Wofford College Athletics

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College volleyball team earned a share of the Southern Conference Regular Season Championship after sweeping Furman on Saturday afternoon at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. The Terriers improve to 21-7 on the season with a 14-2 record in conference play.
 
This is the program's first-ever regular season championship after currently sharing the title with UNCG. With a win next weekend against Tennessee Tech, Wofford will win the championship outright. Laney Klika, who posted 17 digs in the win, broke the all-time digs record in program history. Klika now sits at 1,922 career digs.
 
 Bradley Brown led the team with 12 kills on a .556 hitting percentage while Chloe Smith posted 10 kills on a .333 percentage. Natalie Arnold and Avery White had eight kills each. Taylor Pecht dished out a team-high 18 assists while Maddy Frazier had 17. Chloe Smith had two aces to lead the group.
 
Laney Klika had a match-high 17 digs along with 10 from Chloe Smith for her 12^th double-double of the season. Charlotte Bell led the efforts at the net with five blocks, two of which were solo. Chloe Smith had three. Both Smith and Bell reached 100 career blocks during the win.
 
Wofford closed the match with 44 kills on a .277 hitting percentage while Furman had 32 kills on a .106 percentage. The two teams tied with three aces each. Wofford had eight blocks compared to five from Furman.
 
Furman went up 6-3 to start the first set, but Wofford responded with three-straight points to tie the match at 6-6. The two teams traded points from there, with the set tied at 14-all. Wofford controlled the stanza after that, rolling off an 11-2 run to secure set one 25-16.
 
Furman went up 9-6 early in the second set as well. The Terriers again responded with three unanswered points to tie the set at nine-all. With Furman leading 14-13 later on, Wofford rattled off a 12-2 run to take set two 25-16. Kills by Natalie Arnold and Charlotte Bell closed the run.
 
Wofford jumped on top of Furman at the start of set three, with the Terriers leading 6-1. Wofford continued to hold that lead as the team led 15-11 at the media timeout. Furman was able to cut the deficit to one point, 21-20, but Wofford scored four unanswered points to take the set 25-20 and the match 3-0.
 
Wofford will look to further its record of 14 SoCon wins next weekend with a home series against Tennessee Tech on Thursday and Friday. Both matches can be streamed live on ESPN+.