SEP 18 2025 CSU VB RECAP
Chase Beckham
0
Norfolk St. Norf 0-11,0-0 MEAC
3
Winner Charleston So. ChaSou 6-4,0-0 Big South
Norfolk St. Norf
0-11,0-0 MEAC
0
Final
3
Charleston So. ChaSou
6-4,0-0 Big South
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Norfolk St. Norf 19 18 23 (0)
Charleston So. ChaSou 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Bucs Sweep Spartans on Day One of Big Orange Bash

CHARLESTON – Thursday afternoon, Charleston Southern would play their first of three contests at the 2025 Big Orange Bash hosted by Clemson University – their first match-up, the Norfolk State Spartans. The Bucs would sweep NSU (25-19, 25-18, 25-23), a team they were swept by just last season.

A 7-0 run would give the Bucs an early 14-9 lead in set one of Thursday's match. Three of the seven points scored during the run would be kills by the eventual Player of the Match, Buccaneer co-team captain Emily Struckmeyer. A 6-2 run by CSU would secure the first of three set wins for the Bucs.

The momentum from set one would carry over into the second as Charleston Southern would head into the media time-out period up 15-8. Two Faith Burch kills, both assisted by Cara McLean, would finish off the set, in favor of CSU, 25-18.

Set three would be a bit more competitive, featuring 9 lead changes or ties. A block by CSU's Emma Bednarek and Oliwia Durka would tie the set at 23. Point 24 would be a Faith Burch-kill and the final point being kill number 10 for Emily Struckmeyer – giving the Buccaneers' their sixth win of the season.
 

Notables:

  • With their 6th win in their first 10 matches, this marks the best start to a season in the Carry Brown-era at Charleston Southern. The team started the 2023 season with a 5-5 record.

  • Cara McLean is now 24th all-time in CSU history in career assists.

  • McLean led the Bucs in digs Thursday vs the Spartans with 18 which is also a new career-high for the true freshman.

  • Skylar Yates recorded her 900th career dig in the match's third set.

  • Emily Struckmeyer recorded 10 digs and hit a 0.667 attacking percentage. The last time a CSU player recorded 10+ kills and hit at least a 0.667 percentage was on September 1st, 2023 (Indigo Young with 16 kills and a 0.682 percentage).

 

Up Next:

On Friday, the second and final day of the 2025 Big Orange Bash in Clemson, CSU will take on the Georgetown Hoyas at 1:30 PM followed by a 7:00 PM match with the hosting Clemson Tigers. The 7:00 PM match-up will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.

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