LAURINBURG —The St. Andrews Knights women’s volleyball team was swept at home by the Fayetteville State Broncos on Tuesday night. It was the second home game of the season for St. Andrews, who fell to 0-6 overall with the loss while Fayetteville State improves to 1-0 with the win.
The first set was initially a back-and-forth affair that never saw any team really build a big advantage. It was one big run by the Broncos that ultimately the difference as they got nine unanswered points after the set was tied at 13 to go up 22-13. The set ended up in Fayetteville’s favor 25-16, which perhaps is not entirely indicative of the competitiveness throughout.
The second set was the best of the night for St. Andrews. They got up early 4-1 thanks to four unanswered points and also held notable leads later on at 9-5 at 13-10. Unfortunately for the Knights, they would run out of gas toward the end of the set as Fayetteville went on a 10-1 run to retake control and eventually win the set 25-21, though St. Andrews would get four more unanswered points after falling behind 23-16 to make it interesting toward the end. Head Coach Alejandro Escobar credited the momentum the Knights accumulated to getting comfortable in the system he’s attempting to install as well as some energy provided from other teams at St. Andrews being at the game.