Duffy's Career Day Lifts Eagles to Weekend Sweep of JMU - Georgia Southern University Athletics

Saturday, October 24

Statesboro, Ga.

1 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

15-7,7-3Sun Belt

James Madison

10-10,5-5Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
James Madison	25	21	15	22	1
Ga. Southern	20	25	25	25	3

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10/24/2026 5:02:00 PM | Volleyball

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STATESBORO, Ga. — Georgia Southern (15-7, 7-3 Sun Belt) defeated James Madison (10-10, 5-5 Sun Belt) 3-1 on Saturday at Hanner Fieldhouse. The Eagles closed the match by turning a 20-21 fourth-set deficit into a 25-22 set win.

Pfefferkorn led the Eagles with 21 kills, hit .459 and finished with 21.5 points. Reagan Barth added 14 kills, 21 digs and a team-high six blocks for 17.5 points. Lexi Duffy directed the offense with 49 assists and added five digs. Alex Myers recorded 10 kills on 18 attacks while hitting .500, with three blocks and one service ace.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set
- After kills by Beka Pfefferkorn and Sam Bowron helped the Eagles tie the set at 2-2, James Madison scored the next nine points to move ahead 11-2.
- The Eagles got middle-set kills from Pfefferkorn and Reagan Barth, but James Madison continued to hold the margin and pushed the score to 21-11.
- The Eagles closed within 23-20 behind kills from Alex Myers, Anna Powell, Barth and Pfefferkorn, but James Madison answered with kills from Ayen Nhial and Kennedy Louisell to take the set 25-20.

Second Set
- Reagan Barth had two early kills from Lexi Duffy, and Maddie Cugino added an ace as the Eagles moved ahead 4-1.
- After James Madison stayed within 6-4, the Eagles scored three straight points on a James Madison attack error and kills by Alex Myers and Pfefferkorn to extend the lead to 9-4.
- James Madison cut the margin to 13-10 behind consecutive Kennedy Louisell kills, but the Eagles answered through Pfefferkorn, Anna Powell and Barth before a Barth-Alex Myers block made it 19-12.
- James Madison pulled within 24-21 late, but Pfefferkorn finished the set with a kill from Duffy for a 25-21 Eagles win.

Third Set
- James Madison scored three of the first four points, but the Eagles moved in front 6-4 behind blocks involving Reagan Barth, Kayla Knowles, Pfefferkorn and Alex Myers, plus kills from Pfefferkorn and Myers.
- After the teams traded points to 11-10, Anna Powell's kill started an 8-0 Eagles run, and Maddie Cugino followed with seven straight service points, including an ace, as the lead grew to 19-10.
- James Madison cut the margin to 21-15 with four straight points, but Pfefferkorn answered with a kill before the Eagles scored the final four points to take the set 25-15.

Fourth Set
- After James Madison moved ahead 6-3, the Eagles won five of the next six points, with an Alex Myers ace and a Reagan Barth kill putting the home side in front 8-7.
- James Madison moved back ahead 15-10, but the Eagles worked back from an 18-14 deficit behind an Alex Myers kill and consecutive block points from Kayla Knowles/Reagan Barth and Gabby Babinski/Knowles to tie the set at 18-18.
- The set was even again at 22-22 before Pfefferkorn delivered a kill, then James Madison committed an attack error and a bad set as the Eagles closed out a 25-22 win.

NOTABLES
- Pfefferkorn - Recorded 21 kills, exceeding their season average of 10.9.
- Lexi Duffy - Achieved a season-high of 49 set assists.
- Lexi Duffy - Surpassed 500 career set assists, totaling 547.
- Reagan Barth - Finished with 6 total blocks, above the season average of 1.8.
- Reagan Barth - Recorded a season-high total of 6 blocks.

UP NEXT
Up next, the Eagles visit Marshall on Friday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. at Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia.