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Box Score 2 by Cory Guinn
FLORENCE, S.C. – The Barton College women's volleyball team now has a winning streak of three games after defeating UNC Pembroke and Anderson University (S.C) on Saturday night in the FMU Invitational Tournament hosted by Francis Marion University. Senior Kaitlyn Micol sparked Barton in the final match of the weekend, registering a career-high 21 kills.
Barton 3, UNC Pembroke 1 (25-14, 25-19, 20-25, 25-20)
The Lady Bulldogs hit .448 as a unit in the first set with just two errors, defeating Pembroke by 11 points to take an early lead.
After a 25-19 win in the second set, BC was looking for his second straight-set win in a row. However, Pembroke was able to stay alive with a five-point win, ending the third set with three unanswered points.
Pembroke's momentum carried over to the fourth set with an early 5-0 run before the Lady Bulldogs were able to take an 8-7 lead following a kill by sophomore Hayley Marshburn. An 8-2 run for BC extended the lead to an 18-12 advantage as a kill from senior Mariana Kedzia and a Braves' attack error ended the match in Barton's favor.
Marshburn led all players with 21 kills and a .357 hitting percentage to go along with 12 digs. Junior Courtney Wiseman had 11 kills for Barton, followed by 10 kills from sophomore Allie Cullens. Fellow sophomore Angelica Acevedo led the way with 48 assists, while redshirt-sophomore Riley Bane had a match-high 24 digs.
Barton 3, Anderson 2 (23-25, 25-17, 19-25, 25-22, 15-11)
For the fourth time in the young season, the Royal Blue and White was forced to a five-set match, winning for the second time of the day in a 3-2 victory over Anderson.
The Trojans took a tightly contested first set of play by just two points as the Lady Bulldogs were able to even the score with a convincing eight-point win in the second set.
Both sides continued to battle close with Anderson winning the third set, followed by a 25-22 victory for Barton to force a deciding fifth set. The two teams played to five total ties early on in the fifth set before four unanswered points moved BC to an 11-8 advantage. Barton held onto the lead as Wiseman ended the match with her 14th kill.
Micol's career-high 21 kills came behind a .645 hitting percentage as she committed just one error in five sets of play. Marshburn had 12 kills of her own, while Bane turned in 24 digs. Acevedo set a new career-high with 51 assists and narrowly missed a double-double with eight digs.
The Lady Bulldogs will have a week to prepare for the beginning of Conference Carolinas play as Emmanuel College comes to Wilson Gymnasium on Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. in the team's next match.
