WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Carolina University overcame a 1-0 deficit to hand Ferrum College a 3-1 non-conference volleyball defeat this afternoon. Set scores at Pope Activities Center were 21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-19.

RECORDS
Carolina U (15-6)
Ferrum (6-14)

THE BASICS
An Airiana Beverley kill put Ferrum in front 11-4 in the opening set and the Panthers held from there for the one set to love lead.

Ferrum trailed 10-9 in the second set, but the Bruins used a 9-4 run to widen the lead to 19-13 and held to tie the match at one set each.

A Harleigh Propts kill for the Panthers midway through the third set tied the score at 13-13. Carolina U used a 12-7 run from that point to close it out and grab the two sets to one lead.

In the fourth and final set, Ferrum clung to a 5-4 lead, only to see the Bruins use a 12-5 spurt to take a 16-10 lead. Ferrum could not get closer than six points, on Kenzee Chaffin's kill to make the score 23-17, and the host Bruins hung on for the win.

KEY STATS
Carolina U: SarahElizabeth Samuels 11 kills; Hayley Stull 11 kills, 7 digs; Karli Totel 11 kills; Rebecca Walker 17 digs
Ferrum: Carsyn Diggs 9 kills, 10 digs; Propst 15 asst, 12 digs; Chaffin 11 asst, 10 digs; Savanna Walker 10 digs

UP NEXT
Coach Shelbylynn Adair's team will be back in action Wednesday, October 30, at home against Eastern Mennonite University. The Old Dominion Athletic Conferenc match is set for a 6:00 p.m. start at Swartz Gym.