DUE WEST, S.C. – The Erskine College women's volleyball team (3-8, 3-7 CC) fell to Emmanuel College (10-4, 8-2 CC) in their regular season finale in five sets, 16-25, 27-25, 16-25, 25-20, 10-15at Belk Arena on Tuesday evening.
 
THE ESSENTIALS:
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THE SERIES
Emmanuel now leads the all-time series 8-5 and the Lions have won the last seven meetings between the teams.

THE MATCH
Set 1: The teams traded points to open the match and a Lainie Loving kill gave the Fleet a 10-8 lead. But, the Emmanuel offense rattled off 10-1 scoring run and took a commanding lead. Loving, Jauhna Smith, and Zion Dowis all had kills late in the set, but the deficit proved to be too much as Emmanuel took the first set 25-16.
 
Set 2: Reilly Bartlett began the second set with three consecutive aces, and moments later, a Bartlett kill put Erskine up 7-3. But, Emmanuel won the next seven points and took their first lead of the set. The Fleet responded by winning the next three points capped by a Smith kill and both teams went back-and-forth for the remainder of the set. With Erskine trailing 23-22, the Fleet took a timeout and won the ensuing two points, which set up a single set point. Emmanuel won the point and won the next Fleet set point just moments after. But, Erskine finished off the Lions in Set 2 with kills from Loving and Katy Torgerson to tie the match at one apiece with a 27-25 victory in Set 2.
 
Set 3: Emmanuel won eight of the first nine points in Set 3, and never looked back. The Fleet got as close as three points, but the Lions took a commanding 25-16 win in the third set and had a 2-1 lead in the match. Erskine had a pair of kills from Smith, Torgerson, and Loving in the set.

Set 4: Bartlett began Set 4 the same way she began the second set, as Erskine won the first six points behind three aces from Bartlett. The Lions went on a run and narrowed the Fleet lead to just one point, but a Loving ace capped a 6-0 Erskine run to give the Fleet's lead some cushion. Erskine maintained that comfortable lead and rattled off four straight points toward the end of the set, including a Kaile Tuisamatatele ace, and took a 24-16 lead. Emmanuel held on for a bit, but a Loving kill sealed a 25-20 win in Set 4 and sent the match to a fifth set.

Set 5: The teams shared the first four points before Emmanuel held a narrow 5-3 lead. Erskine won the next two points as a Loving ace tied the match at 5. But, Emmanuel followed with a 7-1 scoring run and took a commanding 12-6 lead. A Torgerson kill and a Bartlett ace late kept the Fleet alive, but Emmanuel took the fifth set by a score of 15-10.
 
THE PLAYER
Katy Torgerson hit .476 (11 K / 1 E / 21 TA) for the match and tallied three blocks for the Fleet. Meanwhile, Reilly Bartlett dished out 30 assists while Megan Thees (18) and Kaile Tuisamatatele (16) led Erskine in digs for the match.

THE TEAM
Erskine hit .083 (47 K / 34 E / 157 TA) for the match, but had 13 service aces to Emmanuel's nine. However, the Lions hit .213 for the match.

WHAT'S NEXT? 
The Fleet began play in the 2021 Conference Carolinas Tournament at North Greenville on Saturday, April 10. Start time has yet to be determined. Erskine will be in a pool with the top-seeded Crusaders and the 9-seed, the Chowan Hawks.

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