Women's Volleyball falls at Anderson Friday night

Anderson, S.C. ---- The Catawba College women's volleyball team fell 3-0 at Anderson at Abney Athletic Center on Friday night, dropping to 2-4 on the season.

TEAM STATS

- Anderson led the way in kills, putting up 38 of them on a .308 clip. Catawba notched 29 on the night at a .098 rate

- 36 of Anderson's kills were assisted, as Catawba setters served up 28 of their own

- Defensively, Anderson had 48 digs to Catawba's 39

- Catawba had 19 errors to Anderson's 10

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Jordan Danielson led Catawba in kills and tied for the lead with all players with 11, hitting .300 on the night. Mailie Chretien was second on the team and overall in the game with eight of her own

- Siena Roethler set up 15 assists for the visiting side, second overall among all players. Mya Benfield was right behind her with 10, good for third in the match.

- Riley Hill led all players with 14 digs, with Benfield notching five to finish second for Catawba

- Lauren Patrick had a pair of service aces and a block assist on the night, with Chloe Danielson also adding a block assist

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST SET

- Neither side could pull away for the first half of the opening set, with the biggest lead being two points as both teams traded points in a 12-12 start. A four-to-two Anderson start would be answered by a three-to-one Catawba stretch as they took a six-to-five lead

- The Trojans would respond with a five-to-one point run, threatening to pull away at 10-7. But Catawba responded with three straight points thanks to a pair of Jordan Danielson kills and another from Chretien to knot the set back up

- But it would be Anderson from then on, as the Trojans proceeded to go on a six-to-three run to force a Catawba timeout, with the visitors finding themselves trailing 13-16. But out of the timeout, the Trojans would make it a nine-to-four stretch to stretch the lead to 19-14, forcing another Catawba timeout

- Two straight Catawba points out of the timeout looked to bring them back into the set, but a five-to-one response from Anderson to put Catawba on the brink, 24-17, would snuff any potential comeback out. The Trojans would take Set One, 25-19.

SECOND SET

- Catawba looked to respond in Set Two, and came out of the gates quickly to establish a three-point lead at seven-to-four. Chretien led the way with a pair of kills, though three straight Anderson points would level the set up

- Catawba proceeded to answer right back, reeling off four straight points as each of the Danielson's scored a kill to take their largest lead of the night in any set and force Anderson into a timeout

- The timeout would prove to be a turning point though, as Anderson answered right back with four straight points of their own before it was Catawba's turn to call a timeout

- The timeout would appear to swing momentum as Catawba took a 14-13 lead, but that would be the last time they led in the set as Anderson put together an 11-2 run to set up match point at 24-16.

- Catawba wasn't finished, clawing back with three straight points to pull within five, but it was too late as Anderson took the second set 25-19

THIRD SET

- Anderson's momentum would carry over into the third set, as they scored the first two points via a pair of kills and would not trail at all during the final frame

- Jordan Danielson and Chretien kept Catawba close early, but three-to-four Catawba ran out of steam. An eight-to-two Trojan spurred on by a series of errors forced a Catawba timeout, and though Catawba came out on a three-to-one run with another pair of Jordan Danielson kills and one from Kelcie Love the Trojans didn't waver

- Anderson proved to have one more huge run in them to close the set out, outscoring Catawba 12-4 after Danielson had cut the lead to 8-13. Six straight from the Trojans would conclude the set at 25-12 and give Anderson the victory

UP NEXT

- Catawba is back in action on Tuesday, hosting Newberry at Goodman Arena at 7 p.m.