Greensboro College Volleyball Advances to USA South Championship Game
Greensboro, NC (11/13/2026) — Greensboro College volleyball (27-4, 15-3 USA South) defeated William Peace (17-14, 10-8 USA South) 3-0 on Thursday in the USA South Semifinals, highlighted by a 10-0 run that carried the third set from 5-1 to 15-1. Greensboro won the sets 25-19, 26-24 and 25-9 and finished with 43 kills to William Peace's 23. The Pride reach the championship game for the second consecutive season.
After a 4-4 tie, William Peace moved in front 5-4 before Greensboro scored the next five points, getting consecutive kills from Skylar Rokov and back-to-back blocks involving Abigail Leo to build a 9-5 lead. William Peace worked back from 12-7, tied the set at 15-15 and went ahead 16-15 on consecutive Greensboro attack errors. Greensboro answered by taking seven of the next eight points, with Larkin Baxley adding a kill and two service aces, Payton Shiflet putting down two kills and Madison Bozarth serving an ace during the push to 22-17. William Peace got back within 23-19, but Greensboro closed the set on two attack errors for a 25-19 win.
William Peace used Katie Arens' serving stretch to turn a 5-5 tie into a 9-5 lead, but Greensboro worked back to 11-11 on a Shiflet kill and kept trading points until William Peace moved ahead 15-13. Leo's kill started Greensboro's five-point push from there, with Dilynn Norris adding consecutive kills, Leo scoring again and Rokov and Leo combining on a block for an 18-15 lead. William Peace answered with six straight points, including an Aubrey Chesson kill, to retake a 21-18 lead, but Greensboro came back with three straight points and moved in front 22-21 on Lily Burson's ace. After William Peace went up 23-22, Rokov tied the set, Baxley put Greensboro at set point at 24-23 and, once William Peace tied it at 24-24, Baxley added another kill before a William Peace attack error closed the 26-24 set.
Grace Young served Greensboro to a 5-0 start in the third set, with Shiflet finishing two Emory Johnson assists and Young adding an ace before William Peace got on the board at 5-1. After Enjoli Allen's kill made it 6-1, Morgan Mayfield served nine straight points as Greensboro completed a 10-0 stretch to 15-1, a run that included three Shiflet kills, a Baxley kill, a Mayfield kill and three Mayfield aces. William Peace answered with points from Olivia Smith to reach 18-6, but Greensboro moved through the closing stretch with a Leo kill, a Rokov kill and opponent errors for a 24-8 set point. After Aaliyah Anderson's kill made it 24-9, Norris finished Johnson's assist to close the set 25-9.
Greensboro advances to their second straight title game for the first time since the team went to back-to-back championship games in 2004 and 2005.
Greensboro Top Performers
Larkin Baxley
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- Team-high 11 kills
- 16 assists
- 12 digs
- 2 service aces
Morgan Mayfield
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- Team-high 18 digs
- Team-high 3 service aces
- 4 assists
Emory Johnson
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- 16 assists
- 7 digs
Abigail Leo
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- 5 kills with no errors on 11 attempts
- .455 hitting percentage
- Team-high 4 blocks, including 1 solo
Payton Shiflet
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- 10 kills
- 10.0 points
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Greensboro hosts #2 seed Southern Virginia on Saturday night at 7:00 pm.
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Senior Morgan Mayfield serving in round one of the USA South Tournament.