CHARLESTON – Friday evening, Charleston Southern volleyball hosted the Presbyterian Blue Hose for the final match of the 2025 regular season. The Bucs would sweep PC on Senior Night in straight sets (25-15, 25-20, 25-13).

CSU jumped out early and set the tone – racing ahead 4-0 behind a service ace by Skylar Yates. This ace would not only be the first Buccaneer point of the night, it would mark an unconquered milestone for one of Head Coach Carry Brown's four true seniors. Yates' ace was the 149th of college career – an amount no CSU player has ever achieved. Although the Blue Hose answered with a kill from Courtney Williams and a few points of their own, the Buccaneers pulled further ahead — opening up a 15-8 lead on a service error by PC's Helyse Hutchinson. The VolleyBucs were impressively efficient in the first frame as they hit a .303 hitting percentage compared to PC's .029.

Set two was the most competitive of them all. Presbyterian built a small lead (7-3) midway through the set thanks to steady play and Charleston Southern making a few unforced errors. However, CSU started tightening things up and flipped momentum after hitting 13-10 ahead. The Blue Hose clawed the score back to 20-20, but the Bucs executed in the closing points — two straight kills and a service ace sealed the set 25-20.

In the third–and eventually final–set, Presbyterian struck first with an early kill, but CSU quickly responded and took a 4-2 lead. From there the Buccaneers gradually extended the margin. They maintained consistent pressure and controlled the net, eventually winning the set 25-13 and taking the match 3-0.

Notables:

• Skylar Yates is now the all-time service aces leader in Charleston Southern volleyball history.

• Manon Braunsteffer tied both her CSU-kill (6) and block (4) career-highs on her Senior Night.

• The recognized senior and graduate group of Braunsteffer, Oliwia Durka, Sophia Kluska, Emmy Rollins, Emily Struckmeyer, and Yates combined for 33 of CSU's 38 kills on Friday.

• Charleston Southern's win Friday night was their 16th of the season – the most wins for a CSU volleyball squad since 2009.

• Their now confirmed 3rd-place finish in the Big South Conference standings is the second time they've finished in the league's top-three since 1994.

Up Next:

Facing the #6-seed Radford, CSU will suit up again next Friday in High Point, North Carolina's Millis Center for the first round of the Big South Championship tournament. The match will be played at 6:00 PM and is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN+.

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