Due West, SC – In their most complete game of the season, Erskine hammered North Greenville University 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-21) in Conference Carolinas women’s volleyball action at Belk Arena.  The Flying Fleet climb to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in conference while the Crusaders tumble to 6-10 overall and 0-6 in conference.

Erskine’s Sandra Campbell (Pilot Point, TX, Point Pilot HS) opened the game scoring three of the team’s first four points on two kills and a block.  After surrendering a point on a service error, Erskine lengthened their lead to 10-3 forcing NGU to take a timeout.  NGU climbed back to within two points only to see the Fleet go on another run to win the first set 25 -15.

The Fleet grabbed an early lead in the second set behind a couple of kills by senior Jamie Murray (Hermann, MO, Hermann HS) and a service ace by junior Alicia Bragg (Rock Hill, SC, Rock Hill High School).  The Fleet blew open the second set with a 6-0 run highlighted by a kill by Bragg and a terrific block by Liz Massey (Greenville, SC, Eastside High School) and Lauren Stewart (Hartwell, GA, Hart County High School).  After swapping several points, Erskine closed out the set on a 6-1 run to win 25-14.

Erskine continued their impressive offensive surge to begin the third set scoring the first eight points.  A service error by the Fleet snapped their run.   NGU closed the gap to four points but could not draw any closer as the Fleet won the third and final set 25-21 to win the match 3-0.

Erskine hit .300 on the evening, led by their two seniors Campbell and Murray.  Campbell had a game-high 14 kills on 25 attempts while Murray finished with 10 kills on just 18 attempts.   Setter Larz Chabra (Mt. Pleasant, SC, Wando High School) had 31 assists while Brooke Dodge (Duncan, SC, Byrnes High School) had a game-high 14 digs on the back row.

On the other side, Erskine held North Greenville to a .046 hitting percentage.  Kendra Meek led the Crusaders with 8 kills while teammate Rebekah Mayes had 7 kills and 10 digs.

Erskine plays two games on the road this weekend.  On Friday, the Fleet will play Mt. Olive College at 7 p.m. and on Saturday travel over to Wilson, North Carolina, to play Barton College.  Game time is set for 2 p.m.

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