DUE WEST, S.C – The Erskine College women's volleyball team (0-3, 0-2 CC) lost to the University of Mount Olive (1-1, 1-1 CC) 25-19, 10-25, 23-25, 18-25 in Belk Arena on Monday afternoon.
 
THE ESSENTIALS:
Conf. Carolinas Standings | Stats | Scores
Div. II Scores | Record Book | Conf. Carolinas Digital Network
 
THE SERIES
Erskine still leads the all-time series 8-5, but the Trojans have now won five straight against the Fleet in the series.

THE MATCH
Set 1: A pair of early aces from Lainie Loving was part of a 5-0 run for Erskine to give them an early 7-2 lead. Kills on back-to-back points from Makenzie Kinne and Reilly Bartlett gave the Fleet a 9-3 lead. But, the Trojans responded with a run to tie the set at 12. Maddie Wilson tallied a kill and Katy Torgerson followed with an ace as the Fleet regained the lead at 16-13. Mount Olive again answered back to level the set at 18, but Erskine won seven of the final eight points, led by a pair of kills from Wilson to take the opening set 25-19.
 
Set 2: After a slow start, the Trojans came roaring out of the gates, opening the second set with a 16-3 run and took a commanding lead. Mount Olive never looked back as they leveled the match at one apiece with a 25-10 win in Set 2. Four different Fleet players tallied a kill in the set.
 
Set 3: A crucial third set was back-and-forth for much of the way as neither team took a lead bigger than two points until the Trojans won three of four points to take an 18-15 lead. But, Erskine bounced back as a Kaile Tuisamatatele kill capped an 8-2 Fleet run that gave Erskine a 23-21 lead. But, the visiting Trojans won each of the final four points to escape Set 3 with a 25-23 victory.

Set 4: Mount Olive won the first three points of the fourth set, but Erskine responded as a Torgerson ace tied things at four. But, Mount Olive followed with a 6-1 run to take a five-point lead and kept Erskine at arms length for much of the remainder of the fourth set. The Fleet got within three following a Torgerson kill to make it 20-17, but the Trojans sealed the set by winning five of the last six points to win Set 4 by a score of 25-18 and clinch a four-set win over the Fleet.
 
THE PLAYER
Reilly Bartlett totaled a team-high 22 assists and 9 digs for the Fleet. Bartlett also had six kills for Erskine in the loss.
 
THE TEAM
Erskine hit .141 (39 K / 21 E / 128 TA) in the match, but Mount Olive was dominant with five blocks to Erskine's one.

WHAT'S NEXT? 
The Fleet have their first road match of the 2021 season as they travel to Southern Wesleyan (0-1, 0-1 CC) on Friday at 5:00 p.m.

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