Georgia Southern Sweeps ODU to Remain Unbeaten in League Play

Saturday, October 3

Statesboro, Ga.

1 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

12-4,4-0Sun Belt

Old Dominion

4-11,0-4Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Old Dominion	20	11	23	0
Ga. Southern	25	25	25	3

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Georgia Southern Sweeps ODU to Remain Unbeaten in League Play

10/3/2026 3:13:00 PM | Volleyball

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STATESBORO, Ga. — Georgia Southern defeated Old Dominion 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-23) on Saturday. The Eagles used an 8-0 run in the second set to move from 13-8 to 21-8. The Eagles remain unbeaten at home this season, improving to 8-0, while extending their home sets won streak to 13 in Hanner. The sweep on Saturday also pushes that mark to 19 consecutive sets won for the Eagles dating back to September 17 against Kennesaw State.

Pfefferkorn led the Eagles with 11 kills while hitting .417 and added three blocks. Alex Myers finished with eight kills, six blocks and a team-high 13.5 points. Lexi Duffy recorded 33 assists, four digs and two blocks. Maddie Cugino collected 17 digs and added two assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set
- The Eagles built a 9-5 lead behind early blocking; a Reagan Barth kill and an Alex Myers service ace before Old Dominion scored four-straight to tie the set at 9-9.
- After the teams reached 10-10, the Eagles scored six straight points, including a Beka Pfefferkorn kill, back-to-back Barth aces and a Lexi Duffy kill, to move ahead 16-10.
- Old Dominion cut the margin to 21-18, but Myers, Barth and Duffy answered with late kills before the Eagles closed the set 25-20 on an Old Dominion service error.

Second Set
- The Eagles moved in front 7-3 behind kills from Alex Myers, Sam Bowron and Reagan Barth during an early service turn by Pfefferkorn.
- Old Dominion stayed within 13-8 before the Eagles broke the set open with eight straight points, starting with a Pfefferkorn kill.
- Reagan Barth served through the last seven points of that run, which included kills from Bowron, Pfefferkorn and Barth, plus a Barth ace, to make it 21-8.
- The Eagles closed out the set 25-11, getting late kills from Pfefferkorn and Barth before an Old Dominion attack error ended it.

Third Set
- After Old Dominion scored the first point, the Eagles used Maddie Cugino's serve to win four straight points and move ahead 5-1.
- Old Dominion pulled even at 11-11, but the Eagles answered with the next three points, including a Pfefferkorn kill and an Alex Myers block assist.
- The Eagles moved in front 23-18 before Old Dominion scored five straight points to tie the set at 23-23.
- Reagan Barth put the Eagles back on set point, and Lexi Duffy and Myers combined on the final block as the Eagles closed the set 25-23.

Game Notes:
- Team - Recorded 11 blocks in the match, surpassing their season average of 8.43.
- Alex Myers - Recorded a season-high of 3 solo blocks.
- Lexi Duffy - Achieved 2 total blocks for the first time this season.
- Lexi Duffy - Recorded at least 33 assists in 2 straight matches.
- Maddie Cugino - Recorded 17 or more digs in 4 straight matches.

QUOTES
Chad Willis credited the Eagles' start at the service line and their offensive balance in the win: "Good result. Proud of the effort. I thought we did a really nice job coming out of the gate and really establishing our aggressiveness from the service line. I think that started disrupting what ODU was doing offensively. And then that second set, I thought we did a really nice job offensively, distribution, getting a lot of different people involved out of different zones, hit 371, side out 75%. In that third set, you know, established a pretty big lead early and then. You know, ODU chipped away. We got a little sloppy with the Rock there the later part of that set, but our block did enough to keep us in it and thought we did a good job executing the game plan."

UP NEXT
Up next, the Eagles volleyball team travels to Boone, North Carolina, to face Appalachian State on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at 6 p.m. at Holmes Convocation Center.