Volleyball Toppled in Road Action at Eagles

Friday, October 24

Rock Hill, SC

6:00 PM

Radford University

8-14,4-4Big South

Winthrop

12-6,6-2Big South

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Radford	14	14	25	16	1
Winthrop	25	25	22	25	3

Photo by: Ethan Neal

10/24/2025 8:10:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Radford volleyball program fell to a tough Winthrop squad Friday night 3-1 despite a late rally that helped extend the match.

KEY STATS

Rylee Sloss stayed hot leading the team in kills with 13, her third straight match with double digit kills.
Taryn Roberts had a solid hitting night with five kills and just one error.
Radford hit just .092 in the match, their second lowest attack percentage in conference play this season.
Radford's last three matches in Rock Hill, S.C. have all ended in 3-1 finals.

PLAY BY PLAY
Radford got off on the right foot in set one behind back-to-back aces from Gage, but the Eagles stormed back for a commanding lead that held for most of the set. Aces by the Eagles and errors piled up early in the set as Radford fell behind 15-10. Winthrop would stay hot scoring nine of the last 11 points to eventually take set one 25-14.

Some misfires put Radford behind 4-0 early in set two, but a trio of kills from Sloss helped Radford stay close. After a kill by Olivia Ryno made it an 8-7 deficit, Winthrop went on a 6-1 run to reestablish their lead. Winthrop kept firing to a 20-10 lead, which put the set out of reach to eventually claim a 2-0 lead.

In set three Radford would try to hang on but was put into an early hole. Winthrop went ahead 7-2, forcing Radford to look for answers. Trailing by as much as six in the set, Radford got its rally sparked by a block from Gabriela Smolenska and Sloss. Kills from Sloss and Sierra Moore followed with Kennedy Robinson lighting up for a pair of kills that forced a Winthrop timeout at 19-18.

While Winthrop came out of their timeout to go back up 20-18, the Highlanders didn't cool off scoring a 5-0 run thanks to more kills from Moore, Robinson and Roberts. Radford survived another late rally, holding on to set three 25-22 to extend the match to set four.

In set four, Radford fell behind 4-0 for a third straight set and was forced to dig early. Moore and Robinson would add more kills, but the Eagles continued to pace ahead by as big as 20-10. A late run behind a kill from Sloss and some misfires from Winthrop wasn't enough, as Radford fell in the set 25-16 and the match 3-1.

UP NEXT
The Highlanders will look to bounce back when they conclude their four-game road stretch at Gardner-Webb tomorrow. Action begins at 2 p.m., with a live stats link available through RadfordAthletics.com.

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