Winthrop Escapes The Dedmon Center With Win Over Radford Volleyball

Thursday, October 20

Radford, Va.

6:00 PM

Radford University

7-14,3-6Big South

Winthrop

11-9,7-2Big South

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Winthrop	25	25	26	3
Radford	14	19	24	0

Photo by: Rob Simmons

Winthrop Escapes The Dedmon Center With Win Over Radford Volleyball

10/20/2022 8:39:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford volleyball team showed incredible fight as it improved with each set, but ultimately fell, 3-0, to Winthrop at the Dedmon Center on Thursday night.

Radford (7-14, 3-6 Big South) took a tough loss to the Eagles (11-9, 7-2 Big South) back on Sept. 24 and they came out this time around looking a bit apprehensive about the rematch. While the focus and intensity were there, execution was lacking as Winthrop had a 13-kill, one-error first set that it won, 25-14.

While the Eagles were almost as impressive with 15 kills and just two errors in the second set, the Highlanders played a much cleaner game and recorded a .200 hitting percentage with 15 kills. The visitors managed to tally a service ace and earn a 4-to-0 advantage in blocks to go up 2-0 with a 25-19 win.

Doing everything they possibly could to stay alive against one of the toughest teams in the conference, Radford rotated their lineup a bit and everything clicked. Radford put up their first two aces and first two blocks of the match, forcing Winthrop to call a timeout when it went down 24-23.

The Eagles did exactly what they intended to do after the timeout, scoring three straight points to close out the match with a 26-24 third set victory.

Taylor Jefferson led the home squad with 10 kills on 23 attack attempts, her eighth double-digit kill performance of the season. Jackeline Nerro was her primary setter, dishing out 20 assists and nine digs.

KEY STATS

Tori Britton and Grace Tulevech were next up on Radford's attack, recording seven kills apiece
Miranda Howard was tabbed as the starting libero on the night, the first start of her career
Winthrop's offense was paced by the duo of Brookelynn Thomas (11 kills) and Alayna Jansky (10 kills)

UP NEXT
The UNC Asheville Bulldogs visit the Dedmon Center for a Friday night Big South clash. The match is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+. The game also serves as Radford's Annual Dig Pink game for breast cancer awareness.

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