Box Score 
    
    Box score
    Spartanburg S.C.: The Lady Bucs fall to Wofford
for the second time this season, (18-25, 25-21, 17-25, 12-25) at
the Quality Inn & Suites Spartan Classic in Spartanburg S.C.
Sep 16.
Sydney Tracy continued her consistent play for CSU (2-10)
leading the team with 12 kills and a .545 hitting percentage.
Ashley Higginbothem again led the way defensively for the Lady Bucs
recording 21 digs. Kirsten Struksnes has 19 assists, and senior Amy
Nokes chipped in with 18.  CSU totaled 41 kills, 39 assists, 57
digs, and hit for .143.
Wofford (9-3) had three players with double-digit kills: Rachel
Woodlee (18), Amanda Liguori (11), and Wendy Burnett (10).Liguori
also added a team-high 17 digs. Bekah Dorsey paced the Terrier
attack with 41 assists. Wofford had 53 kills, 46 assists, 62 digs,
and hit for .275.
Erin Lavenice notched a kill to start off the first set, and
along with a Wofford error, put CSU up 2-1. Sydney Tracy had a kill
to put the Lady Bucs up 3-2. Wofford would bounce back to take the
early 5-4 lead. A Wynter Davis kill would tie it up at 6-6. Back to
back CSU points would bring the Bucs within one 9-8. Wofford took
the 13-10 advantage, Sydney Tracy would bring CSU within one 13-12.
That would be the closest the Bucs would get as Wofford would pull
away to close the set 25-18. Wofford had 13 kills compared to CSU's
11, the Terriers committed three errors to the Lady Bucs seven.
CSU took the 1-0 lead to start the second set, but Wofford would
string four together to take the 4-1 lead. A kill by Sydney Tracy
sparked a three point CSU run to tie the set at 6-6. Wofford would
go on another small run to take the 11-8 lead. CSU would battle
back to tie the set at 13's and 14's before back to back kills by
Sydney Tracy and Kayla Klinger put the Lady Bucs up two 16-14. The
Terriers would not give up and came back to tie the match at 17-17
before taking the 18-17 lead. CSU would refuse to go down and
battled back to take the set 25-21. CSU led the kills count 12-11
and hit for .214 in comparison to Wofford's .138.
Wofford jumped out to an early 5-2 advantage to start the third
set. A kill by Wynter Davis would bring CSU within two 7-5. Wofford
would begin to stretch the lead before a Morgan Hadden kill
temporarily stopped the Terrier run and brought CSU within four
13-9. CSU would string a run together thanks to two Kayla Klinger
kills and one by Sydney Tracy to close the gap to five
21-16.Wofford would turn up the intensity and stretch the lead to
eight, defeating CSU 25-17. Wofford record 17 kills to CSU's
11.
CSU would jump out to a 3-1 lead in the early parts of the
fourth set. Wofford would charge back to tie the set 5-5. The set
would tie again at 7-7 and 8-8 before Wofford would begin to
steadily put the game out of reach. Despite a late kill from Sydney
Tracy the Lady Bucs could not bounce back, eventually falling to
the Terriers 25-12.
CSU will continue play in the Quality Inn & Suites Spartan
Classic on Sep. 17 as they face off against Gardner Webb (10 a.m.)
and Western Carolina (5:30 p.m.).