JOHNSON CITY, TENN. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team fell in a five-set thriller (25-20, 20-25, 25-23, 14-25, 5-15) against the ETSU Buccaneers on Thursday night in Johnson City, Tennessee, at Brooks Gymnasium in The Southern Conference (SoCon) action.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1 – The first frame went back-and-forth in the early goings. However, with ETSU on top, 14-13, the Spartans notched a 5-1 run to take an 18-15 lead and maintain the advantage for the remainder of the game. UNCG closed out set one with three unanswered points to take it, 25-20.

Set 2 – ETSU took an early 5-2 lead in set two, but UNCG responded with a 4-1 run to knot the game at six. The second set was a point-for-point duel seeing 10 tied scores and five lead changes. ETSU turned on the jets late in the set. With UNCG holding a one-point advantage, 18-17, the Bucs posted an 8-2 run to walk away with set two, 25-20.

Set 3 – The third set was another all-out battle between the Spartans and Bucs. With ETSU leading, 12-9, the Spartans sparked a 12-2 run to take a 21-14 advantage over the Bucs. However, ETSU bounced back with an 8-1 run to tie the game, 22-22. Both teams exchanged a point before back-to-back Allie Sweet kills secured the third set for UNCG, 25-23. 
 
Set 4 – ETSU picked up the momentum in the fourth set, getting out to an early 11-4 lead over UNCG to never allow the Spartans to lead in the stanza. The Bucs were able to take the fourth game, 25-14, to push a fifth set.
 
Set 5 – A Robin Rosser kill put the Spartans on board first in the final set before ETSU took off with a 9-1 run and never looked back. The Bucs secured the fifth frame, 15-5, for the 3-2 win.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Sweet registered her 20th career double-double and 15th of the season after leading the match with 16 kills and adding 11 digs.  
• Gabby Seeds posted her ninth career double-double and seventh of the season, leading the contest with 43 digs and chipping in 14 digs.
• McKenna Timmerman and Rosser added 12 and 10 kills, respectively.
• Chloe Nussbaum led UNCG with 21 digs.
• Graylinn Serge added 13 digs.
• Sweet and Nussbaum collected two service aces apiece.
• Rosser and Connore' Siler-Nixon added two blocks each.

RECORDS
UNCG: 15-11, 8-7 SoCon
ETSU: 20-6, 14-1 SoCon

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UP NEXT
The Spartans will conclude the 2025 regular season slate by hosting Wofford on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in Bodford Arena.
 
Timmerman, Megan Carron, Rosser and Elenoa Sing will be honored in a special Senior Day ceremony prior to the team's match against the Terriers on Saturday. In addition, it will also be the SAAC game and the first 60 UNCG students will receive FREE Domino's Pizza!
 
UNCG and the other conference teams will learn their fate in the 2025 SoCon Tournament after the conclusion of all regular season matches on Saturday.