Wofford College Athletics

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The Wofford College volleyball team swept Samford on Friday night inside of the Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Wofford has now won seven matches in a row, including a 6-0 start to conference play.
 
Leading the way offensively was Chloe Smith with 15 kills on a .519 hitting percentage. Bradley Brown followed behind with 11 kills on a .529 hitting percentage. Maddy Frazier led the team with 21 assists while Taylor Pecht had 16. Pecht also had a team-high two service aces.
 
Ella Coleman led the team defensively with 13 digs on the night While Laney Klika followed behind with 12. Charlotte Bell posted a team-high three blocks. Avery White and Bradley Brown followed behind with two each.
 
Wofford finished the night with 45 kills on a .347 hitting percentage while Samford had 43 kills on a .260 percentage. Both teams finished with three service aces each. Wofford had six blocks compared to three from the Bulldogs.
 
Wofford dominated set one early, taking a 9-3 lead over Samford. The Bulldogs were able to trim the lead down to two points, however, with Wofford leading 12-10. Back-to-back blocks from the Terriers along with an attacking error by Samford allowed Wofford to take a 15-10 advantage. Samford was able to bring the frame within three points, but Wofford would earn a 25-17 set one victory.
 
It was back-and-forth to start set two, with Samford eventually taking a 9-6 lead. Samford held that advantage as the team was down 15-12 at the media timeout. With a score of 17-15 in favor of Samford, Wofford would score six-straight points to take a 21-17 lead. The Terriers did not look back after that, winning set two 25-21.
 
Samford again led set three to start as Wofford trailed 10-8 early on. Samford held that advantage until Wofford finally tied the match at 16-16. With the match tied at 19-all, Wofford rattled off back-to-back points to take a 21-19 advantage. Wofford would hold on to win set three 25-22 and the match 3-0.
 
The Terriers will look to earn the series sweep against Samford tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 p.m. ET. With a win tomorrow, Wofford will hold a 7-0 start in conference play – the best start in program history.