Wofford College Athletics

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The Wofford College volleyball team earned a straight-set sweep against the Western Carolina Catamounts on Tuesday evening at the Ramsey Center. Wofford improves to 17-7 with a 10-2 record in conference play.
 
Chloe Smith led the offense with 17 kills on a .464 hitting percentage. Avery White followed behind with 13 kills on a .611 hitting percentage. Bradley Brown had 11 kills to close out the group with double-digit kills. Taylor Pecht dished out a team-high 22 assists while Maddy Frazier had 21. Frazier led the team with three service aces. Laney Klika posted a team-high 16 digs. Bradley Brown led the efforts at the net with three blocks.
 
Wofford closed the match with 50 kills on a .383 hitting percentage while Western Carolina had 29 kills on a .195 percentage. Wofford had seven aces compared to Western Carolina's five. The Terriers had four blocks while the Catamounts had three.
 
It was back-and-forth to start the first set of the match, with the stanza tied up at five-all. The Catamounts rattled off a 6-2 run after that as Western Carolina took an 11-7 lead. The Terriers responded with their own 7-1 run, giving the team a 14-12 advantage. Once again, the Catamounts tied the set at 15-15, but Wofford scored three-straight points to stretch its lead back to 18-15. Wofford would eventually take set one 25-19.
 
Wofford held an early 6-4 lead in set two, but Western Carolina battled back to take its own 12-8 lead. Wofford answered with five unanswered points, however, putting the Terriers up 13-12. The five points were the start of an 11-2 Wofford run. The Terriers would go on to win set two 25-17.
 
Western Carolina held a 5-2 advantage at the start of set three until Wofford scored four-straight points to take a 6-5 lead. Western Carolina was able to tie the set at 10-all, but Wofford rattled off another four-point run to take a 14-10 advantage. That later turned into a 22-15 lead, with Wofford ultimately taking set three 25-18 and the match 3-0.
 
Wofford will return home for a weekend series against Mercer on October 30-31. Both matches can be streamed live on ESPN+.