University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
10-14,3-10Big South
Charleston Southern
12-14,4-9Big South
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC Upstate | 28 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
| Charleston So. | 26 | 16 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
11/7/2026 9:49:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The USC Upstate women's volleyball team suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Charleston Southern on Saturday evening inside the Bucs Fieldhouse. After the Spartans picked up the first two sets, CSU came storming back to win three straight and earn the reverse sweep.
The opening set was a back-and-forth affair as the two teams battled out to a 13-13 lead. However, a 6-2 scoring run by the Bucs put Charleston Southern ahead 19-15 late in the opening frame. Upstate chipped away at the lead, eventually knotting the score at 23-all before a Tien Murray service ace gave the Spartans the set at 28-26.
Charleston Southern came out strong in set two, collecting the first three points, but the Spartans took control of the frame with a decisive 11-3 run that gave the visitors an 11-6 advantage. A kill by Kensley Haneline pushed the lead to 17-9. Charleston Southern closed the gap to 20-16 before a 5-0 run for the Spartans ended the set at 25-16 while giving Upstate a commanding 2-0 match lead.
After Upstate built a 5-1 lead to start set three, the Buccaneers stormed back with six straight for a 7-5 advantage early on. That gap spread to 15-11 before the Spartans evened the set at 16-16. From that point, a series of ties and lead changes would send the two teams into extra volleyball. With the score tied at 25-25, a pair of errors by the Spartans allowed Charleston Southern to get on the board with a 27-25 set win.
Charleston Southern also took set four, 25-21, sending the match into the fifth and final stanza. A kill by Brielle Ellis pushed Upstate ahead 6-4, but the Bucs secured the next four points to take a lead they would not relinquish, capturing set five by the final of 15-11.
Haneline paced the Spartans with 13 kills while hitting .278. Summer Kohler and Sophia Overholt tallied eight kills each with Overholt picking up 20 digs and hitting a team-high .286. Kamyla Vega David orchestrated the offense with 27 assists to go along with 12 digs.
Upstate will close out the regular season at UNC Asheville on Friday, November 13. First serve for that contest is slated for 6 p.m.
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