Eagles Complete Weekend Sweep of Marshall Friday - Georgia Southern University Athletics

Friday, October 30

Huntington, WV

6 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

17-7,9-3Sun Belt

Marshall

14-9,7-5Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Ga. Southern	25	25	22	25	3
Marshall	22	15	25	23	1

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10/30/2026 9:57:00 PM | Volleyball

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Georgia Southern (17-7, 9-3 Sun Belt) defeated Marshall (14-9, 7-5 Sun Belt) 3-1 on Friday, winning 25-22, 25-15, 22-25, 25-23 at Cam Henderson Center. The Eagles hit .226, held Marshall to .176 and finished with advantages of 14-7 in blocks and 9-3 in aces.

Pfefferkorn finished with 18 kills, 11 digs, six blocks and a team-high 23.0 points. Reagan Barth added 14 kills, 19 digs, two aces and 17.0 points. Lexi Duffy recorded 44 assists, 16 digs and one ace. Alex Myers tallied a team-high eight blocks and added two aces.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set
- Marshall moved ahead 5-2 before the Eagles scored six straight points, including two Beka Pfefferkorn aces and blocks involving Alex Myers and Sam Bowron, to take an 8-5 lead.
- Marshall answered to tie the set at 10-10, and the teams traded points through a series of ties before the Eagles moved in front 19-17 on an Alex Myers ace.
- The Eagles later led 21-18, but Marshall pulled even at 22-22 before a Lexi Duffy kill and two blocks involving Myers closed out a 25-22 set win.

Second Set
- The Eagles moved in front early with a Reagan Barth kill and service ace, then turned a 2-1 lead into a 9-1 advantage as Maddie Cugino served six straight points.
- Marshall trimmed the gap to 11-7 with kills from Maddie Smith and Emma Barnett, but the Eagles answered with kills from Barth and Pfefferkorn before Lexi Duffy's service turn helped push the lead to 16-8.
- The Eagles stayed in control late, reaching 20-11 on Kayla Knowles and Pfefferkorn kills, then closed the set 25-15 after late kills from Sam Bowron, Barth and Knowles.

Third Set
- The Eagles recovered from a 5-1 deficit to tie the set at 6-6, with Reagan Barth and Sam Bowron recording kills during the early push.
- Marshall moved back in front with an 8-1 stretch that took the set from 6-6 to 14-7.
- The Eagles cut the margin from 14-7 to 21-19, getting four kills from Sam Bowron, four from Pfefferkorn and a Reagan Barth-Kayla Knowles block during the stretch.
- Marshall held off the run in the closing points, and Beatrice Ciccarelli's kill gave the home team the set, 25-22.

Fourth Set
- Marshall moved ahead 7-4 before the Eagles tied the set at 7-7 on a Reagan Barth kill and later moved in front 9-8 on a Lexi Duffy service ace.
- After Marshall went back ahead 12-10, the Eagles scored five straight points, including a Sam Bowron kill, a Maddie Cugino ace and two blocks, to take a 15-12 lead.
- Marshall pulled even at 15-15 and later tied the set again at 21-21, but the Eagles answered with a Barth kill and a Barth ace to move back ahead 23-21.
- Marshall tied it at 23-23 before Pfefferkorn put the Eagles at set point with a kill, and Pfefferkorn and Alex Myers combined on the final block for a 25-23 set win.

NOTABLES
- Team - Recorded 9 service aces in the match, exceeding their season average of 3.91.
- Alex Myers - Recorded 8 blocks, exceeding their season average of 3.78.
- Pfefferkorn - Recorded a season-high total of 6 blocks.
- Kayla Knowles - Registered 5 blocks, surpassing the season average of 3.95.
- Sam Bowron - Recorded a season-high total of 5 blocks.

UP NEXT
Up next, the Eagles host Georgia State on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia.