BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Chapman volleyball traveled about ten miles to play a tri-match between both Boiling Springs and Landrum at the home of the Bulldogs on Tuesday night and came away with two victories.
In their first match they defeated Landrum 2-0 (25-14, 25-22) before taking part in a matchup with the rival Bulldogs. Chapman got off to a hot start in the first set against the Bulldogs with an ace serve by Brook Noe to take an early 1-0 lead. The Panthers went out to a 3-1 lead before Boiling Springs tied the game at 4-4 on a spike kill by the Bulldogs Lauren Kusterer. The two teams exchanged the lead eight different times until the game was tied again at 23-23 when the Panthers Rowan Raney sent a spike kill to the Bulldogs defense to take a 24-23 lead. Boiling Springs responded with back-to-back points by Grace Shepherd and Carolina Burgess as the Bulldogs took a 25-24 lead. From that point on the two teams tied three different times as the match was tied at 27-27 before the Panthers scored the final two points including a spike kill by Rowan Raney for the game winning point to win the first set 29-27. The Bulldogs took an early 4-1 lead in the second set behind a kill from Grace Shepherd and an ace serve by Carolina Burgess. Chapman ended the Bulldogs run with a kill by Raney before the Panthers Riley Stefanacci went on a nine-point service run which included three ace serves by Stefanacci and a spike kill by Hannah LeCroy to take an 11-4 lead in the set. Boiling Springs cut the lead to 13-6 before the Panthers went on a 3-0 run to extend their lead to 16-6 with an ace serve by LeCroy along with back-to-back kills by Alexa Steiert and Madison Elrod. The Panthers didn't allow the Bulldogs to get any closer as they won the second set 25-13 on a spike kill by Elrod to the middle of the defense to win the match 2-0 over the Bulldogs. Chapman will return home on Thursday and host a tri-match that will begin at 5:30 PM. Comments are closed.
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