Volleyball Sweeps Furman For Ninth-Straight Win

Sunday, March 14

Birmingham, Ala.

4 PM (CT)

Samford University

10-1,10-1SoCon

Furman

4-7,4-7SoCon

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Furman	12	13	20	0
Samford	25	25	25	3

Box Score (PDF)

Photo by: Madison Bullock | Samford Athlet

Volleyball Sweeps Furman For Ninth-Straight Win

3.14.21 | Women's Volleyball

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BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford volleyball team earned a 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-20) win over Furman Sunday afternoon in the Pete Hanna Center.

The win is Samford's ninth-straight victory and improves the Bulldogs' season record to 10-1. Furman falls to 4-7 with the loss.

SAMFORD 3, FURMAN 0

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Lauren Deaton led Samford with 13 kills.
Emily Naubert had a team-high 11 digs.
Corinne Meglic dished out 24 assists in the win.
Furman was led by Courtney Hoffman with seven kills.

KEY MOMENTS

In the first set, Samford raced out to a commanding 14-4 lead.
The Bulldogs pushed their lead to 24-10.
Samford took the first set by a score of 25-12.
After falling behind, 3-1 in the second set, Samford went on a 7-0 run to take an 8-3 lead.
Samford stretched its lead to 15-8.
The Bulldogs led by as many as 12 points in the second set, and the team won the set by a score of 25-13.
In the third set, Furman jumped out to an 11-6 lead.
Samford came back to cut the lead to 12-11.
With Samford trailing, 14-11, the Bulldogs went on a 6-1 run to take a 17-15 lead.
With Samford leading, 22-20, the Bulldogs scored the final three points to take the set, 25-20 and the match, three sets to none.

NEXT UP
Samford and Furman will play again Monday evening. The match is set for a 6 p.m. start from the Pete Hanna Center.

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