Pfeiffer Volleyball Splits a Pair of USA South Matches at Greensboro

Greensboro, N.C. (Sept. 23, 2022) – The Pfeiffer University volleyball team split a pair of USA South matches on Friday afternoon at Hanes Gym in Greensboro

THE BASICS
N.C. Wesleyan def. Pfeiffer, 3-1 (25-17, 25-23, 14-25, 27-25)
Pfeiffer def. Greensboro, 3-2 (25-22, 25-21, 25-27, 21-25, 15-13)

Records
Pfeiffer – 4-10, 2-1 USA South
N.C. Wesleyan – 4-8, 1-2 USA South
Greensboro – 7-8, 2-1 USA South


Location
Greensboro, N.C. – Hanes Gym

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
In the first match of the afternoon, Pfeiffer was limited to just a .199 hitting percentage while NCWU hit for a .201 clip in the win.  The Bishops Bijou Patel had a game-high 13 kills while Aubrey Nicholson had 10.

Pfeiffer was led once again by Madison Honeycutt (Arroyo Grande, Cal.) as she had 11 kills, 11 digs and a pair of aces on the match.

Freshman libero Gabby Edwards (Catawba, N.C.) had 24 digs and senior Mattie Burris (Misenheimer, N.C.) had a pair of solo blocks and two block assists in the loss

IN match two, Pfeiffer claimed the 3-2 win over the host Pride.  Honeycutt had a team-high 14 kills while Burris had 12 kills to go along with one solo block and another pair of block assists.  Honeycutt also had a career-high 25 digs.

Morgan Shrader (Matthews, N.C.) also had 10 kills for the Falcons.

Setters Kylee Mayberry (Harmony, N.C.) and Kira Suttles (Morganton, N.C.) had 26 and 22 assists respectively.

Up Next
Pfeiffer will return home for their first USA South home match on Tuesday, Sept. 27 when they host William Peace in a 7:00 p.m. match in Merner Gym.