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Greensboro College Volleyball Sweeps Salem College; Lead USA South Conference Standings

Greensboro, NC (10/02/2025) — It was a packed house inside Hanes Gym on Wednesday night as Greensboro College Volleyball (10-2, 6-0) hosted Salem College (13-3, 3-1) and took down the Spirits 3-0. With the win, Greensboro is now all alone in first place atop the USA South Conference standings.

Greensboro took a tight first set 25-21. After Salem took the first three points of the set, Greensboro scored the next four to take a 4-3 lead. The teams traded the lead throughout the set until the Pride took an 8-7 advantage. They wouldn't lose the lead again the rest of the set and took a 1-0 lead in the match.

Greensboro took an early 3-1 lead in the second set. They later pulled ahead to an 8-3 advantage to put Salem in a hole early. After Salem trimmed the lead to 10-8, Greensboro pulled away again to a 13-9 lead. Salem would be able to hang with the Pride, but Greensboro finished the set on a 3-0 run to take the set 25-20.

The final set saw Greensboro get ahead early and not look back, sweeping the Spirits for the Pride's third straight 3-0 win.

Payton Shiflet led all players with 19 kills while also coming through with 15 digs. Morgan Mayfield led the team in digs with 19, while Grace Young had 15. Karla del Castillo had 4 blocks on the night while Jaylyn Templeton had 34 assists. She now moves into second place all-time for total assists in program history.

Greensboro will go on the road for their next two matches, as they play a tri-match against Pfeiffer and Johnson & Wales on Saturday.

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