Bulldogs. Wofford turned that into a 14-5 lead after a pair of attacking errors from The Citadel. The Citadel cut the deficit to eight points later on, but Wofford rallied off three unanswered points to take set two 25-14.
 
It was back-and-forth to start the final set of the match, with Wofford holding a 9-8 advantage. A 7-2 run from there allowed the team to take a 16-10 lead, however. The Citadel later cut the lead to five points, 18-13, but Wofford scored four unanswered points to push the lead back out to 22-13. The team would go on to win set three 25-17 and the match 3-0.
 
Wofford will look to earn the series sweep over The Citadel tomorrow afternoon with first serve set for 4:00 p.m. The match can be streamed live on ESPN+.