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Winner Radford RAD 11-1
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Winthrop WINTHROP 8-6
Winner
Radford RAD
11-1
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Final
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Winthrop WINTHROP
8-6
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Radford RAD 25 22 25 25 (3)
Winthrop WINTHROP 23 25 19 23 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

HIGHLANDERS OPEN BIG SOUTH PLAY WITH FOUR SET WIN OVER WINTHROP



MATCH INFORMATION
Score: Radford 3, Winthrop 1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-19, 25-23)
Records: Highlanders (11-1, 1-0 Big South) | Eagles (8-6, 0-1 Big South)
Location: Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum)
 
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Radford volleyball team began Big South play on the road at Winthrop on Tuesday night and came out of Rock Hill, S.C., with a four set win.
 
In a match that featured 32 ties and 15 lead changes, three of the four sets were decided by three points or less. Radford (11-1, 1-0 Big South) fell behind by as many as four points in the first set and was down 11-8 when a Winthrop (8-6, 0-1 Big South) service error cut it to a two-point set. Haley Kleespies picked up two service aces; a Maci Keaton kill and an Eagle attack error gave Radford a 13-11 lead.
 
The Eagles regained the lead, 19-17, but a 5-0 run gave Radford a 22-20 lead. Winthrop tied the set at 23 when an attack error by Marion Voucher and a Maddie Palmer kill gave Radford the 25-23 first set win.
 
The second set saw 10 ties and four lead changes. Radford had an 18-16 lead midway through the set when a Sydney Gunter kill was the start of a 9-4 run. The run gave the Eagles a 25-22 victory in the second set.
 
Radford had its best hitting percentage (.333) in the third set and picked up 13 kills. Four of the 13 kills came with the set tied at 10 and gave the Highlanders a 14-10 lead. Winthrop cut it to as little as three multiple times throughout the set, but four straight points put the Highlanders ahead two sets to one with a 25-19 victory.
 
The Highlanders took a four-point lead late in the fourth set, which was the largest lead of the set. However, the Eagles came back and tied the set at 21, when Radford scored two straight with two kills. Each team scored two more points with the match-sealing point coming from Mallory McKnight ended the set, 25-23.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•  Maddie Palmer led the team with 13 kills and 14 digs and picked up her eighth double-double of the season.
•  Valerie Gonzalez and Alyssa Carruth were right behind Palmer with 12 kills and 13 digs, respectively.
•  Radford had seven service aces – led by Palmer with three – but made nine service errors.
•  Haley Kleespies recorded 41 of Radford's 43 assists on the night.
•  The Eagles had more kills and digs than the Highlanders with 59-48 in the kill category and 72-60 in digs, but had 15 more attack errors and hit .169 compared to Radford's .222.
•  Radford begins 1-0 in the Big South for the third time in five years.

QUOTABLE
"Road wins are always tough in conference and Winthrop played very well tonight. We were able to fight and hold on for our first Big South victory." ~ Marci Jenkins
 
UP NEXT
Radford continues the Big South road slate with a Friday night matchup with Gardner-Webb. First serve is slated for 7 p.m.

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