Greensboro College Volleyball Sweeps Pfeiffer to Advance to Conference Semifinals
Greensboro, NC (11/11/2026) — GREENSBORO, N.C. - Greensboro College volleyball (26-4, 15-3 USA South) defeated Pfeiffer University (5-22, 4-14 USA South) 3-0 on Tuesday at Hanes Gymnasium for the first round of the USA South Tournament, winning 25-17, 25-13, 25-11. Greensboro hit .250 with 35 kills and held Pfeiffer to a -.043 hitting percentage.
After Pfeiffer moved in front 5-4 in set one, Payton Shiflet tied the set with a kill, and Greensboro used three straight Pfeiffer attack errors to go ahead 8-5 before Dilynn Norris pushed the margin to 9-6 with a kill. Lily Burson's serve helped Greensboro build the lead to 12-6, with Skylar Rokov adding a kill in that stretch, but Pfeiffer worked back within 15-12. Larkin Baxley answered with a kill, and Greensboro followed with four straight points on Morgan Mayfield's serve, including kills by Abigail Leo and Shiflet, to extend the lead to 20-12. Pfeiffer cut the gap to 22-17, but Norris put down a kill and two Pfeiffer attack errors closed Greensboro's 25-17 set win.
Greensboro moved in front early in the second set, turning a 2-2 tie into a 6-2 lead with a Shiflet kill and three Pfeiffer attack errors, including blocks credited to Leo and to Leo with Rokov. Pfeiffer worked back within 8-7, but Greensboro stayed in front as Enjoli Allen put down consecutive kills and Shiflet and Morgan Mayfield followed with points that helped make it 14-10. After Pfeiffer moved to 14-11, Larkin Baxley's kill began a seven-point Greensboro run, and Baxley served the next six points as Leo and Rokov combined on blocks and Shiflet added two kills to push the set to 21-11. Pfeiffer stopped the run with a Jada Thomas kill, but Greensboro took four of the final five points, reaching set point on Leo's kill and closing the set 25-13 on Sydney Beck's kill from Baxley.
Greensboro moved ahead 3-0 in the final set on three Pfeiffer attack errors, and after Leigan Lusk's kill made it 3-1, Enjoli Allen's sideout kill opened a seven-point run to 10-1. Mayfield served the final six points of that stretch, recording two aces while Baxley and Shiflet added kills. Pfeiffer got back to 14-7 on Gabi Gama's kill and Elisa Landaverde's ace, but Greensboro answered with a service error, Sydney Beck's kill, Breckyn Bahr's ace and another Allen kill to push the set to 18-7. Payton Bell had two kills in the closing stretch, Leo put Greensboro at set point at 24-11, and a Pfeiffer attack error closed the third set 25-11.
Greensboro Top Performers
Payton Shiflet
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- Team-high 10 kills
- 10.0 points
- 2 digs
Grace Young
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- Team-high 15 digs
- 1 service ace
Morgan Mayfield
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- Team-high 4 service aces
- 14 digs
- 2 assists
Abigail Leo
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- Team-high 6 total blocks, including 2 solo
- 6 kills on .545 hitting
- 10.0 points
Emory Johnson
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- Team-high 16 assists
- 3 digs
Up Next:
Greensboro hosts William Peace on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. for the semifinals of the USA South Tournament.
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Larkin Baxley (#9) and Emory Johnson (#16) celebrating.