GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Furman volleyball team closes out regular season play at home this week hosting the Samford Bulldogs in Southern Conference action at Timmons Arena.
The Paladins and Bulldogs get the series underway Thursday at 6 p.m. and conclude Friday at 6 p.m. Friday's contest is being presented by the YMCA of Greenville.
Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats. Both matches are being streamed via paid subscription on ESPN+. Updates will be posted on the Furman volleyball Twitter page (@FurmanVB).
Single-game tickets are available at $10 with groups being able to purchase tickets at $5. Kids 12 years and younger receive free admission.
Friday's regular season finale is also Senior Day for the Paladins and will honor their six seniors prior to first serve in
Izzy Castelloe,
Tennyson Gorman,
Emily Navarro,
Brooke Scheffler,
Kennedy Seekford, and
Lindsay Walch.
Furman (12-15, 6-10 SoCon) finished the road portion of its schedule last weekend dropping a pair of conference matches at league-leading Wofford. The Paladins suffered 3-0 defeats in both contests.
Castelloe led the Furman offense in the series opener last Friday with nine kills while Walch added eight. Gorman and
Ashley Stein both had six kills.
Morgan Baldridge dished out 17 assists and Navarro provided 12 assists and eight digs. Seekford led the team with 12 digs. The Paladins finished hitting .138 as a team while leading 47-46 in digs and 8.0-7.0 in blocks. Gorman's six blocks paced the Furman defense.
The following day, Castalloe again had a team high 10 kills on .318 hitting.
Kacie Moore provided nine kills on .286 hitting. Navarro turned in 15 assists and seven digs, while Baldridge dished out 14 assists. Seekford had a team high 12 digs and
Ashtan Dodson added 11. The Paladins concluded the contest hitting .106 as a team and finished with 48 digs, 32 kills, and 31 assists.
Samford presently sits at 12-14 overall and 9-7 in the SoCon, good to be tied for fifth in the conference standings. The Bulldogs are under the direction of 11
th-year head coach
Keylor Chan.
Furman and Samford have previously met 48 times in program history with the Bulldogs owning a 25-23 advantage in the all-time series. The Paladins, however, have captured three consecutive three-set sweeps going back to 2024.
The 2026 SoCon Volleyball Championship is slated for November 19-22 at Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C.
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