YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Playing their second match in as many days, the Georgia College Volleyball squad (7-13, 2-3 PBC) picked up a Peach Belt Conference (PBC) road win Friday, beating Young Harris College (3-13, 0-4 PBC) in four sets.

The Bobcats took the first set with a 25-15 score, then YHC evened things up with a 25-23 win in the second. Set three was a 25-17 win for the Bobcats, who then closed things out with a dominant 25-12 finish. In the final two sets, GC stepped up its hitting game, tallying just a pair of errors in each set and hitting well over .300 as a team.

Freshman Ally Hall (Cumming) powered the offense with a 12-kill effort, hitting a blistering .367. Graduate student Sarah Stewart (Savannah) added 11 kills to the match. Both players had double-doubles, Stewart with 12 digs and Hall with 11. Stewart also tallied four blocks and a pair of aces, finishing with 15 points for the match.

Senior Lauren Talele (Woodstock) ran a strong offense, picking up 36 assists and 11 digs for her second-straight double-double. The Bobcats hit .252 as a team, their best effort in nine matches, dating back to Sept. 18 against the University of West Alabama.

Four players had double-digit digs, led by Stewart and sophomore Bella DeSalvo (Hamilton, Ohio) with 12 each. Hall and Talele recorded 11 each.

In the match, Talele passed the 1,500-assist mark, just the second player in school history to do so. She also picked up her 757^th dig, tying her for sixth in school history with Ebony Powers (2017). Up next is Ella Anastasiades (2015) with 776.

The Bobcats are back in action Friday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m., traveling to Augusta University.

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