GREENWOOD, S.C. — Lander University’s volleyball team gets a quick shot at payback Saturday, Oct. 31, after Augusta swept the Bearcats in three sets Friday night at Horne Arena in Greenwood.
Augusta won 25-14, 25-22, 25-14 in the Peach Belt Conference match. The loss leaves Lander at 7-16 overall and 4-8 in league play, while the Jaguars climbed to 10-16 and evened their conference mark at 6-6.
The Bearcats’ best stretch came in the second set. That frame was tied five times and the lead changed hands three times, and Lander hit .214 in it, its best number of the night. Augusta pulled away late to take it 25-22.
The first and third sets belonged to the visitors. Lander managed just seven kills in the opener and six in the third, when its attack slipped below zero at a -.029 hitting percentage. For the match, Augusta out-hit Lander .340 to .072 and held the edge in kills, 44-24, and digs, 46-32.
Gracelyn America carried most of Lander’s offense with 11 kills, and no other Bearcat had more than four; Quinn Butler and Olivia Shaw each finished with four. Shaw also was in on three blocks. Sam Alwardt led the back row with 10 digs, Madeline Green set up 11 assists and Karson Browning served two aces.
Nikol Antova paced Augusta with 14 kills and Sofiia Snitsarevych added 11, while Andrea Rodríguez ran the Jaguars’ offense with 20 assists. On defense, the Jaguars got 13 digs from Hunter MacFarland, who also served three aces.
The two teams play again at 3 p.m. Saturday at Horne Arena on the Lander campus at 320 Stanley Avenue in Greenwood.
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