Pfeiffer Volleyball Splits a Pair of Home USA South Matches

Misenheimer, N.C. (Oct. 22, 2022) – The Pfeiffer University volleyball team hosted a USA South quad match on Saturday at Merner Gym, falling to league-leading Southern Virginia 3-0 and downing Mary Baldwin by an identical 3-0 score.

THE BASICS
Southern Virginia def. Pfeiffer, 3-0
Pfeiffer def. Mary Baldwin, 3-0

Records
Southern Virginia – 21-7, 14-1 USA South
Mary Baldwin – 2-27, 1-14 USA South
Pfeiffer – 7-21, 5-10 USA South

Location
The Village of Misenheimer, N.C. – Merner Gym

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE – Pfeiffer vs. Southern Virginia
The Falcons hit for a .275 percentage, but it was not enough to top the visiting Knights, as they countered with a .375 hitting percentage.  Pfeiffer's Madison Honeycutt (Arroyo Grande, Cal.) led the way by delivering 13 kills.  Senior setter Kira Suttles (Morganton, N.C.) handed out 22 assists on the afternoon while teammate Kylee Mayberry (Harmony, N.C.) had 12.

Defensively, Mattie Burris (Misenheimer, N.C.) had three block assists and one solo block to lead Pfeiffer at the net.

Southern Virginia's Sydney Hopkin had a match-high 14 kills to lead the Knights.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE – Pfeiffer vs. Mary Baldwin
In the final match of the day, Pfeiffer rolled over Mary Baldwin by a 3-0 final.

The Falcons racked up a .403 hitting percentage, the highest output of the season thus far.  Freshman Madison Tate (Lexington, N.C.) had six kills while Honeycutt managed five in the win.  Morgan Shrader (Matthews, N.C.) and Mattie Hinson (Norwood, N.C.) both had four kills in the win.

Mayberry led Pfeiffer with 14 assists while Suttles had 12 against the Squirrels.

As a team, Pfeiffer had 11 total blocks with Burris and Tate each recording three block assists.  Burris also had one solo block in the match.

Up Next
Pfeiffer will host Methodist University in a USA South match on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7:00 p.m. in Merner Gym.