ROCK HILL, S.C. — Winthrop dropped a 3-1 decision to High Point on Friday night at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, as the Panthers took control of the Big South volleyball race in a meeting of the conference’s top two teams.
High Point won by set scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-17 and 25-20. A crowd of 542 watched the match.
The Eagles evened things up by taking the second set, when they hit .324, but managed only seven kills in the third set and were held to a .114 hitting mark for the night with 29 attack errors.
Paige Bennett led Winthrop with 12 kills, Reece Rhoads added 11 and Giselle Little had 10. Lexi Thatcher handed out 37 assists.
For High Point, Kinnady Boothe had 14 kills, Elodie Lalonde added 12 kills and 13 digs, and Maya Bukovcan had 10 kills. The Panthers improved to 17-6 overall and 11-1 in the league. Winthrop fell to 14-7 and 10-2.
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