BRISTOL, T.N. – The Erskine College women's volleyball team (13-20, 7-11 CC) come out on top in their two biggest matches of the season in the first 2 rounds of the Conference Carolinas Women's Volleyball Conference Tournament.  The Fleet came in seeded number 4 overall in the Western Division and needed 2 wins, one over the 5th seeded Lees-McRae College and another over 3rd ranked King University, within the span of about 3 hours in order to advance to the Quarter-finals.  In the first match, the Fleet took on Lees-McRae and waisted no time in dismantling the Bobcats, finishing the sweep in 3 sets.  In the second match, less than an hour later, the Fleet took on King University, and after coming out of the gate strong, going up 2 sets, to none, dropped the next two sets, leading to a 5th set showdown.  The Fleet eventually edged out a 15-13 victory in the 5th set to advance to the Conference Quarter-finals!
 
MATCH STATS vs Lees-McRae (3-0 FINAL, 25-21, 25-12, 25-16)
KILLS: Meredith Hollinger (13)
ACES: Kaile Tuisamatatele (3)
BLOCKS: Kaile Tuisamatatele (5)
ASSISTS: Laney Gaston (37)
DIGS: Megan Thees (30)
 
THE TEAM
Erskine hit .183 (42 K / 16 E / 142 TA) for the match.

MATCH STATS at King University (3-2 FINAL, 25-21, 25-23, 13-25, 14-25, 15-13)
KILLS: Meredith Hollinger (25)
ACES:  Megan Thees (1)
BLOCKS: Katy Torgerson (6)
ASSISTS: Laney Gaston (45)
DIGS: Megan Thees (22)
 
THE TEAM
Erskine hit .177 (62 K / 28 E / 192 TA) for the match.

WHAT'S NEXT? 
Erskine will face the #2 seed in the Eastern Division, UNC Pembroke, on Tuesday, November 16th at 7:00 PM for a bid to the Conference Semi-finals.

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