Volleyball Culminates Regular Season Against UNC Asheville, Honoring Senior Ady O'Grady Who Led Spartans with 10 Kills and Four Total Blocks

Friday, November 14

Spartanburg, S.C.

6:00 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

14-13,7-7Big South

UNC Asheville

10-17,7-7Big South

UNC Asheville

USC Upstate

Photo by: Catherine Harney

11/14/2025 9:52:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Closing the regular season on its home floor for the final time, USC Upstate volleyball dropped its regular-season finale Friday evening in straight sets to UNC Asheville in the penultimate meeting of the Ingles I-26 Rivalry Series during the 2025 campaign.

The match also coincided with the program's Senior Night ceremonies as Ady O'Grady played her final home match, capping a four-year Spartan career. The Hilton Head Island native led the Spartans with 10 kills and five total blocks, tallying 13.0 points on the evening. The match marked the 57^th double-digit kill match of her career, more than half of her 106 career matches, and her 28^th with five or more total blocks.

Game Information
Score: UNC Asheville 3; USC Upstate 0 (25-23; 25-22; 25-20)
Records: USC Upstate (14-13; 7-7 Big South); UNC Asheville (10-17; 7-7 Big South)
Location: G.B. Hodge Center | Spartanburg, S.C.

How It Happened
Running the team's streak of matches with at least one attacker reaching double-figure kills and securing an attacker with double-digit kills for the 26^th time in 27 matches, freshman outside hitter Summer Kohler and senior middle blocker Ady O'Grady each notched 10 kills apiece Friday evening. The match marked the sixth straight the duo has both been in double-figures.

Both Kohler and O'Grady ended the evening with 13.0 points, leading Upstate, with Kohler reaching the total by adding two service aces and two total blocks to her kill total, and O'Grady adding four total blocks to her kill total. Just behind the duo in the box score, freshman right-side hitter Kensley Haneline collected seven kills.

Two Spartans, redshirt junior defensive specialist Emma DeSensi and freshman libero Sophia Overholt, paced the Spartans on the defensive end, registering 16 and 14 digs, respectively. At the net, sophomore setter Kamyla Vega David finished just behind O'Grady for the team lead in total blocks, securing three Friday evening.

Notable

Passing out 29 assists against UNC Asheville, Kamyla Vega David moved past the 2,000-assist mark for her career. She's the fourth Spartan setter in the Division I era (2007-pres.) to cross the milestone.
Adding 10 kills to her season total, Summer Kohler moved to second on the program's single-season list for kills by a freshman. She enters the postseason trailing just Jolene Person's 376 kills in 1993 for the single-season freshman record.

Up Next for the Spartans
Beginning postseason play at the Big South Volleyball Championship, USC Upstate and UNC Asheville renew the Ingles I-26 Rivalry Series next Friday, Nov. 21, at the Millis Center in High Point, N.C. Match time is set for 3:00 p.m. ET.

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