TIGERVIILE, S.C. – The Erskine College women's volleyball team (2-5, 2-4 CC) was swept by North Greenville University (5-0, 5-0 CC) 10-25, 14-25, 15-25 at Hayes Gymnasium on Thursday night.
 
THE ESSENTIALS:
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THE SERIES
Erskine still leads the all-time series 13-7, but North Greenville has won six of the last seven after the Fleet took 12 of the teams' first 13 meetings.

THE MATCH
Set 1: Rebecca Massengill tallied a pair of kills for Erskine's first two points of the match, but an 8-0 Crusaders run gave the hosts an early 11-3 lead. The Fleet never got back within seven points as North Greenville cruised to a 25-10 win in Set 1. Massengill had a team-high four kills in the opening sets.
 
Set 2: Kills from three different Erskine players helped the Fleet jump out to an early 4-1 lead, and Erskine stayed in front until a mini 3-0 run gave the Crusaders their first lead of the set at 11-10. After an NGU service error tied the set at 11, North Greenville won 11 of the next 13 points and pulled away late for a 25-14 win in Set 2. Massengill again led the way for Erskine with four kills in the set.
 
Set 3: Lainie Loving tallied a kill on the first point of the third set, but that was Erskine's only lead in the set as North Greenville finished the sweep with a convincing 25-15 win in Set 3. Kaile Tuisamatatele had a team-high three kills in the set for the Fleet.

THE PLAYER
Rebecca Massengill tallied a season-high 10 kills and hit .269 for the match. Massengill also had a pair of digs, while Reilly Bartlett added 15 assists and 12 digs for Erskine.
 
THE TEAM
Erskine hit a season low -.010 (20 K / 21 E / 105 TA) for the match, while North Greenville had a .278 hitting percentage. The Crusaders finished with two more blocks than Erskine, 6 to 4, and had more digs than the Fleet (60 to 43).
 
WHAT'S NEXT? 
The Fleet are back in action tomorrow night as they host Belmont Abbey College (4-3, 2-2 CC) at 5:00 p.m. The Crusaders have a 10-6 advantage over the Fleet all-time and have won the last three meetings at Belk Arena.

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