Eagles Break Attendance Record, Fall to Arkansas State in Five Sets

Friday, October 16

Statesboro, Ga.

6 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

13-6,5-2Sun Belt

Arkansas State

10-8,6-1Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Arkansas St.	16	25	22	25	15	3
Ga. Southern	25	18	25	23	11	2

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Eagles Break Attendance Record, Fall to Arkansas State in Five Sets

10/16/2026 9:38:00 PM | Volleyball

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STATESBORO, Ga. — In front of a record crowd in Hanner Fieldhouse of 1,422, Georgia Southern (13-6, 5-2 Sun Belt) lost to Arkansas St. (10-8, 6-1 Sun Belt) 3-2 (25-16, 18-25, 25-22, 23-25, 11-15) on Friday. The Eagles held a 2-1 match lead after rallying from 16-19 to 21-20 in the third set, but dropped the fourth and fifth sets.

Reagan Barth led the Eagles with 24 kills and 26.5 points while hitting .313 and adding nine digs. Pfefferkorn finished with 18 kills, 10 digs and 19 points. Lexi Duffy recorded 46 assists, seven digs and one ace. Maddie Cugino collected a team-high 19 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set
- After Arkansas St. scored the opening point, the Eagles moved in front 5-2 behind kills from Reagan Barth, Beka Pfefferkorn, Lexi Duffy and Alex Myers.
- Arkansas St. stayed within 12-10, but the Eagles answered with four straight points, including a Pfefferkorn kill and an Alex Myers block, to stretch the lead to 16-10.
- The Eagles added another four-point push to move ahead 21-12, with Myers recording a kill and combining with Gabby Babinski on a block before Barth put down consecutive kills.
- Barth closed out the set with three more late kills as the Eagles took the opener 25-16.

Second Set
- Arkansas St. built an early 11-3 lead with six straight points, including two Adison Ozuna kills, an Addison Collum kill and a Keira Garinger ace.
- The Eagles cut into the deficit with a Reagan Barth kill, a Lexi Duffy ace and a Pfefferkorn kill to make it 13-9, but Arkansas St. answered with three straight points to push the margin back to 16-9.
- Pfefferkorn and Barth continued to provide points for the Eagles down the stretch, including consecutive Pfefferkorn kills and a Barth ace that brought the set to 24-18.
- Arkansas St. closed the set on a Collum kill to take it 25-18.

Third Set
- After the Eagles scored the first two points, Arkansas St. answered with six straight and later led 8-4, but kills by Sam Bowron, Reagan Barth, Bowron and Alex Myers fueled a 6-0 run that put the Eagles ahead 10-8.
- The Eagles built a 15-11 lead behind back-to-back Alex Myers aces and a Lexi Duffy-Kayla Knowles block, but Arkansas St. responded from a 16-13 deficit with six straight points to move in front 19-16.
- Trailing 19-16, the Eagles answered with kills from Barth, Kayla Knowles and two from Pfefferkorn to lead 20-19, then won four of the final five points after a 21-21 tie to close the set 25-22.

Fourth Set
- After Arkansas St. moved ahead 6-5, the Eagles scored five of the next six points, with Lexi Duffy, Alex Myers and Reagan Barth supplying kills to push the lead to 10-7.
- The Eagles later led 14-11 after a block by Alex Myers and Sam Bowron, but Arkansas St. answered with five straight points to move in front 16-14.
- The Eagles tied the set at 19-19 and again at 22-22, but Arkansas St. reached set point at 24-22 and finished the set 25-23 on an Addison Collum kill.

Fifth Set
- The Eagles traded points with Arkansas St. through 4-4 before Alex Myers' kill and Beka Pfefferkorn's ace put them ahead 6-4.
- Arkansas St. scored the next two points to tie the set at 6-6, but the Eagles moved back in front 9-7 after a Myers kill and an Arkansas St. attack error.
- Arkansas St. answered with three straight points to lead 10-9. Pfefferkorn tied it at 10-10, but after Reagan Barth's kill made it 12-11, Arkansas St. took the final three points to win the set 15-11.

NOTEABLES
- Team - Recorded 63 kills in the match, exceeding their season average of 49.33.
- Pfefferkorn - Posted 18 kills, surpassing the season average of 10.5.
- Reagan Barth - Achieved a season-high total of 24 kills.

UP NEXT
Up next, the Eagles host Arkansas State on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 1 p.m. at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Ga.