MACON, Ga. – The Samford volleyball team fell in a Southern Conference matchup on the road at Mercer. With the defeat, the Bulldogs split the season series against the Bears and fall to 14-14 and 9-5 in the Southern Conference.

 
KEY MOMENTS

• Samford made quick work of the first set by winning 25-20. Samford jumped out to a 21-15 lead during the set.
• Mercer won the second set by a score of 25-20 after building an 8-3 lead. Mercer would extend the lead all the way to 21-12 en route to the win.
• Samford battled back and took the third set 25-21 to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
• In the fourth set, the Bulldogs went back-and-forth with the Bears before stretching their lead to 23-20.
• Mercer evened up the score at 23 before winning three of the last four points to take the fourth set 26-24 and send the match to a fifth set.
• The fifth and final set was all Mercer. The Bears jumped out to a 9-4 lead before Mercer finished the set 15-12 and the match with the 3-2 win.

 
FROM THE BOX SCORE

• Kelsi Hobbs led Samford with 16 kills.
• Lauren Deaton, Krista Boesing, and Shayla Phillip also all were in double digits in kills. Deaton had 15, Boesing had 14, and Phillip had 10.
• Taylor Anderton led the team with 49 assists.
• Grace Tiesman led the team in digs with 16.

 
NEXT UP
Samford will return home to the Pete Hanna Center to take on the Chattanooga Mocs on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The match is set for a 7 p.m. (CT) start.