Volleyball Takes Five-Set Thriller From Western Carolina

Saturday, October 19

Birmingham, Ala.

5:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

13-5, 7-1SoCon

Western Carolina

12-9, 6-2SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Western Carolina	14	25	21	25	17	2
Samford	25	11	25	17	19	3

Volleyball Takes Five-Set Thriller From Western Carolina

10.19.19 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford volleyball team earned a 3-2 (25-14, 11-25, 25-21, 17-25, 19-17) win over Western Carolina in a key Southern Conference match Saturday evening in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the win, Samford improves to 13-5 overall and 7-1 in SoCon play. Western Carolina falls to 12-9 overall and 6-2 in league play.

SAMFORD 3, WCU 2

KEY MOMENTS

In the first set, Samford jumped out to an 11-4 lead.
The Bulldogs led the entire way in the first set and came away with the 25-14 win.
Western Carolina scored the first six points of the second set to take the early lead.
The Catamounts controlled the set, finishing with the 25-11 win.
The third set was tight throughout.
With Samford leading, 22-20, the Bulldogs scored three of the final four points to take the set, 25-21.
Western Carolina built an early 12-5 lead in the fourth set.
WCU led throughout the fourth set, eventually earning the 25-17 win.
In the fifth set, WCU took an early 6-2 lead, but Samford scored the next three points to cut the lead to 6-5.
With WCU leading, 8-6, Samford scored the next three points to take a 9-8 lead.
The teams traded points for the next several points until the Catamounts took a 12-10 lead, forcing a Samford timeout.
Samford then came back to tie the score at 14-14, and the Bulldogs took the set, 19-17, and the match, 3-2.