University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Winthrop
Volleyball Falls at Winthrop
10.11.2014 | Women's Volleyball
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The UNC Asheville volleyball team battled but fell at Big South foe Winthrop Friday night, 3-1. The Lady Eagles won the match, 25-13, 25-20, 26-28, 25-20.
Asheville (3-16, 0-4 BSC) was led by Catherine Fisher's nine kills and three blocks. Setter Katie Davis just missed a triple-double with eight kills, 29 assists and 11 digs. She also added five blocks.
Shelby Erickson had eight kills and 11 digs. Christine Lakatos had a team-high 18 digs. Madison Vaughn and a career-best eight blocks.
The Bulldogs started out slowly and lost the first two sets before coming alive in the third set. Asheville led most of the way before Winthrop rallied late to take the lead and twice served for the matches. But Lakatos delivered two key kills and helped Asheville win the set, 28-26.
The Bulldogs kept the momentum going in the fourth set. Asheville jumped out to a 4-0 lead and led 9-5 behind kills from Erickson and Fisher.
Winthrop countered and went on a 10-2 run to race to a 15-11 lead. The Blue & White wouldn't go down easily as the Bulldogs responded with five straight points and a 7-1 run to lead 18-16 on two kills from Vaughn.
But Asheville had two straight attack errors which triggered a 9-2 run to end the match and give the Eagles the victory.
UNC Asheville is back on the road Saturday night at Presbyterian College starting at 7 p.m.
